Japan

white-tailed eagles, akan 130216

whooper swans & black brant, kiritappu 170216

blakistons fish owl, rausu 140216

brown-headed thrush, maioka park 180216

buoys at notsuke

chestnut-eared bunting, arasaki 100216

cape kiritappu looking north along the east cliffs 170216

daurian redstart, arasaki 100216

dawn cranes at arasaki 100216

white-tailed eagles & red-crowned cranes, akan 130216

eurasian woodcock, maioka park 180216

forest wagtail, miike 110216

Birdquest group at Habomai, Hokkaido 160216

birdquest group at kiritappu harbour 170216

iced clouds, hokkaido 150216

iced umbellifer, hokkaido 150216

ice sparkles, hokkaido 150216

japanese varied tit, miike 110216

long-billed plover, toden 050216

the minshuku ladies at arasaki

pigeon guillemot, habomai 160216

dinner at ‘washi-no-yado’, rausu 140216

red-faced cormorant, cape nosappu 160216

red fox, akan 130216

rough-legged buzzard, kiritappu 170216

sandhill cranes, arasaki 100216

scaly-sided merganser in flight, kanazawa 070216

shadows on the izu ferry

short-tailed albatross, izu 190216

spectacled guillemot, habomai 160216

spoonbills, arasaki 100216

steller’s sea eagle, rausu 150216

steller’s sea eagles, rausu 150216

swan goose, komatsu 080216

tori gate, arasaki 100216

white-naped cranes in flight, arasaki 100216

looking onto the village on Tobishima island 100515

japanese yellow bunting – not uncommon on the outskirts of Nagaoka city 130515

japanese yellow bunting – in good voice on the outskirts of Nagaoka city 130515

blue & white flycatcher, tobishima 080515

Mt Chodaizan distantly visible on Honshu viewed from Tobishima 100515

Mt Chodaizan distantly visible with Black-tailed Gull, taken from my room in the ryokan 100515

