2017 Best Of #5

Some more shots from earlier in the year, these are from spring.................

A rainy Monday.............

Absolutely awful weather today..................

A grey Sunday in late autumn

A Eurasian Starling to the north of town this morning..............

A quick Saturday stroll............

The Great Egret was still on the local river............

On this day (November 3rd)...................

November 3rd 2013.

A drake American Wigeon near Hakodate 4 years ago today. Only the second time I'd ever seen this species (and I haven't seen one since) and my first outing with my new 7D Mark 2.

I check the wigeon flocks every year in the hope another one turns up. Maybe 2017 will see one appear locally again.............

2017 Best Of #4

Some more shots from earlier in the year: these are all from March and early April...............

Like moving house.............

Some Harlequin Ducks to the east of town this morning....................

A quiet Thursday in October

I took a quick walk this lunchtime............

One good tern.................

Another typhoon hit Japan this weekend.................

On this day (October 22nd)......................

October 22nd 2013.

A young Red-legged Kittiwake 4 years ago today at Yakumo.

A heavy crop and not a great photo but this is a rare bird in Japan and I was very happy to find one. It was with a large flock of Black-legged Kittiwakes and to be honest I wouldn't have noticed it if it hadn't been flying around on its own and fairly close for a bit.............it was obviously different from the others.

2017 Best Of #3

Some more eagle shots from last winter...................

An autumn staple

Every autumn there are Great Egrets on the river (stream?) near my apartment. This year there are 2 (there may be more downstream).

There must be enough fish to support several individuals: sometimes they remain all winter. There were several salmon in the river too..............it would make a nice photo if one of the egrets tried to catch one.

Not much else around though and everything was grey.. A few Grey Starlings, a lone Grey Heron. 1 Grey Wagtail.

An autumn camping trip

We just got back from a 2 night camping trip..................

2017 Best Of #2

Some shots from Jan/Feb this year.............

2 of 3

Not much in town this week..................

2017 Best Of #1

Well we're in the last quarter of another year............

A short walk near my apartment............

One of 3 species of heron on the river near my flat today.................

A quiet Sunday in early October

A Common Buzzard near Yakumo today................

On this day (October 7th)...........................

October 7th 2013.

A Pomarine Skua close inshore at Yakumo 4 years ago today. Still a heavy crop (it was before I got my 500mm lens) and not a good photo by any means but an interesting species that I haven't seen much of . Actually my only real experiences of skuas were on a trip to the Orkneys over 20 years ago.

There were loads of them heading south that day visible from shore, I have no idea why. It wasn't even particularly windy. I saw 3 species of skua at Yakumo that autumn but not one before or since...............

A Late One

Beautiful autumnal weather today but not much about................