Ochiishi Nature Cruise 1,469

May 28th, 2016.
<Ochiishi Nature Cruise>      By Eagle
Fair. 13℃。Strong wind.
Regrettably, Tufted Puffins could not be seen today, either. They are very late to come this year.
But I believe some of them will appear maybe tomorrow.

<Spices confirmed>
Pacific Diver（Br.1)
Short-tailed Shearwater
Temminck's Cormorant
Pelagic  Cormorant
White-tailed Sea Eagle
Black-tailed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Spectacled Guillemot（２０＋）
Ancient Murrelet（９）
Rhinoceros Auklet（３０＋）
＊＊Sea Otter(1)

ケイマフリ
Spectacled Guillemot

ケイマフリ
Spectacled Guillemot

ケイマフリ
Spectacled Guillemot

ウミスズメ
Ancient Murrelet

シロエリオオハム
Pacific Diver

シロエリオオハム
Pacific Diver

Short-tailed Shearwater

Syun-kuni-tai 1,451

May 10th, 2016
＜Syun-kuni-tai＞　　　By Eagle
　After a long interval, I visited Sun-kuni-tai this morning for waders. Against my expectation, a very few number and spices of waders could be confirmed. Maybe too early.
I also found 3 Great White Herons feeding on the mud flat.
They are rather southern birds and basically rare in Hokkaido, but the number is increasing a lot recently because of  probable "greenhouse effects".

 【Confirmed Spices】
Grey Heron
Great White Egret（３）
White-tailed Sea Eagle（３）
Black-eared Kite
Red-crowned Crane（３）
Slaty-backed Gull
 Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Teal
 Northern Pintail
 Northern Shoveler
Greater Scaup
Mallard
Falcated Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
 Eurasian Oystercatcher（５＋）
Little Ringed Plover（２）
Red-necked Stint（２０＋）
Lesser Sand Plover（３０＋）
Dunlin
Ruddy Turnstone
Siberian Stonechat
Eurasian Skylark
White Wagtail
Black-faced Bunting

ダイサギ
Great White Egret

Rather rare in Hokkaido.

メダイチドリ
Lesser Sand Plover

タンチョウ
Red-crowned Crane

ヒドリガモ
Eurasian Wigeon

オナガガモ
Northern Pintail

オナガガモ
Northern Pintail

Makinouchi Dam, Nemuro 1,429

April 26th, 2016

The number of summer breeing birds is increasing these days.
Today, I saw two Japanese Snipes / Latham's Snipes are flying with very loud call.

【Confirmed spices】
Black-faced Bunting
Long-tailed Rose Finch
Common Reed Bunting
Siberian Stonechat
Oriental Greenfinch
Japanese Bush Warbler
Bull-headed Shrike（♂１）
Eurasian Wryneck（１）
White-cheeked Starling
Japanese Snipe / Latham's Snipe（２）
Eurasian Teal
Red-crowned Crane（young2)
Slaty-backed Gull
Black-tailed Gull


アオジ
Black-faced Bunting

ノビタキ
Siberian Stonechat

牧之内

牧之内
Makinouchi Dam Vicinity

Makinouchi

アリスイ
Eurasian Wryneck

＊Taken through the car window.

アオジ
Black-faced Bunting

タンチョウ
Red-crowned Crane

Meiji Park, Nemuro 1,386

April 20th, 2016
<Meiji Park>   By Eagle
Fair。 8℃。It is much warmer today than yesterday.
Attracted by the refreshing air in Meiji Park,  I walked around the park for nearly 2 hours!
The Meiji Park is one of the surest spots for Goldcrests in Nemuro.
They are too frequent and active to miss today.

【Spices confirmed】
Slaty-backed Gull
Vega Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Tufted Duck
Coal Tit
Ｍａｒｓｈ Ｔｉｔ
Eastern Great Tit
Eurasian Nuthatch
Winter Wren
White Wagtail
Goldcrest　（５＋）
Eurasian Skylark
Great Spotted Woodpecker（♂１）
White-backed Woodpecker（１）
Brown-eared Bulbul
Eurasian Jay

キンクロハジロ
Tufted Duck

キクイタダキ
Goldcrest

A message to the suffering readers in Kyuusyuu 1,337

April 17th, 2016　The Kyusyu Districts, especially Kumamoto & Oita prefectures have been continuously attacked by a series of huge earthquakes since April 14th. I would like to express the deepest condolences on victims and their suffering families. The widely spread devastated areas seem to be still very dangerous. To my dearest  readers, please protect yourselves very very carefully, and never lose "hopes".Please believe yourselves and try to overcome this ordeal with dignity  like a phoenix.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Eagle)

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Hanasaki Port & Lake Cyouboshi

April 17th, 2016
  Lake Cyoboshi is one the best spots to observe Smews at this time of the year in Nemuro Peninsula.
Today, I confirmed 13 of them. 3 of them were male type which really look like "Panda" bears.

【Hanasaki Port】
Red-necked Grebe（ｂｒ.1)
Temminck's Cormorant
Pelagic  Cormorant
Black Scoter
Harlequin Duck
Greater Scaup
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian Wigeon
Black-tailed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Gloucous Gull
White Wagtail
Long-tailed Rose Finch（♂br.1）

【Lake Cypboshi】
Common Coot
Little Grebe（br.1)
Black-tailed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Vega Gull（２）
Gloucous Gull
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Smew（♂３、♀１０）

An old Rassian fishing boat in Hanasaki Port.

 

アカエリカイツブリ
Red-necked Grebe

アカエリカイツブリ
Red-necked Grebe

クロガモ
Black Scoter

Cape Nosattspu 1,308

April 12th, 2016
<Cape Nosattspu>   By Eagle
 Fair, Chilly north wind, 5℃.
   There are at least 2 different sub-species of Pigeon Guillemot, which are very common around Nemuro Peninsula. One is "Cepphus columba snowi" and another is  "Cepphus columba kaiurka".

  The former has no white patches on its covers. The latter has rather bigger and  pretty white patches on its covers. Today, both of them could be confirmed from the hide. They were both in breeding plumage, which were very beautiful. They also made me very happy for rather long time..
   I have also confirmed 2 adult Red-faced Cormorants.

<Record>
 Pelagic  Cormorant
Temminck's Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant　(ad.2)
White-tailed Sea Eagle（５）
Steller's Sea Eagle（１）　　　＊ young
Harlequin Duck
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck（６）　＊They all are in breeding　ｐlumage.
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Slaty-backed Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Gloucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rhinoceros Auklet（５０＋）
Spectacled Guillemot（１０＋）
Pigeon Guillemot（３）　　＊snowi (br.1)   kaiurka(br.2)
Common Guillemot（int.1)
White-cheeked Starling（２）
White Wagtail
Eurasian Skylark

Cape Nosattspu.

クロガモ
Black Scoter

ウトウ
Rhinoceros Auklet

at 50m from the hide.

ウミネコ
Black-tailed Gull

Steller's Sea Eagle (young)