It was so cold today our door froze shut.................
24 January 2018
Some miscellaneous winter birds..............
A Dunlin north of town a couple of days ago....................
23 January 2018
22 January 2018
Some high ISO ducks...........
The small flock of Falcated Duck were at their regular spot.....................
21 January 2018
Another Sunday out east..............
On a bitterly cold Sunday we headed east of town again.................
On this day (January 21st)....................
January 21st 2011.
A Lapland Bunting on a beach in Hakodate 7 years ago today.
This is a scarce but probably overlooked winter visitor to Hokkaido. I've seen them in several places but they tend to favour windswept beaches blocked to most normal people by snowdrifts..............
20 January 2018
On this day (January 20th)...............
January 20th 2014.
An Olive-backed Pipit in Hakodate 4 years ago today. Unusual to see one in winter in Hokkaido. It is a fairly common summer visitor but is a species that seems difficult to photograph. Not this time though..............
17 January 2018
A confused grebe
We went back to one of the local ports to check the Black-necked Grebes.............
16 January 2018
WIFs
With a 1 hour break in the weather I trudged through the slush and briefly checked the local park yesterday to see if the Japanese Waxwings were still around..........
15 January 2018
14 January 2018
A sunny Sunday
It was a fine sunny day today after several days of heavy snow. The roads were a bit nasty so we headed east..............
The above Stellers Sea Eagle seems to be in the same place every winter: there were also 2 White-tailed Eagle, 1 Goshawk, 1 Peregrine, a few Black-legged Kittiwake still around, a lone Black-necked Grebe, Brent Goose, Harlequin Duck, Red-breasted Merganser and Siberian Meadow Bunting...........
The Japanese Waxwing were still around as we drove past........................
13 January 2018
On this day (January 13th)...............
January 13th 2014.
A female Peregrine at Sawara 4 years ago today. It briefly shared the same hunting ground as that year's Gyrfalcon although I never saw them interact. It had obviously just killed and eaten something judging by the blood on its belly................
The background is an old disused lighthouse; not a public toilet exterior.
That day was one of the the coldest I've experienced in south Hokkaido. Minus 19 and it was windy too making it feel even colder.
12 January 2018
A short Waxwing window between blizzards..........
There was a heavy snowstorm in Hakodate on Thursday night/Friday morning and again on Friday afternoon..................
11 January 2018
10 January 2018
Waxwings and blizzards
There were lots of birds feeding on berries in one of the local parks...........
9 January 2018
A lone Diver...........
A Red-throated Diver in one of the ports to the north of town yesterday...............
8 January 2018
7 January 2018
6 January 2018
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