tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post4638980608655381612..comments2023-04-12T22:13:28.101+09:00Comments on Hakodate Birding: A lifer to end the year.................Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-32817043814439393602018-05-03T20:47:09.760+09:002018-05-03T20:47:09.760+09:00Belated congratulations and thanks Stuart! your bl...Belated congratulations and thanks Stuart! your blog is bl..... brilliant, as we would say in the old country, and an excellent guide for a first visit to Hokkaido!Stephen Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643279355960198522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-9984087601557575882017-01-01T15:58:26.122+09:002017-01-01T15:58:26.122+09:00Thanks Sonja, yes 10 years is a long time, hope I&...Thanks Sonja, yes 10 years is a long time, hope I'm not getting too repetitive............but thanks for taking the time to visit as often as you do.Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-41167278597747329282017-01-01T11:54:22.617+09:002017-01-01T11:54:22.617+09:00It is interesting to look back. 10 years is a lo...It is interesting to look back. 10 years is a long time to Blog, and I enjoy especially what birders in other parts of the world are seeing and doing. Congratulations on the Baikal Teal. I saw one when we were in Japan, thanks to a non-English speaking, but very helpful Japanese birder!Sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940828763843098232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-45541277263647376342017-01-01T08:36:16.593+09:002017-01-01T08:36:16.593+09:00Thanks David.........Thanks David.........Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-67266582302815407552017-01-01T00:33:19.867+09:002017-01-01T00:33:19.867+09:00A handsome duck indeed! Congratulations on your te...A handsome duck indeed! Congratulations on your ten years of blogging. It has certainly provided a good deal of enjoyment to me, and I suspect many others also. I will look forward to more great features in 2017. All the best to you and your wife for 2017.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-28892056944360453092017-01-01T00:21:06.975+09:002017-01-01T00:21:06.975+09:00Thanks Phil.............Thanks Phil.............Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-19099427623087616412016-12-31T20:01:45.943+09:002016-12-31T20:01:45.943+09:00A lifer! A good way to end the year Stu. Good luck...A lifer! A good way to end the year Stu. Good luck with the next ten years and if your photos are as good as they usually are, we are in for a treat.<br /><br />Happy New Year. Phil Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846400106748443969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-9026529057330909562016-12-31T18:03:46.498+09:002016-12-31T18:03:46.498+09:00Hi Russell, thanks for the comment. You have been ...Hi Russell, thanks for the comment. You have been here from the start so thanks again for that. I wish I'd started a bit earlier but to be honest decent quality bird photography only became realistic for the masses when the first consumer DSLRs were released which was probably only a couple of years before I started this blog. I would never have gotten interested in it during the film era.<br /><br />I do make tiny amounts of money from bird photos (requests from magazines, journals, fieldguides etc and once I won a national photo contest). Over the last 10 years I've maybe made enough to pay for one new camera body and some accessories.......Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-51186463812258179242016-12-31T17:51:03.964+09:002016-12-31T17:51:03.964+09:00Congratulations on your beautiful blog, Stu. You g...Congratulations on your beautiful blog, Stu. You grew so quickly as a photographer and birder. When I was much younger people told me not to spend too much on my hobby, so I spent the next 20 years standing in the wilderness with a cheap lens. When I look at my photos from back then, I wonder what they could have been. Even if we don't make money from it, Is it really a hobby?Russell Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153568497950671742noreply@blogger.com