Took me longer time than usual to record my this Hokkaido trip... was told that snow has started in Hokkaido last night. I better finish of my last post on Hokkaido.
I place all the common birds that I seen in the garden around Tomakomai in this post. I visited several garden over 3 days and these are the most common birds there in the garden.
I will start with the big bird! I was lucky enough to see this large Black Woodpecker in winter.
Slightly smaller than the Black woodpecker, I was equally thrilled by this Great Spotted Woodpecker.
The first time I seen this Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker was more than a decade ago when I first visited Japan. Is good to see a familiar one.
We don't get to see all the cute flying squirrel during winter except this Eurasian red squirrel.
Japanese Tit aka Eastern Great Tit that usually flew in flock together with Willow & Marsh Tit.
I prefer Varied Tit more may be due to the more colourful appearance.
Not difficult to spot an Eurasian Treecreeper.
Another bird that you will not missed is this Eurasian Nuthatch.
I seen this Eurasian Wren before during my trip to Netherlands. Same bird but now with snow as background.
Dusky Thrush foraging for food in the snow.
Another Grey Heron that has adapted to stay during winter here in Hokkaido.
Common Goldeneye can be seen swimming in the lake.
A pair of Greater Scaup swimming side by side.
The most common duck in the garden is Mallard.
Winter is coming again soon and have no idea when we are able to travel again. Hope to be able to travel again soon.
