tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post2088320966175569877..comments2023-04-12T22:13:28.101+09:00Comments on Hakodate Birding: East Hokkaido Trip 2007 #1Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-986617390391517202007-06-03T19:44:00.000+09:002007-06-03T19:44:00.000+09:00I didn't notice any decoys.................not act...I didn't notice any decoys.................not actually being aware of there being decoys present I may embrassingly have claimed them as real Puffins.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'll check the RNS's much more carefully next time!Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-33213815991310674342007-06-03T11:27:00.000+09:002007-06-03T11:27:00.000+09:00Hi Sean. I'd heard from a non birder last year the...Hi Sean. <BR/><BR/>I'd heard from a non birder last year the Puffins were on another stack about 500 metres offshore.................I checked the stack mentioned by Mark Brazil of course but only Gulls/Cormorants there.<BR/><BR/>Spoon Billed Sand? Have to say it hadn't really occurred to me............the flock was pretty flighty and difficult to approach anyway.....Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-73185732476750395122007-06-02T01:39:00.000+09:002007-06-02T01:39:00.000+09:00Hey StuLove the shot of you in the horses eye.By t...Hey Stu<BR/><BR/>Love the shot of you in the horses eye.<BR/><BR/>By the way Tufted Puffin do still breed offshore at Kiritappu, and I know with a bit of luck you can see them off there in June.<BR/><BR/>Not much down my way of late. best birds of late - Ruddy Kingfisher, Grey Thrush, Cuckoo and a pair of Oriental Honey Buzzard, that will hopefully stay to nest. The wader passage is over. They are all up your way.<BR/><BR/>Did you check those stints for Spoon-billed Sand?Minnsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456993897958852512noreply@blogger.com