Apr. 8, 2018 Tokyo—Hachijo-jima (Izu Is)
We on boarded the Tachibana-Maru (Tokai Kisen Co.).
The outward journey:Apr. 7-8
We departed fromTokyo (Takeshiba Terminal) at 22:30 pm and arrived at Hachijo-jima at 9:00 am (Next day)
(arrived ten minutes late because of bad sea condition).
The homeward journey:Apr. 8
We departed from Hachijo-jima at 9:20 am (Early departure because of bad sea condition) and arrived at Tokyo (Takeshiba Terminal) at 20:00 pm (arrived ten minutes late because of bat sea condition).
Weather : cloudy-sunny
Temperature : around 12 ℃
Wind speed : >15 m/s
Wave height : 2-4m
It is the best season for observing Short-tailed Albatrosses (mainly adult birds) and flocks of Tristram’s Storm-petrels.In this trip, we could see several target birds from Miyake-jima to entrance of Tokyo Bay! Adult Short-tailed Albatrosses are so beautiful.Flying Tristram’s Storm-Petrels througth the waves are cool! (but too far to take a photo…)
I’d like to recommend this ferry trip to you.
Bird list
- Black-footed Albatross 13
- Laysan Albatross 1
- Short-tailed Albatross 8
- Streaked Shearwater ++
- Blackish Shearwater sp. (Sooty or Short-tail?) 2?
- Tristram’s Storm-petrel 5
- Storm-petrel sp. 1
- Japanese Cormorant
- Grey Heron
- Great Egret
- Phalarope sp. 2
- Black-tailed Gull
- Long-tailed Jaeger 2
- Skua sp. 1
- Japanese Murrelet 11
- Murrelet sp.
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
