Nemuro Pensula and it's vicinity 2,135

Nov.14th, 2016.
Yesterday, several Pine Grosbeak were found in the city park in Nemuro.
Watching 54 species just in 2 hours is amazing experience at this time of the year.
 【Species obsrved】
アビ　　　　Red-throated Diver/Loon
オオハム　　　Black－throated Diver （Arctic Loon）
シロエリオオハム　　　Pacific Diver／Loom
ウミウ　　Ｔｅｍｍｉｎｃｋ’ｓ Ｃｏｒｍｏｒａｎｔ
ヒメウ　　Ｐｅｌａｇｉｃ  Ｃｏｒｍｏｒａｎｔ
アカエリカイツブリ　　Red-necked Grebe
オオバン　　　　Common Coot
トビ　　　Black－eared Kite
ノスリ　　　　Easetern Buzzard
オオワシ　　　Steller’s Sea Eagle
オジロワシ　　　White－tailed Sea Eagle
オオバン　　　Common Coot
アカエリカイツブリ　　　Red－necked Grebe
アオサギ　　Grey Heron
タンチョウ　　　　　Red-crowned Crane
オオセグロカモメ　　　Slaty-backed Gull
ウミネコ　　　Black-tailed Gull
ワシカモメ　　　Glaucous-winged Gull
シロカモメ　　Gloucous Gull
ユリカモメ　　　Black-headed Gull
ミツユビカモメ　　　Black-legged Kittiwake
タンチョウ　　　Red-crowned Crane　（成鳥４＋若１）　　＊引臼沼
オオハクチョウ　　　　Whooper Swan
マガモ　　　Mallard
オナガガモ　　　Northern Pintail
ヒドリガモ　　　Eurasian Wigeon
コガモ　　　　Eurasian Teal
ハシビロガモ　　　Northern Shoveler
スズガモ　　　Greater Scaup
キンクロハジロ　　　　Tufted Duck
ウミアイサ　　　Red－breasted Merganser
カワアイサ　　　　Goosander
ホオジロガモ　　　Common Goldeneye
シノリガモ　　　Harlequin Duck
ハシブトガラ　　　Marsh Tit
シジュウカラ　　　Eastern Great Tit
ヒガラ　　　Coal Tit
ゴジュウカラ　　Eurasian Nuthatch
シマエナガ　　　Long-tailed Tit
キバシリ　　　Eurasian Treecreeper
アカゲラ　　　Great Spotted Woodpecker
カワラヒワ　　　Oriental Greenfinch
シメ　　　　　Hawfinch
ハクセキレイ　　　　White Wagtail
スズメ　　　　Eurasian Tree Sparrow
アトリ　　　　Brambling
ミヤマカケス　　　Eurasian Jay
ヒヨドリ　　　　Brown-eared Bulbul
ハシブトガラス　　　　Large-billed Crow
ハシボソガラス　　　Carrion Crow
ウミガラス　　　Common Guillemot
ウミスズメ　　　Ancient Murrelet
ウミバト　　　　Pigeon Guillemot　　（snowi 10+, kaiurka 2)
ケイマフリ　　　Spectacled Guillemot

説明を追加

ハシブトガラ
Marsh Tit

ホオジロガモ
Common Goldeneye

コゲラ
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

コゲラ
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

キバシリ
Eurasian Treecreeper

オオワシ
Steller's Sea Eagle

オオワシ
Steller's Sea Eagle

貝殻島灯台

ミツユビカモメ
Black-legged Kittiwake

＊納沙布ハイド前を横切った。

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)

Cape Nosattspu 1181

April 6th, 2016
<Cape Nosattspu>  By Eagle
Fair. 8℃。
　We can still enjoy a huge flock of Rhinoceros Auklets offshore Cape Nosattspu.
In addition to them, Spectacled Guillemots & Pigeon Guillemots in beautiful breeding plumage could be seen by using a scope with magnification of 20-60 diameters.
  A flock of 7 Brent Geese was passing offshore. they are heading for the Ntsuke Peninsula.
A pair of beautiful Red-crowned Cranes was flying over me on the way back to downtown Nemuro.
They might be heading for what we call "Northern Disputed islands".
 Birds really seem to be in the busy and hard season of migration now.

 【Sighting record】
Red-throated Diver/Loon（young１）
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic  Cormorant
Temminck's Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant (3) *2 adults + 1 young
Slaty-backed Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Gloucous Gull
Ｈａｒｌｅｑｕｉｎ Ｄｕｃｋ
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Scaup
Brent Goose（７）
Red-crowned Crane（２）
Spectacled Guillemot（５０＋）
Pigeon Guillemot（４）　＊C.c.snowi　２　　C.c.kaiurka or columba 2
Rhinoceros Auklet（５００＋）
Ancient Murrelet（６＋）
White-cheeked Starling（２５）
White Wagtail（３）
Eurasian Skylark（２）

ムクドリ
White-cheeked Starling

Kaigarajima Lighthouse

The closest Northern Disputed  Islands

ウミウ
Temminck's Cormorant

コクガン
A flock of 7 Brent Geese

タンチョウ
Red-crowned Crane

Cape Nosattspu 1145

April 5th.,2016
＜Cape Nosattspu ＞　By Eagle
　　　　It is the best season now for watching a large number of Rhinoceros Auklets from the ocean-viewing  hide in Cape Nosattspu. They have returned from the south after a long and cold winter. Today, I watched at least 1,500 individuals from the hide and the number is increasing rapidly day by day.
In Nosattspu, you can command a fantastic view of a large flock of breeding seabirds,  which is one of the most popular and common ones at this time of the year in Nemuro Peninsula.
I also confirmed just one young Steller's Sea Eagle left on  the nearby cliff.

