Feb. 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 with occasional snow
Temperature : around -1 ℃
Wind speed : around 6 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 with occasional snow
Temperature : around 3 ℃
Wind speed : around 8 m/s
It was very cold, I needed down jackets, woolen hats and gloves………
We mainly observed Gulls, Murrelets and Auklets.
Observed species list
- Greater White-fronted Goose (125+)
- Common Pochard
- Greater Scaup
- Harlequin Duck
- Black Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Common Goldeneye
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-necked Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-throated Loon
- Laysan Albatross (2)
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Japanese Cormorant
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-tailed Gull
- Common Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Brunnich’s Guillemot (31)
- Pigeon Guillemot ? (1)
- Ancient Murrelet (220+)
- Least Auklet (27)
- Crested Auklet (32)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (2)
- Black kite
- White-tailed Eagle
- Carrion Crow
Others
- Northern Fur Seal
- Dall’s porpoise ?
