Category: Birds
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Steller’s sea eagle
This sea eagle is one of the largest bird of prey. Magestic in flight, armed with powerful talons and a mighty yellow beak, it may remind of the American bald eagle (or the African fish eagle), but it is a quite different species. You may want to see it actually fishing at sea. Steller’s sea…
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Short-eared owl
Short-eared owl, Hibou des marais (Asio flammeus)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Black kite
Black kite, Milan noir (Milvus migrans)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Blakiston’s fish owl
Let’s immediately start with the public admission that this beautiful night hunter was shot from a commercial and perfectly setup lookout (perfect from the photographic point of view, more rustic from the comfort point of view; But what do you expect when you come and visit to spend two full nights patiently waiting for this…
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Ural owl (Ezo owl)
Ezo, the ancient name of the Hokkaido Island, has been kept locally to describe the Ural owl that is somewhat common in the North of the eurasian continent. Ural owl (Ezo owl), Chouette de l’Oural ou chouette d’Ezo (Strix uralensis)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Mallard duck
Mallard, Canard colvert (Anas platyrhynchos)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Atlantic Puffin
You’ve got to love the clown bird, the Atlantic puffin! Nice black and white plumage, but all the colors of the world on the bill and the eye. Serious and totally funky! Atlantic Puffin, Macareux moine (Fratercula arctica)Scotland, May 2018.
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Scottish birds
A few birds from all species, but all found in Scotland… Scotland, May 2018.
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Northern Gannet
One of the most beautiful sea birds, long hunted by seamen, today protected but their colonies are still quite unusual. One of them is on Bass Rock. Northern Gannet, Fou de Bassan (Morus bassanus)Scotland, May 2018.