【The list of birds observed】
Red-necked Grebe（３）
Temminck's Cormorant
Pelagic  Cormorant
Red-faced cormorant (1)
Steller's Sea Eagle（jv.1)
White-tailed Sea Eagle（３）
Black-eared Kite
Harlequin Duck（３００＋）
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck（１０＋）
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Scaup
Vega Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Gloucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Gull
Rhinoceros Auklet（１５００＋）
Spectacled Guillemot（１００＋）
White-cheeked Starling（２）

Steller's Sea Eagle（young）

A White-tailed Sea Eagle was flying over the houses in Nosattspu.

Harlequin Duck(♂）

A mixed flock of Long-tailed Duck　and Rhinoceros Auklets was moving
 1 km off Cape Nosattspu.

Rhinoceros Auklet
８００m　offshore

We can watch many flocks of 10-20  Rhinoceros Auklets from the hide.
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Cape Nosattspu Hide ９７１

April 1, 2016
<Cape Nosattspu, Nemuro>     By Eagle Niiya
Cloudy. 2 ℃。　Windy.

<Sighting Records>
Temminck's Cormorant
Pelagic  Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant（１）
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Ｈａｒｌｅｑｕｉｎ Ｄｕｃｋ
Ｃｏｍｍｏｎ Ｇｏｌｄｅｎｅｙｅ
Black-eared Kite
White-tailed Sea Eagle
Slaty-backed Gull
Vega Gull
Gloucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Spectacled Guillemot（５０＋）
Rhinoceros Auklet（２００＋）

For futher detail, please contact Eagle Niiya (kniiya@y8.dion.ne.jp)

Black-tailed Gull

Red-faced Cormorant

Pelagic  Cormorant

Kaigarajima Lighthouse

Cape Nosattspu Hide

May 12th, 2015
<Cape Nosattspu Hide>   By Eagle
Pacific Diver/Loom（intermediate 1)
Diver/Loon　sp.（２０＋）　＊flying over the channel
Pelagic  Cormorant
Temminck's Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant（br.1)
Black Scoter
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Turnstone（５０＋）
Rhinoceros Auklet（３００＋）
Spectacled Guillemot（５＋）
Ancient  Murrelet（３）
White Wagtail
＊＊Minke Whale（１）　　＊passing through the channel.
＊＊Sea Lion（３０＋）

 A unique way for a clamp!

Ruddy Turnstone

”Kaigara-jima Lighthouse"

Ruddy Turnstone
They were playing with waves right in front of the hide.

Temminck’s Cormorant
They are increasing in number.

Cape Nosattspu Hide & its vicinity 318

April 8th, 2015　　　By Eagle
＜Cape Nosattspu Hide＞
Ruddy Turnstone（３５＋）
Pelagic  Cormorant
Temminck's Cormorant
Black Scoter
Harlequin Duck　
Spectacled Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet
Pigeon Guillemot（１）　＊Ｃ．ｃ．ｋａｉｕｒｋａ（intermediate)
Ancient Murrelet（２）
Pacific Diver/Loom（１）
White-tailed Sea Eagle（１０）　＊On the shoal near the Kaigarajima Lighthouse

＜Vicinity＞
Chestnut-cheeked Starling（♂１、♀２）　　＊The first sighting for this summer.
Siberian Stonechat
Eurasian Siskin（３）
Eurasian Wryneck（１）

Ruddy Turnstone
Cape Nosattspu

Harlequin Duck
Cape Nosattspu

Harlequin Duck
Look like almost eclipse.

The kaigarajima Lighthouse. and the  nearby shoal.
The Kaigarajima is the closest point of disputed Northern Japanese Territories.

The Kaigarajima Lighthouse

There seems to be 20 to 30 Sea Lions lying on the shoal. There are also 10 White-tailed Sea Eagles behind them. There might be a dead body of Sea Lion or something on the shoal which has attracted eagles.

The Cape Nosattspu
There are a lot of sightseeners today.

 

Ruddy Turnstones　on the rocks.
They are eating kelp (seaweed).





 

                                                                                                                                                                                             Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Cape Nosattspu & its vicinity 280

May 1st, 2015
<Cape Nosattspu & its vicinity>
Harlequin Duck
Black Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-tailed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Gloucous Gull
Japanese Snipe / Latham's Snipe（１）
Rhinoceros Auklet（１００＋）
Pigeon Guillemot（br.2)  *C.c.snowi
Ancient Murrelet（２）
Siberian Stonechat
Oriental Greenfinch

Kaigara-jima Lighthouse
The closest ”Disputed Islands"

 Harlequin Duck

Black-tailed Gull

Japanese Snipe / Latham's Snipe