On this day (August 19th)................

August 19th 2011.

A Long Billed Dowitcher at Kamiiso 2 years ago today. It was in pretty much full summer plumage and was a lifer to boot. A couple of individuals have appeared on other local blogs since then (but they were immatures or winter plumaged adults) so they are probably a scarce but regular visitor.

It shared the beach with a Great Knot and Ruff..............an interesting trio of shorebirds.



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On this day (August 14th)..............

August 14th 2010.

A Black Footed Albatross off Tomakomai 3 years ago today. This was my first pelagic trip and it was a very successful one.....................6 additions to my Japan list and 5 lifers. This was my first ever albatross (we also saw Laysan) and it was pretty exciting, they were even tame and approached the boat for some squid handouts..................

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Black Faced Spoonbill

An immature Black Faced Spoonbill at Kamiiso this afternoon. A real surprise, I was just doing a very quick check to see if there were any shorebirds around and stumbled across this rare east asian specialty.

I saw one a couple of years in Yakumo so obviously a few occur in Hokkaido but this is primarily a bird of more southern locales. A very nice addition to my local list (which is running around 220ish now I think).

It's been very hot the last week or so, maybe the warm winds wafted over the spoonbill from mainland Asia.

So hot and humid that we have got an airconditioner!!!!! Actually a friend had an old one which he didn't need anymore so he kindly came round an attached to it to one of our window frames. Thank you Tomoo...........

The spoonbill probably enjoyed the hot weather..........

Hope England get a few early wickets today.................otherwise we'll be hoping for another rainy draw.

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Still slow

A young Osprey at Yakumo a couple of days ago.

Not much around. A Peregrine disturbing the gulls, a lone tired looking Sooty Shearwater offshore, a couple of piping calls lost in the wind that may or may not have been waders.....................that is all.

Hot and humid outside, not many birds, not much motivation to do anything. Summer? Meh.

Manchester summer weather secured the Ashes at least.

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Linked to Wild Bird Wednesday.