Aomori—Hokkaido

16-17 May 2020, Aomori—Hokkaido.

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

Bird List

  • Greater Scaup
  • Stejneger’s Scoter 1
  • Common Scoter
  • Ducks sp.
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Red-throated Loon 2
  • Black-throated Loon 8
  • Pacific Loon 19
  • Loons sp. 19
  • Laysan Albatross 104
  • Black-footed Albatross 84
  • Short-tailed Albatross 2
  • Northern Fulmar 9
  • Murphy’s Petrel 1
  • Streaked Shearwater 14
  • Sooty Shearwater 554
  • Short-tailed Shearwater 650
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater 17
  • Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 14
  • Pelagic Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Grey Heron
  • Eurasian Coot 1
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Red-necked Phalarope 1297+
  • Red Phalarope 4168+
  • Phalaropes sp. 25+
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Common Tern 2
  • Terns sp. 7
  • Pomarine Jaeger 20
  • Parasitic Jaeger 5
  • Thick-billed Murre 12
  • Ancient Murrelet 14
  • Japanese Murrelet 43
  • Rhinoceros Auklet 133
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Japanese Murrelet

Aomori—Hokkaido

11-12 April 2020, Aomori—Hokkaido.

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

Bird List

  • Eurasian Wigeon 24
  • Mallard
  • Northern Pintail 14
  • Eurasian Teal 1
  • Common Pochard
  • Greater Scaup
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Black Scoter
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Red-necked Grebe 2
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Red-throated Loon 1
  • Yellow-billed Loon 1
  • Black-footed Albatross 6
  • Short-tailed Shearwater 97
  • Pelagic Cormorant
  • Common Great Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Grey Heron 5
  • Red Phalarope 1545
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Pomarine Jaeger 2
  • Thick-billed Murre 35
  • Ancient Murrelet 147
  • Rhinoceros Auklet 23
  • Carrion Crow
  • Northern Jungle Crow
  • Eurasian Skylark 2
  • Masked Bunting 3
Yellow-billed Loon
Thick-billed Murre
Ancient Murrelet

Aomori—Hokkaido

7-8 March 2020, Aomori—Hokkaido.

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

Bird List

  • Bean Goose 2
  • Greater White-fronted Goose 80
  • Brant Goose 2
  • Whooper Swan 30
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • Northern Pintail 40
  • Eurasian Teal 20
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Siberian Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Red-breasted Merganser 6
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Red-throated Loon 2
  • Arctic Loon 3
  • Pacific Loon 2
  • Laysan Albatross 25
  • Short-tailed Albatross 1
  • Northern Fulmar 5
  • Pelagic Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Kamchatka Gull
  • Glaucous-winged Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Thick-billed Murre 182
  • Ancient Murrelet 141
  • Parakeet Auklet 14
  • Least Auklet 81
  • Crested Auklet 108
  • Rhinoceros Auklet 64
  • White-tailed Sea-eagle
Laysan Albatross
Crested Auklet

Aomori — Hokkaido

Nov. 9, 2019 Hokkaido to Aomori.

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

Bird List

  • Bean Goose 14
  • Greater Scaup
  • Red-breasted Merganser 2
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Mallard? 7
  • Northern Pin-ail? 2
  • Swan sp. 5
  • Red-throated Loon 2
  • Loon sp. 4
  • Short-tailed Albatross 2
  • Northern Fulmar 66
  • Streaked Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater 8
  • Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 3
  • Great Cormorant 23
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Mew Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Pomarine Skua 5
  • Ancient Murrelet 9
  • Rhinoceros Auklet 14
  • Brambling 1
Short-tailed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Pomarine Skua

Aomori—Hokkaido

Oct 19, 2019 Aomori—Hokkaido

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

Birds list

  • Eurasian Wigeon : 2
  • Mallard : 1
  • Greater Scaup : X
  • Pomarine Jaeger : 28
  • jaeger sp. : 1
  • Black-tailed : X
  • Mew Gull : X
  • Slaty-backed Gull : X
  • Glaucous-winged Gull : X
  • Laysan Albatross : 2
  • Black-footed Albatross : 2
  • Leach’s Storm-Petrel : 1
  • Northern Fulmar : 34
  • Providence Petrel : 200
  • Streaked Shearwater : X
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater : 2
  • Sooty Shearwater : 218
  • Short-tailed Shearwater : 20

Aomori—Hokkaido

Sep. 22-23, 2019 Aomori-Hokkaido

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

Bird list

  • Green-winged Teal 6
  • duck sp. 21
  • Snipe sp. 8
  • Pomarine Jaeger  10
  • Japanese Murrelet  2
  • murrelet sp.  9
  • Black-headed Gull  X
  • Black-tailed Gull  X
  • Slaty-backed Gull  X
  • Tern sp. (It would be Common Tern.) 2
  • Laysan Albatross 5
  • Black-footed Albatross 1
  • Leach’s Storm-Petrel 2
  • storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped, Leach’s or Band-rumped Storm-Petrel.) 2
  • Northern Fulmar 1
  • Providence Petrel 340
  • Streaked Shearwater 100-1000
  • Sooty Shearwater 6
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater 1
  • Great Cormorant X
  • Japanese Cormorant X
  • Peregrine Falcon 1

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

Hokkaido (Ochi-ishi)

Dec 23 2018 Ochi-ishi (Nemuro city, Hokkaido) Nature Cruise

We joined the Ochi-ishi Nature Cruise (Ochiishi Nature Cruise)
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We departed Ochiishi Fishing Port (Nemuro City, Hokkaido) at 9:00 am.
Weather : Cloudy and Windy
Temperature : around 3℃
Wind speed : around 5-8 m/s

The number of seabirds was generally small. But we were happy becouse we could see some Pigeon Guillemots and Spectacled Guillemots! And it was lucky that we could meet a Red-faced Cormorant.

Bird list

  • Falcated Duck
  • Common Pochard
  • Greater Scaup
  • Harlequin Duck
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Black-necked Grebe
  • Pelagic Cormorant 
  • Red-faced Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Eurasian Coot
  • Glaucous-winged Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Pigeon Guillemot
  • Spectacled Guillemot
  • Ancient Murrelet
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Steller’s Sea Eagle

Others…

  • Habour seal

Aomori—Hokkaido

Oct 20-21, 2018 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 with occasional rainy and snowy
Temperature : around 10~15℃
Wind speed : around 1~4 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 and then snowy
Temperature : around 8~15℃
Wind speed : around 1~5 m/s

We had calm voyages.Solander’s Petrels are in the middle of a trip to their breeding grounds.

Bird List

  • Whooper Swan
  • Swan sp.
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Greater Scaup?
  • Black Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Oriental Turtle Dove
  • Black-throated Loon
  • Pacific Loon
  • Loon sp. 
  • Black-footed Albatross
  • Laysan Albatross 
  • Northern Fulmar 
  • Solander’s Petrel
  • Streaked Shearwater
  • Pelagic Cormorant
  • Great Cormorant
  • Japanese Cormorant
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Mew Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Pomarine Skua 
  • Japanese Murrelet
  • Rhinoceros Auklet
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Eurasian Skylark
  • Buff-bellied Pipit?
  • Eurasian Siskin

Others

  • Short-finned Pilot Whale
  • Dall’s Porpoise