tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post867936169360581304..comments2023-04-12T22:13:28.101+09:00Comments on Hakodate Birding: On this day (April 16th)Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-20198487101902460462012-04-23T19:46:51.386+09:002012-04-23T19:46:51.386+09:00Ah.... "Sea Sparrow" I learn something e...Ah.... "Sea Sparrow" I learn something every day !John Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419454306292739431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-9485297558419340992012-04-18T06:25:43.241+09:002012-04-18T06:25:43.241+09:00That's a pure beauty! Hope you will see it thi...That's a pure beauty! Hope you will see it this year..Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-3660930025192785872012-04-17T20:23:18.619+09:002012-04-17T20:23:18.619+09:00As Stuart says most of the time these things are d...As Stuart says most of the time these things are dots on the sea so your picture is quite something.Phil Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846400106748443969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-20580722169642530282012-04-17T09:10:45.749+09:002012-04-17T09:10:45.749+09:00Stuart-unisuzume is Japanese for 'sea sparrow&...Stuart-unisuzume is Japanese for 'sea sparrow'!<br /><br />Russell, some years good, some years bad I think......Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-22095086273031545182012-04-17T09:07:04.429+09:002012-04-17T09:07:04.429+09:00Great shot. I've never seen one of these. I...Great shot. I've never seen one of these. I'll have to check the seaside more often. Recently I have only found a few gulls around here, i.e, One Black-headed gull along the river compared to buckets of them at this time of this year when I first got here. Should we panic because of the absence of birds?Russell Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153568497950671742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-58216314430509605822012-04-17T03:32:14.391+09:002012-04-17T03:32:14.391+09:00I remember when the one turned up in the Bristol C...I remember when the one turned up in the Bristol Channel - I had no idea what kind of bird it was, let alone what it looked like.<br />I recall a few cynics pointing out that the first Western hemisphere occurrence coincided neatly with the publication of the Poyser monograph of the species.<br />It also has one of the best Generic names ever (nothing can beat its congener for specific name though - wumizusume).<br />Rambling apart, I have never seen a better shot of one as they are usually dots out at sea - nice one!Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714598258577335301noreply@blogger.com