grey-tailed tattler photographed from a bridge, Nagaoka 160515

grey-tailed tattlers, Nagaoka 160515

grey wagtail singing, Nagaoka 130515

narcissus flycatcher, tobishima 080515

rustic bunting male, tobishima 080515

siberian rubythroat male, tobishima 070515

streaked shearwater, sakata to tobishima ferry 050515

tobishima 100515

japanese woodpigeon, miyakejima 230515

bull-headed shrike, kushiro 070615

chestnut-eared bunting, hochi 190515

Mt Fuji sunset from Gotemba, 210515

Mt fuji slopes 220515

Mt fuji woodland 220515

grey-bellied bullfinch female oketo 040615

hime habu, amami 310515

tree nymph, idea leuconoe, ishigaki 280515

japanese accentor, mt fuji 220515

japanese robin, oketo 040615

japanese serow, karuizawa 200515

japanese white-eye, ishigaki 280515

okinawa rail ada, 310515

amami black rabbit, amami 310515

amami woodcock, amami 310515

black-faced spoonbill, naha 310515

lesser frigatebird immature, ishigaki 280515

lidth’s jay, amami 020615

northern boobook, ishigaki 280515

okinawa rail, ada 310515

okinawa rail, ada 310515

ruddy kingfisher, ishigaki 280515

ruddy kingfisher, ishigaki 280515

ryukyu green pigeon, ishigaki 280515

ryukyu scops owl, amami 010615

ryukyu scops owl, amami 010615

ryukyu scops owl, amami 010615

ryukyu serpent eagle, ishigaki 280515

ryukyu serpent eagle, ishigaki 280515

ryukyu serpent eagle, ishigaki 280515

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 060615

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 060615

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 060615

crab feast, kiritappu 060615

eastern crowned warbler, nijibetsu 050615

eastern crowned warbler, nijibetsu 050615

eastern crowned warbler, nijibetsu 050615

great knot, amami 020615

lanceolated warbler, kiritappu 060615

lanceolated warbler, kiritappu 060615

latham’s snipe, furen 060615

middendorff’s grasshopper warbler, kiritappu 060615

mt fuji as seen from the Izu ferry 240515

killer whale, rausu 060615

raccoon dog, hokkaido 070615

raccoon dog, hokkaido 070615

sea urchin, kiritappu 060615

siberian blue robin, karuizawa 210515

siberian flying squirrel, oketo 050615

siberian rubythroat, kiritappu 060615

siberian thrush, shiretoko 070615

sika, kiritappu 060615

small ginja at karuizawa 200515

white-tailed eagle, kiritappu 060615

styan’s grasshopper warbler, miyakejima 230515

styan’s grasshopper warbler, miyakejima 230515

tiger keelback, karuizawa 200515

ural owl, karuizawa 200515

yellow bitterns, inbanuma 190515

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 180215

coastal view, hanusaki, hokkaido 200215

copper pheasant head, karuizawa 100215

daurian jackdaw, arasaki 140215

dusky thrush, arasaki 150215

dusky thrush, tokyo 220215

eurasian nuthatch, tsurui, hokkaido 180215

glaucous gull adult, rausu 190215

great egrets & eurasian spoonbill, arasaki 140215

hanusaki lighthouse, hokkaido 200215

hawfinch, tokyo 220215

hooded cranes at sunrise, arasaki 140215

japanese giant flying squirrel, karuizawa, honshu 090215

japanese murrelet pair, kadogawa 160215

japanese serow, karuizawa, honshu 100215

japanese waxwing, karuizawa 090215

cape kiritappu , hokkaido 210215

cape kiritappu , hokkaido 210215

osprey, arasaki 140215

pacific diver, habomai 200215

red-crowned cranes at dawn, hokkaido 180215

red fox, notsuke, hokkaido 180215

rustic bunting, karuizawa 100215

saunders’s gull, yatsushiro 130215

sea otter, cape nosappu,hokkaido 200215

short-tailed albatross, tokyo bay 230215

short-tailed albatross, tokyo bay 230215

sika and buoys, notsuke, hokkaido 190215

stack with eagle, cape kiritappu 210215

stellers sea eagle, rausu 190215

ural owl, kushiro 170215

white-tailed eagle & crow, akan 170215

white-tailed eagle, akan, hokkaido 170215

