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Post-typhoon birding Yet another Tattler pic from earlier in the week. This was with my new camera which is theoretically better than my old one but the jury's out on that one for the time being. This was from 2 or 3 days before a biggish typhoon hit Hakodate on Monday and Tuesday. Some high winds and a lot of rain and waves crashing over the seawalls. Not a single interesting bird was blown in except for a few bedraggled looking Gulls. 2 years ago there was a seriously big typhoon that knocked out the electricity in town for a whole day and blew over thousands of trees. Today was my 38th birthday and we went to Yakumo. The autumn Duck passage has begun-lots of Pintails and Wigeons. Only 2 kinds of wader-Common Sandpiper and a lone Red Necked Stint. Bird of the day was an immature Eastern Marsh Harrier. Lots of Japanese Green Pigeons on the rocky coastline flying down from the forested hills to drink seawater. Unfortunately there's absolutely nowhere to park nearby so it's out of the question to get a picture (Route 5 is a busy road). Even from a speeding car they were beautiful. Other birds from the car today included Pacific Swift, Northern Sparrowhawk and lots and lots of Oriental Turtle Doves. At Shikabe there were about 40 Common Tern offshore (Terns are pretty scarce round these parts). A final stop at Onuma produced Little Grebe, Stub Tailed Bush Warbler and an unidentified Thrush (probably Grey Thrush). 21:55 - 20/9/2006 - post comment
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