2015-09-13

Birdwatching around Obihiro, Hokkaido 1 (5-6 September, 2015)

Although I visited several locations nearby Obihiro, very few birds were seen.  Some summer visitors were still seen, though most of them were quiet.

Birds seen in the two days were as below.

Grey Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Black Kite, Eurasian Hobby 2, Mallard, Spot-billed Duck, Oriental Turtle Dove, White-bellied Green Pigeon, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker 1 (male), Barn Swallow, White Wagtail, Brown-eared Bulbul, Bull-headed Shrike, Japanese Thrush, Japanese Bush Warbler, Asian Stubtail, Black-browed Reed Warbler, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Varied Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Treecreeper, Siberian Meadow Bunting, Grey-headed Bunting 1 (male), Black-faced Bunting, Hawfinch, Tree Sparrow, Carrion Crow, Large-billed Crow



Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker



Greater Spotted Woodpecker


Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Eurasian Hobby


Eurasian Hobby









2015-09-01

Birds in Crocker Range and Kinabalu Park (19-20 August, 2015)

House Swift

Brown Barbet

Brown Barbet

Brown Barbet

Brown Barbet

Brown Barbet

Sunda Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Indigo Flycatcher

Indigo Flycatcher

Indigo Flycatcher



2015-08-01

Flowers and deer in Hokkaido (22-23 July, 2015)

Vicia cracca



Geranium yezoense

Geranium yezoense

Pedicularis resupinata subsp. oppositifolia

Hosta sieboldii var. rectifolia

Iris ensata var. spontanea

Spiraea salicifolia Linn

Chamerion angustifolium

Shika Deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis)
Cervus nippon yesoensis