Snipes 2009-5

Broad-billed Sandpiper(Limicola falcinellus)



Photos in Ishikari, Hokkadio.

Greenshank(left; Tringa nebularia
) and Marsh Sandpiper(right; Tringa stagnatilis)

Photo in Mukawa, Hokkaido.

Ruddy Turnstone Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)



Photos in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Snipes 2009-4

Rufous-necked Sandpiper(Calidris ruficollis)




Sanderling(Crocethia alba)


Long-toed Stint(Calidris subminuta)




All photos were taken in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Snipes 2009-3

Terek Sandpiper(Xenus cinereus)





Bar-tailed Godwit(Limosa lapponica)


Black-tailed Godwit(Limosa limosa)


All photos in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Snipes 2009-2

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)




All photos in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Curlew Sandpiper(Calidris ferruginea)




All photos in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Snipes 2009-1

August to September, I went to see snipes.

Mongolian Plover (Charadrius Charadrius)

Photo in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

American Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

Photo in Ishikari, Hokkaido.

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Left one had single leg.

Muroran hawk

Now is bird's migration season, I went to Sokuryo San, Muroran city which is famous place of hawk migration spot.

I saw 7 species (Osprey, Oriental honey-buzzard, Common buzzard, Northern goshawk, Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk, European Hobby, and Peregrine Falcon) in a day.

Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Photos in Muroran, Hokkaido.

3/Oct/2009