white-tailed eagle, rausu, hokkaido 190215

white-tailed eagle & japanese crane fighting, akan, 170215

white-tailed eagles, cape kiritappu 210215

harlequin ducks, cape nosappu 281114

harlequin ducks, cape nosappu 281114

asian rosy finch, notsuke 291114

amami robin, amami natural forest 031214

amami woodcock, amami 031214

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 271114

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 271114

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 271114

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 271114

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 281114

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 281114

brown dipper, rausu 281214

chestnut-eared bunting

chinese penduline tit

crested kingfisher, satsuma 021214

eastern spot-billed duck, karuizawa 121214

grey-headed lapwings, kaga 131214

grey-headed lapwings, kaga 131214

grey-tailed tattler, ishigakijima 091214

japanese accentor, karuizawa 111214

japanese robin, miyakejima 251114

malayan night heron, banna park 081214

oriental rooks, arasaki 011214

pacific reef egret, ishigakijima 091214

pale thrush, satsuma 021214

red-faced cormorant, nosappu 271114

ryukyu scops owl, ishigaki 071214

japanese macaque, nagano 131214

japanese macaque, nagano 131214

japanese macaque, nagano 131214

steller’s sea eagle, churuigawa 281114

ural owl pair, kushiro 291114

scaly-sided merganser, satsuma 011214

ryukyu serpent eagle, ishigaki 081214

scaly-sided merganser, satsuma 011214

bufflehead drake, rausu 260214

harlequin drakes, kiritappu 010314

scaly-sided merganser drake, kanezawa 180214

scaly-sided merganser drake, kanezawa 180214

scaly-sided merganser drake, kanezawa 180214

hooded cranes dawn flight, arasaki 230214

hooded cranes dawn flight, arasaki 230214

japanese crane, akan 010314

japanese crane, akan 010314

japanese cranes, setsurigawa 260214

japanese cranes, tsurui 260214

laysan albatross, izu 030314

laysan albatross, izu 030314

short-tailed albatross adult, izu 030314

short-tailed albatross adult, izu 030314

short-tailed albatross adult, izu 030314

short-tailed albatross immature, izu 030314

spectacled guillemot, ochiishi 280214

white-naped crane, arasaki 230214

black-footed albatross, izu 030314

ural owl, nijibetsu 260214

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 260214

white-tailed eagle, rausu 270214

white-tailed eagle, akan 010314

white-tailed eagle, akan 010314

stellersseaeaglesx3 attentive rausu270214

stellersseaeagles bundle rausu270214

stellersseaeagles reflection rausu270214

stellersseaeagles single rausu270214

stellersseaeaglesx2 flight rausu270214

fujiyama: 3776m,from 106km away! 160214

paparazzi at setsurigawa bridge, 260214

dusk at rausu, 260214

sunset in tokyo bay 030314

shirotoko mountains from nature cruise boat, rausu 270214

snow on house, nagano, 170214

Sunset over Mt Fuji, looking across Tokyo 160214

sea otter, nosappu misaki 280214

sika stag, notsuke 270214

snow monkey baby, nagano 180214

sushi, mi-ike 240214

dinner, mi-ike 240214

group on deck of izu ferry 030314

japanese serow,biwako 200214

dinner at mi-ike 230214

group at breakfast, nagano 180214

red fox, hokkaido 260214

black-eared kite, akan 010314

temminck’s & pelagic cormorants, kaga 190214

eastern marsh harrier, hitotsuse 230214

glaucous gull, adult, rausu 270214

glaucous gull, rausu 270214

glaucous & slaty-backed gulls rausu 270214

kamchatka gull, rausu 270214

long-billed plovers, kanazawa 180214

black-legged kittiwake, mikurajima 030314

saunders’s gull, yatsushiro 210214

slaty-backed gull. rausu 270214

solitary snipe, komatsu 190214

black scoter, habomai 280214

brambling, tsurui 260214

