カテゴリー: Ferry Trip

Aug. 21-22, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

•    6 Black-footed Albatross
•    6 Laysan Albatross
•    7 Providence Petrel
• 1486 Streaked Shearwater
•   11 Sooty Shearwater
•    2 Sooty or Short-tailed Shearwater
•    7 Leach’s Storm Petrel
•    X Japanese Cormorant
•    X Grey Heron
•   95 Red-necked Phalarope
•   12 Phalarope sp.
•    3 Socolopacidae sp.
•    X Black-tailed Gull
•    X Slaty-backed Gull
•    1 Aleutian Tern
•   11 Tern sp.
•    1 Pomarine Jaeger
•    2 Parasitic Jaeger
•    1 Long-tailed Jaeger
•    2 Parasitic or Long-tailed Jaeger
•    3 Japanese Murrelet
•    1 Rhinoceros Auklet
•    1 Osprey

Others

•    1 Bryde’s Whale?
•   15 Short-finned Pilot Whale

June. 12-13, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

•   20 Great Crested Grabe
•  380 Black-footed Albatross
•   43 Laysan Albatross
•    3 Short-tailed Albatross
•  110 Northern Fulmar
• 5190 Streaked Shearwater
•   13 Sooty Shearwater
•    4 Short-tailed Shearwater
•  238 Flesh-footed Shearwater
•    X Pelagic Cormorant
•    X Great Cormorant
•    X Japanese Cormorant
•    1 Eurasian Spoonbill
•   20 Red-necked Phalarope
•    X Black-tailed Gull
•    X Slaty-backed Gull
•   28 South Polar Skua
•   14 Japanese Murrelet
•    2 Rhinoceros Auklet
•    1 Tufted Puffin

Others

•   14 Northern Fur Seal
•   80 Pacific white-sided dolphin
•   42 Dall’s Porpoise

Apr. 17-18, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• X Black Scoter
• X Red-breasted Merganser
• X Harlequin Duck
• X Greater Scaup
• X Eurasian Wigeon
• X Eurasian Crested Grebe
• 03 Pacific Loon?
• 01 Leach’s Storm Petrel?
• 01 Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
• 29 Black-footed Albatross
• 72 Laysan Albatross
• 10 Short-tailed Albatross
• 17,000+ Short-tailed Shearwater
• 1,200+ Sooty Shearwater
• 02 Flesh-footed Shearwater
• 17 Streaked Shearwater
• X Pelagic Cormorant
• X Japanese Cormorant
• 13,000+ Red Phalarope
• X Black-legged Kittiwake
• X Black-headed Gull
• X Black-tailed Gull
• X Kamchatka Gull
• X Vega Herring Gull
• X Slaty-backed Gull
• 08 Long-tailed Jaeger
• 29 Arctic Jaeger
• 47 Pomarine Jaeger
• 01 Jaeger sp.
• 287 Rhinoceros Auklet
• 492 Ancient Murrelet
• 02 Japanese Murrelet
• 45 Thick-billed Murre
• 01 White Wagtail

• 60 Northern Fur Seal
• 35 Dall’s Porpoise

Mar. 20-21, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• 13 Whooper Swan
• 20 Goose sp.
• 01 Siberian Scoter
• X Black Scoter
• X Common Goldeneye
• X Red-breasted Merganser
• X Harlequin Duck
• X Greater Scaup
• 04 Northern Pintail
• X Red-necked Grebe
• X Eurasian Crested Grebe
• X Black-necked Grebe
• 01 Red-throated Loon
• 01 Arctic Loon
• 01 Pacific Loon
• 01 Yellow-billed Loon
• 03 Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
• 10 Black-footed Albatross
• 15 Laysan Albatross
• 01 Short-tailed Albatross
• 40 Northern Fulmar
• 02 Flesh-footed Shearwater
• 04 Streaked Shearwater
• X Pelagic Cormorant
• X Japanese Cormorant
• 01 Red Phalarope
• X Black-legged Kittiwake
• X Black-headed Gull
• X Kamchatka Gull
• X Slaty-backed Gull
• X Glaucous-winged Gull
• X Glaucous Gull
• 44 Rhinoceros Auklet
• 01 Parakeet Auklet
• 08 Least Auklet
• 04 Crested Auklet
• 09 Ancient Murrelet
• 45 Thick-billed Murre
• 01 Common Murre
• 01 Auks sp.

