A nice spring day outside. Not many people walking by the river, So i headed out to Yoichi River. Ended up seeing 35 different species of bird. As well, I saw my first Common Reed Bunting. Also, a Brambling and Bull-headed Shrike, Falcated Teal Ducks, and Smews were great...
Mallard Duck
Naebo XVI
Lake Utonai II
Yoichi XIII
Otaru Port Tour II
The group took a longer tour of the areas that Waterfowl hang out at. We spent 6 hours, including a lunch. It was a lot of fun, and saw a few new birds to add to the list. Umeki-san was very helpful with his scope in pointing out those...
Makomanai Park I
First time to head out to Makomanai Park. It took awhile from Otaru; JR train to subway to bus to walking. LOL, found out later there was a different bus line that went to the station with a stop in front of the meeting area. The birds here seemed...
Yoichi–XII
Took a trip out to Yoichi while the snow was still 6-8 inches deep. Slow moving, but productive in the birds I saw. Lots of ducks and two Steller’s Sea-Eagles on the right side of the river, and eight White-tailed Sea-Eagles all in the same tree on the left...
Maruyama Park–VI
Cold day at 3 degrees Centigrade, yet sunny; so I headed out early to meet up with the Sapporo Group in Maruyama Park. There were a good number of people, so everyone divided up into 2 groups. As well, today there was a man near the bridge between the...
