Aomori—Hokkaido

Aug 23-24, 2019 Aomori—Hokkaido

We onboarded 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 
Temperature : around 25℃
Wind speed : around 5~8 m/s

DAY 2 :We departed Hokkaido (Tomakomai port) at 9:30 am and arrived at Aomori (Hachinohe port) at 18:00 pm.
Weather : sunny partly cloudy
Temperature : around 25℃
Wind speed : around 3~5 m/s
There were various species, we were happy!

Bird List

  • Black-footed Albatross 25
  • Laysan Albatross 18
  • Northern Fulmar 6
  • Solander’s Petrel 51
  • Streaked Shearwater ~1000
  • Sooty Shearwater 115
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater 4
  • Japanese (Bund-rumped) Storm Petrel 1
  • Leach’s Storm Petrel 14
  • Fork-tailed Storm Petrel 2
  • Storm Petrel sp. 2
  • Great Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Whimbrel 150
  • Grey-tailed Tattler 3
  • Red-necked Phalarope 12 
  • Red Phalarope 1
  • Phalarope sp. 26
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Aleutian Tern 3
  • Common Tern 5
  • Tern sp. 20
  • Pomarine Jaeger 8 
  • Arctic Jaeger 3
  • Long-tailed Jaeger 2
  • Jaeger sp. 1 
  • Japanese Murrelet 4
Black-footed Albatross
Laysan Albatross (juv.)
Japanese (Band-rumped) Storm Petrel
Leach’s Storm Petrel
Aleutian Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger

Aomori—Hokkaido

Aug 11-12, 2019 Aomori—Hokkaido

We onboarded 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 
Temperature : around 18℃
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 23℃
Wind speed : around 5~8 m/s
Migratory season is started.

Bird List

  • Black-footed Albatross 3
  • Northern Fulmar 6
  • Streaked Shearwater ~1000
  • Sooty Shearwater 29
  • Short-tailed Shearwater 11
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater 2
  • Great Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Whimbrel 1
  • Red-necked Phalarope 204
  • Phalarope sp. 7
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Aleutian Tern 2
  • Pomarine Jaeger 1
  • Arctic Jaeger 1
  • Long-tailed Jaeger 1
  • Jaeger sp. 1
  • Japanese Murrelet 6
  • Rhinoceros Auklet 5
  • Tufted Puffin 2
  • Auk sp. 1

Others…

  • Sunfish sp. 1
Aleutian Tern (juv.)
Aleutian Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Tufted Puffin