HKBWS BBS ­» ´ä Æ[ ³¾ ·| ·s »D ²Õ    Discussion Area °Q½×°Ï    Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É II (Moderators: BBS Moderators, Kwok Jai, Forrest FONG)    Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ  (Read 2799 times) Uncle_Tall BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 163 Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ « on: Dec 13th, 2003, 9:29pm » Quote Modify Share with you some of the beautiful birds in Hokkaido in a recent trip in early December   Red-crowned Crane ¤¦³»Åb Crus japonensisat Akan ªü´H, 04/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image3/3/51/12/104535112kVsLZD_ph.jpg   Whooper Swan ¤j¤ÑÃZ Cygnus cygnusat Furen-ko ­·½¬´ò, 05/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/51/56/104535156ZVfOCC_ph.jpg   White-tailed Eagle ¥Õ§À®üóç Haliaeetus albicillaat Nemuro ®Ú«Ç, 07/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image3/3/51/86/104535186lolBWo_ph.jpg   Long-tailed duck ªø§ÀÀn Clangula hyemalis(male) at Hanasaki Port ªáŽZ´ä, 08/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/52/68/104535268BamllI_ph.jpg   Steller's Sea Eagle ªêÀY®üóç Haliaeetus pelagicusat Shiretoko Pennisula ª¾§É¥b®q, 09/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/54/4/104535404HbheeE_ph.jpg   Blakiston's Fish Owl ¤ò»Lº®ì¦ Ketupa blakistoniat Rausu ù¦Ý, 09/12/2003 http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/54/53/104535453BNxedC_ph.jpg   Uncle Tall ^_^ & Auntie Handkerchief ^_^   « Last Edit: Jun 11th, 2004, 10:43am by BBS Moderators » Logged Mike Kilburn Committee Member BBS God     Posts: 334 Re: Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü1D´ç¥V3¾Ã<thorn> « Reply #1 on: Dec 14th, 2003, 1:30am » Quote Modify Waah!   Awesome birds ! I love the fish owl!   Mike Logged Mike Kilburn Vice Chairman Chairman - ConservationCommittee HKBWS Uncle_Tall BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 163 Re: Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ « Reply #2 on: Dec 19th, 2003, 11:31pm » Quote Modify The Blaskiston fish owl is also our dream bird and the best tick for the whole trip. We had not seen this bird in our first trip in 1997 nor in both of our trips to China NE. This is an endangered (CR) species with around 100 birds in Hokkaido and may be a only few hundreds in the whole world (exists also in Amur and Ussuri area in Russia Far East , Sakhalin, Kurile Islands and may be in Chang Bai Shan).     In Japan, it is strictly protected. We have met the most experienced Japanese in this aspect, Mr Sumio Yamamoto. He got quite some scientific publications and two colourful books concerning conservation of this beautiful owl. (He is the one on TV!!) We sincerely hope that this species is still surviving in China.     By the way, this owl was fed with fishes every night near a minshuku. Despite he is quite tame, when we were staring each other through our binouclars or camera, we could still feel his fierceness. There were other photographers who set up a big array of equipments to capture the owl in picture. We made use of their focusing light for exposure at ISO 1600, 1/10s, f4 and tungsten white balance with EOS 300D and 400mm F4L, hand-held inside car. Thanks to digital photography. Without it, the owl would have a pair of red eyes or the whole picture turned yellow.     « Last Edit: Dec 25th, 2003, 11:39pm by Uncle_Tall » Logged Uncle_Tall BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 163 Re: Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ « Reply #3 on: Dec 22nd, 2003, 10:47pm » Quote Modify Some more to share   Jay ªQ¾~ Garrulus glandarius3/12/2003 Akan http://community.webshots.com/s/image2/3/33/76/105933376QOdacy_ph.jpg   Greater Scaup ´³­I¼çÀn Aythya marila5/12/2003 Lake Furen http://community.webshots.com/s/image2/3/37/59/105933759LIZISe_ph.jpg   Black Scoter ¶Â®üµfÀn Melanitta nigra6/12/2003 Ochiishi Misaki http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/41/37/105934137AfDDbN_ph.jpg   Slaty-backed Gull ¦Ç­IÅà Larus schistisagus Glaucous-winged ¦Ç¯ÍÅà Larus glaucescens Herring Gull »ÈÅà Larus argentatus on 9/12/2003 Please note the "grey-levels" http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/49/95/105934995AMKMmB_ph.jpg   Harlequin Duck ¤¡Àn Histrionicus histrionicus9/12/2003 Rausu http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/48/95/105934895lZttcs_ph.jpg   Brown Dipper ½Åªe¯Q Cinclus pallasii10/12/2003 Rausu http://community.webshots.com/s/image2/3/48/18/105934818ZLZhVd_ph.jpg Lastly, the second best tick and the most unexpected bird - Fork-tailed Storm-petrel ¦Ç¤e§À®ü¿P Oceanodroma furcata patrolling inside a small harbour on 10/12/2003 in Rausu.   http://community.webshots.com/s/image6/3/40/29/105934029lMxVtd_ph.jpg At 1/3 the size of a slaty-backed and flying like a swallow on a cloudy day, it was so difficult to capture with camera. Even though it was surprisingly close to shore. By the way, storm-petrel is the smallest kind of sea birds. This particular species is 21cm long with a 46cm wing span (Harrison). Just can't imagine how a small bird like this survive on open sea.   « Last Edit: Jul 25th, 2004, 9:33pm by Uncle_Tall » Logged Owlet-nightjar BBS Member BBS God Hoo-o...chweep!     Posts: 141 Re: Hokkaido Winter birding ¥_®ü¹D´ç¥V³¾Ãþ « Reply #4 on: Dec 23rd, 2003, 1:22pm » Quote Modify Can I join you Mike? "Wa...ah!!"     I saw "Blakistons' Fish Owl" on a TV documentary programme a few years ago. « Last Edit: Dec 24th, 2003, 7:38am by Owlet-nightjar » Logged Hoo-o.....Hoo-0 Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement ²°T³q§i -----------------------------  - Membership Affair ·|­û¨Æ°È   - Outings / Activities ¤á¥~¬¡°Ê / Á¿®y   - Projects ¶µ¥Ø­p¹º   - Crested Bulbul Club ¬õ¦Õóí­Ñ¼Ö³¡ ----------------------------- Discussion Area °Q½×°Ï -----------------------------  - General ¤@¯ë°ÝÃD   - Conservation ¦ÛµM«O¨|   - Bird Identification ³¾Ãþ¿ëÃÑ   - Birding Reports & Tips Æ[³¾³ø§i¤Î¤ß±o   - Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É I => Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É II ----------------------------- Special Topics ¯S§O¥DÃD -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu ³¥³¾»P¸V¬y·P   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley Üñ­ì¥i«ùÄò¥ÍºAºÞ²z­p¹º   - Black-faced Spoonbill ¶ÂÁyµ\ÆO   - Goodbye Penfold §i§O´^ºÖ   - Tern Conservation ¿PÅëO¨|   - Black-eared Kite »ð(³ÂÆN)   - Swifts and Swallows ¿P»P«B¿P   - China Birdwatching Network ¤¤°êÆ[³¾¬¡°Êºôµ¸   - Winter Altas Survey ¥V©u³¾Ãþ´¶¬d   - Nature Conservation Policy ¦ÛµM«O¨|¬Fµ¦ ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing ª¾ÃѤÀ¨É -----------------------------  - FAQ ±`¨£°ÝÃD   - Archive ¸ê®Æ­«·Å « Previous topic | Next topic »

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