Birdwatching in Inbanuma, Lake Saiko, Karuizawa and Komoro (January 23-25, 2025)

 I went birdwatching in central Honshu—at Lake Imba and Karuizawa—as part of a Rockjumper tour. At Lake Imba, I saw a flock of tens of thousands of Baikal Teals, and in Karuizawa I was lucky enough to spot a Mountain Hawk-eagle.

Brambling

Brambling

Brambling

Brambling

Brambling

Brambling

Brambling

Mountain Hawk-eagle

Mountain Hawk-eagle

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Lesser  White-fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Smew

Smew

Birdwatching in Bijo-ike, Fukushima and Nasu, Tochigi etc. ( March 7 & 10, 2025)

I woke up early in the morning to go out to see a Canvasback in Fukushima Prefecture, which had been mentioned in the newspaper. It was the first time I had seen a pair of Canvasbacks, and even though they were more than 100 m apart, it was easy to identify them as Common Pochard because of the whitish back colour.

On 10 March I went to Tochigi Prefectural Forest, but there were few small birds and I could only hear Eurasian Wren.

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Brown Dipper

Brown Dipper

Brown Dipper

Brown Dipper

Brown Dipper

Brown Dipper

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Canvasback

Birdwatching in Omuro Koen (February 14 & 26, 2024)

About 50 Japanese Waxwing visited mistletoes.  Although the angle and background were not so good for photographing, it is still nice to see them.

Japanese Tit

Japanese Tit

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Dusky Thrush (male)

Dusky Thrush (male)

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing