We stopped by Lake Toya on the way back from our trip..............
13 May 2016
12 May 2016
11 May 2016
Grey Bunting
A male Grey Bunting at the forest pool from our recent trip.
This is another shy forest species that I rarely get the chance to photograph....................
10 May 2016
8 May 2016
Miiscellaneous
An Eastern Crowned Warbler at Onuma earlier in the week.
From April 29th to May 5th I had a lot of time off and it was all pretty hectic birdingwise and I updated my blog a lot, here's some of the other stuff I photographed in that time............
7 May 2016
It's raining Spoonbills.......
Amazingly, a different Spoonbill appeared on Thursday............the third of the week.
6 May 2016
More Ospreys
I went back to the place out west where I'd seen the Ospreys fishing a couple of weeks ago..........
5 May 2016
Some passage waders
It was raining this morning and one of the flooded muddy fields to the north of town had some waders................
2 species of Spoonbill!
On Tuesday afternoon I was very surprised to find both east Asian Spoonbill species on a beach to the west of town.....................
4 May 2016
Ujihodai #2
Some more common local species feeding on the maggots and insects in the rotting seafood detritus last Saturday.................
Japanese Robin
A male Japanese Robin to the north of Hakodate, a bird I'd never photographed before..............until this Tuesday morning.
3 May 2016
2 May 2016
Monday morning blues
A male Blue and White Flycatcher and a male Narcissus Flycatcher, 2 of the most striking summer visitors to Hokkaido.
We were on the east coast early in the morning (where these 2 photos were taken) and Onuma this afternoon. The forests were full of summer migrants............in addition to the above 2 species there were loads of Eastern Crowned Warbler and Japanese Thrush singing. Brown Thrush, Japanese Robin and Asian Stubtail were also around..............it was the start of another long days birding.
Some April waders.........
Only a few passage waders around, so here is a summer visitor and a winter visitor from Sunday.............
1 May 2016
Saunders Gull
It's the time of year when rarities often appear and yesterday I found one. Well, a local rarity.
30 April 2016
A blue start to the day
A long long day started in a park to the north of Hakodate...................
29 April 2016
Nice weather for ducks...........
It was raining on the eastern coast all day today..................
28 April 2016
Crossbill and sakura
A Crossbill in the cherry blossoms in the local park yesterday morning............
27 April 2016
A tired Diver
The tired/injured Red Throated Diver was still in the same place in the west of town on Monday..............
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