• 07 Northern Fur Seal
• 02 Humpbacked Whale
• 01 Harber Porpoise
• 09 Dall’s Porpoise

Feb. 10-11, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• 1 Siberian Scoter
• 800+ Black Scoter
• X Common Goldeneye
• X Red-breasted Merganser
• X Harlequin Duck
• X Greater Scaup
• 4 Red-necked Grebe
• 20+ Eurasian Crested Grebe
• 4 Arctic Loon
• 2 Loon sp.
• X Pelagic Cormorant
• X Japanese Cormorant
• X Black-legged Kittiwake
• X Kamchatka Gull
• X Slaty-backed Gull
• X Glaucous Gull
• 17 Rhinoceros Auklet
• 3 Least Auklet
• 6 Ancient Murrelet
• 33 Thick-billed Murre

• 49 Northern Fur Seal
• 17 Dall’s Porpise

Jan. 16-17, 2021 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• 200+ Black Scoter
• X Common Goldeneye
• 20 Red-breasted Merganser
• 6+ Harlequin Duck
• 50+ Greater Scaup
• 6+ Eurasian Wigeon
• 5 Red-necked Grebe
• 100+ Eurasian Crested Grebe
• 2 Pacific Loon
• 1 Loon sp.
• 179 Laysan Albatross
• 3 Short-tailed Albatross
• 1 Short-tailed Shearwater
• X Pelagic Cormorant
• X Japanese Cormorant
• X Black-legged Kittiwake
• X Black-tailed Gull
• X Kamchatka Gull
• X Vega Herring Gull
• X Slaty-backed Gull
• X Glaucous-winged Gull
• X Glaucous Gull
• 13 Rhinoceros Auklet
• 1 Ancient Murrelet
• 121 Thick-billed Murre

• 26 Northern Fur Seal
• 02 Harber Porpise

Oct. 31- Nov. 1, 2020 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• Mallard 3
• Harlequin Duck
• Black Scoter
• Red-breasted Merganser 2
• Great Crested Grebe
• Red-throated Loon 3
• Pacific Loon 6
• Loon sp. 1
• Laysan Albatross 4
• Black-footed Albatross 4
• Northern Fulmar 6
• Solander’s Petrel 79
• Streaked Shearwater <1000
• Buller’s Shearwater 1
• Sooty Shearwater
• Pelagic Cormorant
• Japanese Cormorant
• Cormorant sp. 10
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-tailed Gull
• Mew Gull
• Arctic Herring Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Pomarine Skua 9
• Ancient Murrelet 18
• Rhinoceros Auklet 5
• Peregrine Falcon
• Carrion Crow
• Olive-backed Pipit 3
• Eurasian Siskin 3

• Baird’s Beaked Whale 10
• Pacific White-sided Dolphin 30
• Dall’s Porpoise 10

Sep. 12-13, 2020 Aomori-Hokkaido

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).

Bird list

• Eurasian Teal 21
• Laysan Albatross 4
• Solander’s Petrel 706
• Streaked Shearwater
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1
• Sooty Shearwater 8
• Leach’s Storm-Petrel 111
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 1
• Japanese Cormorant
• Red-necked Phalarope 33
• Black-tailed Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Aleutian Tern 13
• Common Tern 36
• Long-tailed Jaeger 4
• Japanese Murrelet 2
• Rhinoceros Auklet 2
• Western Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon
• Northern Jungle Crow
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

8-9 Aug. 2020, Aomori—Hokkaido.

We onboarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.). 

Bird List

• Black-footed Albatross 2
• Solander’s Petrel 2
• Streaked Shearwater
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 1
• Japanese Cormorant
• Grey Heron
• Red-necked Phalarope 507
• Black-tailed Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Japanese Murrelet 18
• Rhinoceros Auklet 1
• Western Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon

13-14 June 2020, Aomori—Hokkaido.

We onboarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.). 

Bird List

• Great Crested Grebe
• Laysan Albatross 15
• Black-footed Albatross 149
• Short-tailed Albatross 2
• Northern Fulmar 58
• Streaked Shearwater <1000
• Sooty Shearwater 256
• Short-tailed Shearwater 177
• Flesh-footed Shearwater 6
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 11
• Common Great Cormorant
• Red Phalarope 2
• Black-tailed Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• South Polar Skua 4
• Pomarine Jaeger 1
• Japanese Murrelet 99
• Rhinoceros Auklet 14
• Peregrine Falcon 1
• Oriental Greenfinch 1