A clear cold morning, and the tide came higher than predicted.
I didn’t find anything unusual, but some typical early winter birds presented some photo opportunities
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| Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea |
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| Dunlin - Calidris alpina |
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| Common Redshank - Tringa totanus |
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| Chinese Pond Heron - Ardeola bacchus |
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| Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope |
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| Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope |
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| Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata |
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| Black-faced Spoonbill - Platalea minor |
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| Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi |
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| Saunders's Gull - Chroicocephalus saundersi |
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| The usual suspects |
As always, your flight shots are scintillating; in fact all of your shots are scintillating!
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind, David, it’s the autumn light that is scintillating now...
DeleteMore stellar pics, I especially like the one of the Curlew in flight - I miss their plaintive calls!
ReplyDeletePlaintive, yes - there’s something about wader calls
DeleteOne of the few posts of yours where I can say I've seen all of these species in Hokkaido!
ReplyDeleteI bet some of them (All Right, BFS and Saunders’ Gull) are rarities in Hokkaido, though !
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