タグ: aomori

Oct. 21-22, 2017 Aomori — Hokkaido

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

DAY 1 :We departed Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 8:45 am and arrived at Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 16:00 pm.
Weather : rainy later cloudy
Temperature : around 15℃
Wind speed : around 3-8 m/s

DAY 2 :We departed Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 9:30 am and arrived at Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 18:00 pm.
Weather : cloudy
Temperature : around 15℃
Wind speed : around 5-8 m/s
Typhoon No.21 had formed in the south of Japan.

There was a little strong swell, and a east-north wind.
Continuing from last month, There were more Providence Petrels than we had expected.
We wanted to see Buller’s Shearwater and Red-legged Kittiwake.Buller’s Shearwater is known that common migration visitor around off Hokkaido and Northern Honshu in fall.Hiroyuki and his group had discovered that Red-legged Kittiwake can be seen at this ferry in fall.In this trip, we were able to see both species by good fortune !We were blessed with good birding friends, it was very fun trip 🙂

Bird List

• Greater Scaup
• Harlequin Duck
• Black Scoter
• Pacific Loon (5)
• Black-footed Albatross (23)
• Laysan Albatross (164)
• Northern Fulmar +
• Providence Petrel (225)
• Streaked Shearwater +
• Buller’s Shearwater (4)
• Sooty Shearwater +
• Flesh-footed Shearwater
• Fork-tailed Storm-petrel (23)
• Japanese Cormorant
• Red Phalarope
• Phalarope sp.
• Red-legged Kittiwake (1)
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Black-headed Gull 
• Black-tailed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• South Polar Skua (1)
• Pomarine Skua (50)
• Arctic Skua (2+)
• Rhinoceros Auklet (17)
• Black Kite
• Japanese Sparrowhawk ? (1: attacked by Peregrine Falcon)
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk  (1)
• Peregrine Falcon  (1)
• Carrion Crow
• Eurasian Skylark
• Common Reed Bunting 

Sep. 16-17, 2017 Aomori – Hokkaido

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

DAY 1 :We departed Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 8:45 am and arrived at Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 16:00 pm.
Weather : cloudy, sunny and sometimes rainy
Temperature : around 15℃
Wind speed : around 3 m/s

DAY 2 :We departed Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 9:30 am and arrived at Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 18:00 pm.
Weather : cloudy
Temperature : around 17℃
Wind speed : around 7 m/s
Typhoon No.18 had formed in the southwest of Japan.

There was a strong swell, and a southeasterly strong wind.There were more Providence Petrels than we had expected.And fortunately, we were able to observe several Storm-petrels (many of them were Leach’s Storm-petrel).These good fortune seems to be the result of good weather condition (strong swell and strong wind) and timing (migration of Providence Petrels and fledging of Leach’s Storm-petrels)

Bird List

• Black-footed Albatross (10)
• Laysan Albatross (29)
• Short-tailed Albatross (1)
• Providence Petrel (183+)
• Streaked Shearwater ++
• Sooty Shearwater (4)
• Flesh-footed Shearwater (4)
• Leach’s Storm-petrel (8)
• Storm-petrel sp. (White rump) (9)
• Japanese Cormorant
• Cormorant sp.
• Red-necked Phalarope 
• Red Phalarope
• Black-tailed Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Common Tern
• Tern sp.
• Pomarine Skua
• Carrion Crow
• Japanese White-eye

Mar. 25-26, 2017 Hokkaido-Aomori

We on boarded the Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.).
DAY 1 :We departed Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 8:45 am and arrived at Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 16:00 pm.
Weather : cloudy and sometimes sunny
Temperature : around 3℃
Wind speed : around 5 m/s

DAY 2 :We departed Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 9:30 am and arrived at Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 18:00 pm.
Weather : fine 
Temperature : around 3 ℃
Wind speed : around 3 m/s

Although it was not colder than February, the wind was cold on the sea.Warm clothes were still necessary for us.
The number of Auklets was small….That was a bit unfortunate. Because we expected to be able to observe large flocks of Auklets.However, it was fortunate that we could observe migratory birds (For example, Goose and Skylark) going north.

Bird List

• Greater White-fronted Goose (29)
• (Goose sp.)
• Whooper Swan (65)
• Tundra Swan (9)
• (Swan sp.)
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Greater Scaup
• Harlequin Duck
• Black Scoter
• Long-tailed Duck ?
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Red-necked Grebe
• Great Crested Grebe
• Black-throated Loon
• Black-footed Albatross (6)
• Streaked Shearwater (8)
• Pelagic Cormorant
• Great Cormorant
• Japanese Cormorant
• (Cormorant sp.)
• Grey Heron (1)
• Red Phalarope
• Black-tailed Gull
• Common Gull
• Glaucous-winged Gull
• Glaucous Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Brunnich’s Guillemot (18)
• Ancient Murrelet (59)
• Least Auklet (1)
• Rhinoceros Auklet (157)
• Carrion Crow
• Eurasian Skylark (1)

Others

• Northern Fur Seal
• Dall’s porpoise