tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post1141146752292911922..comments2023-04-12T22:13:28.101+09:00Comments on Hakodate Birding: On this day (March 2nd)....................Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-24192410577295210022010-03-02T18:20:12.054+09:002010-03-02T18:20:12.054+09:00Hi Chris, there are occasional years they don'...Hi Chris, there are occasional years they don't arrive. 3 or 4 winters ago they never came. I guess they've just find food elsewhere or like you suggest they had a poor breeding season. There are 2 species however and neither showed so perhaps it was a mix of the weather and food supplies.......Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-24041166498100535552010-03-02T18:01:14.961+09:002010-03-02T18:01:14.961+09:00So I guess you did not get them this year did you?...So I guess you did not get them this year did you?<br />We did not neither and the big influx did not happen in northern France neither. Maybe a bad year for them. Your picture is very nice.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-49497594723741279972010-03-02T14:05:33.550+09:002010-03-02T14:05:33.550+09:00Hi Russell. hope you have better luck down there t...Hi Russell. hope you have better luck down there than up here, not a single one this winter and I haven't noticed any pics on the various other birding blogs in Japan I regularly check.........Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-70561542229613430452010-03-02T13:25:43.822+09:002010-03-02T13:25:43.822+09:00Wow! That's a big group of Waxwings. I saw jus...Wow! That's a big group of Waxwings. I saw just one last year hangin' out with sparrows on a busy street. They should be arriving sometime this week and I hope the rain will ease by the weekend and I'll get some shots.Russell Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153568497950671742noreply@blogger.com