Another nice duck...............

After 3 or 4 days of heavy snow and real winter weather at last we headed to Onuma on Sunday to see if the Ring-necked Duck and/or Baikal Teal were still present.

They weren't unfortunately but I did see 3 Falcated Teal.................not as rare as the others but still fairly exotic.

Another Sunday with the eagles #3

I took the teleconverter off...............

Another Sunday with the eagles #2

The adult White-tailed Eagle that swooped down on to the salmon did so in perfect light...............

Another Sunday with the eagles #1

The weather was still very mild on Sunday so I had another chance with the eagles at Yakumo...............

A grey January day #2

We were on the SE side of the peninsula on a still grey rainy day, not so great for bird photos....................

A grey January day #1

The Ring-necked Duck was still there this morning although I couldn't relocate the Baikal Teal.............

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #6

The last batch of photos from earlier in the week at Yakumo.................

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #5

We spent a third day in Yakumo on January 4th.................

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #4

We went back to Yakumo on January 3rd...............

Eagle fatigue

A break in all my recent eagle related posts....................

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #3

A final batch of photos from the bridge in Yakumo on January 2nd...............

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #2

A load more shots from January 2nd on the bridge at Yakumo...............

New Year 2017 in Yakumo #1

 
Stellers Sea Eagle (above) and White-tailed Eagle (below).

January 2nd and 3rd were again rather mild.................

2017 begins...........

We headed west of Hakodate today..................

A lifer to end the year.................

A heavily cropped and backlit photo but a lifer nevertheless................

End of year eagles.............

We managed a quick trip up to Yakumo.................

Quiet end to Christmas..........

Crappy weather and a wife under the weather meant little birding..................

A rainy day in the ports

It's been raining all day.................

Christmas 2016

A Peregrine to the west of town this afternoon...............

A nice day for christmas, lots of snow in Onuma and clear blue skies. Not much of interest about: a few White-tailed Eagles here and there plus the usual ducks and suchlike on the sea.

Season's greetings to all those who read my blog. Well except for that person who regularly spams the comments with links to watch live sports. I hope that person's turkey gets burned, their wife leaves them and then they get arrested for drink driving.

A night in Yakumo #2