brown-eared bulbul, kasai 160214

buff-bellied pipit, yatsushiro 210214

bull-headed shrike, narita 150214

chinese penduline tit, arasaki 220214

daurian redstart male, kyushu 230214

dusky thrush, arasaki 220214

eurasian nuthatch – asiatica race, tsurui 260214

oriental greenfinch, arasaki 230214

oriental rook, arasaki 220214

ruddy-breasted crake, arasaki 220214

ryukyu minivet, kyushu 240214

asian rosy finches, notsuke 270214

black-faced spoonbill, yatsushiro 210214

harlequin ducks, cape nosappu 281114

harlequin ducks, cape nosappu 281114

asian rosy finch, notsuke 291114

map butterfly, karuizawa 220513

ryukyu scops owl, ishigaki 30/05/13

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 08/06/13

japanese robin, hokkaido 05/06/13

japanese yellow bunting, karuizawa 22/05/13

narcissus flycatcher, karuizawa 22/05/13

okinawa rail, ada 02/06/13

ruddy kingfisher, ishigaki 31/05/13

japanese breakfast, mi-ike 28/05/13

bogged bus, mt fuji 24/05/13

crab banquet, kiritappu 07/06/13

crab banquet, kiritappu 07/06/13

crab dinner, washi no yado, rausu 08/06/13

dinner for four, washi no yado, rausu 08/06/13

giant wood spider, ishigaki 30/05/13

yambarukuina (okinawa rail) road sign, ada 01/06/13

japanese varied tit, karuizawa 22/05/13

black-browed reed warbler, kiritappu 07/06/13

black-faced bunting male, akan 07/06/13

black-faced spoonbill, ishigaki 30//0513

black-faced spoonbill, ishigaki 30/05/13

black woodpecker, oketo 06/06/13

blakiston’s fish owl, rausu 08/06/13

brown dipper, karuizawa 22/05/13

brown-eared bulbul, ishigaki 30/05/13

crested terns, ishigaki 30/05/13

grey-bellied bullfinch, oketo 06/06/13

grey bunting male, shiretoko 09/06/13

grey-tailed tattler, ishigaki 30/05/13

ishigaki tit, ishigaki 30/05/13

japanese accentor, mt fuji 23/05/13

japanese leaf-warbler, mt fuji 24/05/13

japanese pygmy woodpecker, mt fuji 24/05/13

japanese thrush male, karuizawa 22/05/13

lanceolated warbler, kiritappu 08/06/13

lanceolated warbler, kiritappu 08/06/13

latham’s snipe, kushiro 07/06/13

narcissus flycatcher male, shiretoko 09/06/13

oriental reed warbler, narita 21/05/13

pleske’s warbler, miyakejima 25/05/13

pleske’s warbler, miyakejima 25/05/13

reed bunting male, kiritappu 08/06/13

ryukyu green pigeon, ishigaki 29/05/13

ryukyu minivet, ishigaki 30/05/13

ryukyu serpent eagle, ishigaki 30/05/13

siberian blue robin male, mt fuji 24/05/13

siberian rubythroat male, kiritappu 07/06/13

spectacled guillemot, utoro 09/06/13

japanese crane, tsurui 27/02/13

japanese crane, akan 02/03/13

japanese crane, tsurui 27/02/13

hooded cranes, arasaki 24/02/13

japanese waxwing, karuizawa 18/02/13

snow monkey, nagano 20/02/13

steller’s sea eagle, rausu 28/02/13

white-tailed eagle rausu 28/02/13

alpine accentor, nagano 20/02/13

view from the dining room at arasaki minshuku, 24/02/13

black-faced spoonbills, hitotsuse 25/02/13

black scoter male, habomai 01/03/13

harlequin duck males, hanasaki 01/03/13

bufflehead male, rausu 27/02/13

bull-headed shrike, toden 18/02/13

copper pheasant female, karuizawa 21/02/13

daurian redstart male, kadogawa 25/02/13

goshawk, arasaki 24/02/13

grey-bellied bullfinch male, odaito 28/02/13

grey-headed lapwing in snow, komatsu 22/02/13

hooded cranes, arasaki 25/02/13

hooded cranes, arasaki 25/02/13

hooded cranes, arasaki 24/02/13

japanese accentor, karuizawa 19/02/13

japanese murrelet, kadogawa 25/02/13

japanese waxwing, karuizawa 18/02/13

long-billed plover, toden 18/02/13

long-tailed duck drake, hanasaki 28/02/13

minus 15! – lowest temperature recorded on the tour, tsurui, hokkaido 27/02/13

view of mt rausu, hokkaido

pancake ice, hanasaki harbour

28/02/13

peregrine, kaga 21/02/13

rausu harbour 270213

red-breasted merganser male, shibetsu 27/02/13

