On this day (January 13th)..................

January 13th 2012.

Pine Bunting and Rough Legged Buzzard to the east of Hakodate 3 years ago today.

Rarely leaving south Hokkaido, I don't get many additions to my Japanese list these days. In 2012, 2013 and 2014 I only managed 4 new ones a year. On this day however I managed 2 within a hour or so of each other. Not great pics I know.  I've seen more of each species and taken better photos subsequently but sometimes you can't beat your first time............

Eagles at 700 #1

I had a prolific shooting day up at Yakumo with the eagles.........................

A quiet Sunday in Onuma............

A pair of Black Woodpeckers in Onuma this afternoon..................

The war against trees

A Great Egret on the river near my apartment this afternoon.

It was my first walk up the river for a few weeks and I had a bit of a shock................

Back to work.............

A brief break in the blizzards...........

Another snowy day, another harbour. I was hoping to get some Brent Geese shots but there was the grand total of ONE bird present (and it was miles away too). In another harbour last week there were only 2. What happened?

2015 begins........................

End of year blizzards #2

Some more shots from yesterday (last year!) in Yakumo.................

As you can see it was snowing. Again.

End of year blizzards #1

Just back from a short trip away with my parents, we managed to cram in 3 separate visits to Yakumo. Unfortunately it was snowing heavily most of the time.............

On this day (December 29th).................

December 29th 2011

A Shorelark on the beach at Kamiiso 3 years ago today.

This is still the only one I've ever seen, I can recall trudging along beaches in NW England in winter gales looking for them. Unsuccessfully.

Common birds in town

Christmas Grebes

There were a dozen or so Black Necked Grebes around christmas in the port at Kamiiso.............

Christmas in Onuma

We spent christmas with my parents in Onuma.................

Snow..................

Well I promised my parents a white christmas..................and it's hardly stopped snowing since they arrived.

Bridge Eagles (again).

I posted these photos last week. However the post mysteriously vanished...........................

It's a drag...............

Some more eagle shots from Yakumo a couple of days ago....................

Bean Goose

2104 Best of #5

 

Some of my fave shots from autumn until the end of 2014.................

An afternoon with some eagles...............

Snow snow snow

A lot of snow fell the last few days.....................