North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #13

Still a few photos to post from the end of last month....................

Some Ospreys on a rock.................

We returned to the location of The Osprey nest to see if the young had left the nest.................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #12

Yet more Rubythroats from the end of June..............I took too many pictures of them.

Too hot to do much

 Last week saw high temperatures in south Hokkaido..........

Summertime lull

It's the summertime lull................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #11

Some more Middendorffs Warbler pics from the end of June..............

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #10

We found a different choice of background for Siberian Rubythroats..................

The heat is on

It has got very very hot the last few days................

A family of Ospreys

We hadn't been out west to see the Osprey nest for a while...............

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #9

Siberian Rubythroats are very common in north Hokkaido in summer...............

Kingfisher in the gloom

It is very dark under the trees in Onuma in summer.................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #8

A Long-tailed Rosefinch from last week..............

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #7

In between the Rubythroats I took a few Siberian Stonechat pictures.............

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #6

Some more shots of the very photogenic Rubythroats from the end of June................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #5

A male Reed Bunting from last week.....................

Brown Hawk Owl

On the way back from north Hokkaido we stopped off near Tomakomai..............

Some bad family planning

We were in Onuma earlier in the week.................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #4

Some more Rubythroats from last week................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #3

A Middendorffs Warbler from last week......................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #2

The campsite where we usually stay in north Hokkaido has its own population of Siberian Rubythroats...................