red-faced cormorant, nosappu 01/03/13

red fox, notsuke 27/02/13

sandhill crane, arasaki 24/02/13

sashimi feast, shiotsubo onsen, karuizawa

saunders gull, yatsushiro 22/02/13

scaly-sided merganser female, satsuma 24/02/13

siberian crane juvenile, arasaki 24/02/13

siberian crane juvenile, arasaki 25/02/13

sika stag, ochiishi 01/03/13

slaty-backed gull, rausu 27/02/13

snow monkeys, nagano 20/02/13

stejneger’s scoter male, habomai 01/03/13

steller’s sea eagles, rausu 28/02/13

steller’s sea eagles, rausu 28/02/13

surf scoter female, habomai 01/03/13

sushi feast, karuizawa

black-eared kite, kadogawa 25/02/13

ural owl, karuizawa 18/02/13

Ural Owl chick at Yukyuzan temple, Nagaoka 12.06.12

spring comes late on the Shirotoko pass. 01.06.12

Black-faced Bunting male, Shiretoko Pass 01.06.12

Black-tailed Gull, Furen-ko 02.06.12

Blue & White Flycatcher, Utoro 02.06.12

Asian Brown Flycatcher on nest, Lake Oketo 31.05.12

D&K at Yuzawa kogen, 07.06.12

part of the spread of great food at the family reunion, 08.06.12

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Nagaoka 11.06.12

Japanese Robin, Lake Choboshi 03.06.12

Japanese Robin, Lake Choboshi 03.06.12

Japanese Robin, Lake Choboshi 03.06.12

Japanese Thrush, Akan 30.05.12

KF at Yuzawa kogen 07.06.12

Kibitaki a.k.a. Narcissus Flycatcher, Nagaoka 12.06.12

misty river, shiretoko 02.06.12

Olive-backed Pipit nest, Shiretoko 02.06.12

Oriental Reed Warbler, Nagaoka10.06.12

Siberian Chipmunk, Lake Choboshi 03.06.12

Ural Owl at Yukyuzan temple, Nagaoka 12.06.12

Brown Flycatcher on nest, Lake Oketo 31.05.12

growing everywhere…

Mt Rausu from the pass 01.06.12

Siberian Flying Squirrel, Lake Oketo 31.05.12

Siberian Rubythroat male, Kiritappu 04.06.12

forest stream at Aizanke 30.05.12

Vixen & cubs, Lake Oketo 31.05.12. Two families each with 4 cubs each. sunbathing on the road just 500m apart from each other! Foxes are sooooo common on Hokkaido!

White-backed Woodpecker juvenile in nest, Lake Oketo 31.05.12

Ural Owl chick, Nagaoka 12.06.12

Turtle sp. Nagaoka12.06.12

Ural Owl adult, Nagaoka 12.06.12

Ural Owl chick, Nagaoka 12.06.12

Little Ringed Plover pair, Nagaoka10.06.12, nesting in a school car park!

Little Ringed Plover pair, Nagaoka12.06.12, nesting in a school car park!

on the pack ice at Rausu, Hokkaido

on the pack ice at Rausu, Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

on the pack ice at Rausu, Hokkaido

on the pack ice at Rausu, Hokkaido

Japanese Macaques in a hot spring

Japanese Macaques in a hot spring

Japanese Macaques in a hot spring

Japanese Macaque in a hot spring

on the pack ice off Hokkaido

at dawn on the Setsurigawa river, Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

at Kasai park, Tokyo

in Hanusaki harbour, Hokkaido

at Karuizawa, Nagano

at Kadogawa, Kyushu

at Karuizawa, Nagano

at Karuizawa, Nagano

in Hanusaki harbour, Hokkaido

in Maioka Park, nr Tokyo

in Maioka Park, nr Tokyo

in Maioka Park, nr Tokyo

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Rausu, Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

in the hot springs, Nagano

in Maioka Park, nr Tokyo

in Maioka Park, nr Tokyo

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Karuizawa, Nagano

on Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

at Arasaki, Kyushu

at Arasaki, Kyushu

at Arasaki, Kyushu

at Rausu, Hokkaido

at Rausu, Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

asiaticus race on Hokkaido

at Choshi, Honshu

at Karuizawa, Nagano

at Arasaki

at Choshi, Honshu

on Hokkaido

at the ‘Snow-monkey’ park, Nagano

on Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

on Hokkaido

at Karuizawa, Nagano

at Karuizawa, Nagano

at Omigawa, Honshu

at Karuizawa, Nagano