カテゴリー: Ferry Route Census

Hachinohe – Tomakomai Ferry Route Dec.

[Survey Summary]

Location: Hachinohe – Tomakomai Ferry Route

Date: Dec. 11-12, 2021

Vessel: Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.), Regular Ferry route

Purpose: Regular route monitoring and seasonal seabird survey

Key Species: Laysan Albatross

Weather/Sea Conditions:

Day 1: Fine/Cloudy; NW 0-15 kt; Waves 1.5-2.0 m

Day 2: Mostly Fine

Notes: A mass of floating sardines was observed, attracting a large congregation of over 300 Laysan Albatrosses in the area.

Bird List

  • Laysan Albatross / コアホウドリ (Day1: 1009, Day2: 826)
  • Black-footed Albatross / クロアシアホウドリ (Day1: 20, Day2: 4)
  • Short-tailed Albatross / アホウドリ (Day1: 10, Day2: 3 )
  • Northern Fulmar / フルマカモメ (Day1: 121, Day2: 6)
  • Streaked Shearwater / オオミズナギドリ (Day1: 3, Day2: 1)
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater / アカアシミズナギドリ (Day1: 3)
  • Sooty Shearwater / ハイイロミズナギドリ (Day1: 2)
  • Black-throated Loon / オオハム (Day1: 2, Day2: 1)
  • Pacific Loon / シロエリオオハム (Day1: 2, Day2:8)
  • Gavia sp. / アビsp. (Day1: 4, Day2: 3)
  • Great Cormorant / カワウ (Day 1)
  • Japanese Cormorant / ウミウ (Day 1, 2)
  • Pelagic Cormorant / ヒメウ (Day 1, 2)
  • Great Crested Grebe / カンムリカイツブリ (Day 1)
  • Black-necked Grebe / ハジロカイツブリ (Day 2)
  • Black Scoter / クロガモ (Day 1, 2)
  • Harlequin Duck / シノリガモ (Day 2)
  • Greater Scaup / スズガモ (Day 1, 2)
  • Common Goldeneye / ホオジロガモ (Day 2)
  • White-tailed Eagle / オジロワシ (Day 2)
  • Black Kite / トビ (Day 1)
  • Peregrine Falcon / ハヤブサ (Day 2)
  • Black-legged Kittiwake / ミツユビカモメ (Day 1)
  • Black-headed Gull / ユリカモメ (Day 1)
  • Black-tailed Gull / ウミネコ (Day 1)
  • Common Gull (Mew Gull) / カモメ (Day 1, 2)
  • Glaucous-winged Gull / ワシカモメ (Day 2)
  • Glaucous Gull / シロカモメ (Day 2)
  • Vega Gull / セグロカモメ (Day 1, 2)
  • Slaty-backed Gull / オオセグロカモメ (Day 1, 2)
  • Pomarine Skua (Pomarine Jaeger) / トウゾクカモメ (Day1: 94, Day2: 51)
  • Thick-billed Murre / ハシブトウミガラス (Day1: 1)
  • Ancient Murrelet / ウミスズメ (Day1: 17, Day2: 2)
  • Rhinoceros Auklet / ウトウ (Day1: 7, Day2: 18)

Marine Mammals

  • Short-finned Pilot Whale / コビレゴンドウ (Day 1)
  • Dall’s Porpoise / イシイルカ (Day 1)
  • Northern Fur Seal / キタオットセイ (Day 1, 2)

Hachinohe – Tomakomai Ferry Route Aug.

[Survey Summary]

Location: Hachinohe – Tomakomai Ferry Route

Date: Aug. 21-22, 2021

Vessel: Silver Ferry (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisya,LTD.), Regular Ferry route

Purpose: Regular route monitoring and seasonal seabird survey

Key Species: Aleutian Tern

Weather/Sea Conditions:

Black-footed Albatross; Juvenile(22nd Aug. 2021)
Providence Petrel(22nd Aug. 2021)
Streaked Shearwater(22nd Aug. 2021)
Leach’s Storm Petrel(22nd Aug. 2021)
Slaty-backed Gull; Juvenile(22nd Aug. 2021)
Bryde’s Whale?(21st Aug. 2021)
Short-finned Pilot Whale(21st Aug. 2021)

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

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Black-footed Albatross (12th June 2021)
Short-tailed Albatross (13th June 2021)
Short-tailed Albatross (13th June 2021)
Streaked Shearwater(12th June 2021)
Streaked Shearwater attracted to styrene foam (13th June 2021)
Sooty Shearwater(12th June 2021)
Flesh-footed Shearwater(12th June 2021)
Flesh-footed Shearwaters and Streaked Shearwaters(12th June 2021)
Eurasian Spoonbill(12th June 2021)
South Poler Skua(12th June 2021)
South Poler Skua(12th June 2021)
Tufted Puffin(12th June 2021)
Pacific white-sided dolphin(13th June 2021)
Dall’s Porpoise(13th June 2021)
The latest ferry “Silver Breathe”(13th June 2021)

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Laysan Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Short-tailed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Long-tailed Jaeger

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Red-throated Loon
Black-footed Albatross
Common and Thick-billed Murre

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Thick-billed Murre
Northern Fur Seal

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Laysan Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Short-tailed Shearwater
Thick-billed Murre

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Solander’s Petrel
Solander’s Petrel
Pomarine Skua
Olive-backed Pipit
Baird’s Beaked Whale

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Solander’s Petrel
Aleutian Tern (Adult and Juv.)
Aleutian Tern (Juv.)

Aomori—Hokkaido

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
Red-necked Phalarope
Rhinoceros Auklet (juv.)