Wednesday 3 March 2010

Trip to east end2 -Kiritappu-

First accommodation was Etopirika-mura in Kiritappu, which organized conservation act for Tufted Puffin and Spectacled Guillemot.
Kiritappu is a famous breeding spot of these species, but these are seen in summer.

This time, I tried to see buntings which were here from pre-information.

At first, I saw Rough-legged Buzzard which was also fever in Kiritappu.

I heard two rare buntings in Kiritappu, the first was five-Lapland Bunting which I saw easily, but I
could not take a photo.

The second, it was one of main target of this trip: Snow Bunting.
I tried to find hard, seek and seek.
I decided to give up seeking Snow Bunting at noon and moving to Nemuro.
At 11:15, I found flock of white-small birds!!
I got it!!
Snow Buntings.

I could see some variations of plumage.

5 comments:

  1. You're so lucky! The snow buntings look cute and the puffins sound really interesting, but Hokkaido in summer might be a little bit too expensive for me to effort.

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  2. The buntings look super surrounded by snow.

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  3. Nice find, no Snow Buntings in south Hokkaido this winter.......

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  4. Snow Bunting was a my lifer.

    I have never been to east Hokkaido in summer.
    I am busy in summer, so I haven't seen puffins.

    Thank you comments.

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  5. The buntings look to be in spring/summer plumage. Always good to get a lifer, especially if self found.

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