Max

Japanese birder / bird & other wildlife photography / Japanese list at 400 / world 410 / Japanese pan-species 5584

[Max @wildlifetwitch]

The highlight of this month's birding was definitely this juvenile Spoon-billed Sanpiper - it was just fantastic!

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A flock of Ashy Minivets seen last week

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Nice to get so close to this Black Kite last week.
Common, but one of my favorite species.

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@ajac0712 Thanks Alan! They always confuses me.
Sorry for the late reply!

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Merlin - I wonder if it's a male or a female...
Nagasaki, Jan 2019

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Varied Tit and Willow tit, Saitama. Cute ones.

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Pallas's Rosefinch earlier this month

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@UnearthSafaris Thanks!

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@GMotcombe Thanks Rob. Is it about that Merlin? That's great, how did you know?

[Max @wildlifetwitch]

The highlight of this month's birding was definitely this juvenile Spoon-billed Sanpiper - it was just fantastic!

[Max @wildlifetwitch]

Eurasian Wren subspecies fumigatus, Nagasaki.

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1st-year Lesser White-fronted Goose with beautiful juvenile plumage

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A huge flock of Baikal Teal, Nagasaki. It moves like a single creature...

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Incredibly tame Baikal Teal drake in Saitama; it walks around like a duck... unusual sight anyway

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Bathing Northern Lapwing from my trip to Kyushu last week

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Changed the name of this account from Weedwatcher to the current one. Not a real name anyway
#NewProfilePic

[Wild Beijing 北京自然 @BirdingBeijing]

Stunning. Is this a RED-THROATED x NAUMANN'S THRUSH intergrade? Dusky and Naumann's intergrades are fairly common in Beijing in winter but other combinations of winter thrushes are rare. Comments welcome!

[Andrew Harrop @AHJHarrop]

Gadwall x Wigeon - not a very common hybrid - at Rutland Water this pm; also the Snow Bunting, which has had a near miss - drooping left wing and limping on left leg. @BirdHybrids

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Congrats to Anthony Levesque for discovering this Squacco Heron on Désirade island (Guadeloupe) yesterday, probably a first record for the Caribbean! #birdscaribbean #caribbeanbirds #Rarity #birdyourworld

[Bird Hybrids @BirdHybrids]

Owner of Zebra x Donkey hybrid says, “It was a completely natural process. It wasn’t as if I forced them together...” Well, no, but it wasn’t *completely* natural was it, I mean, you don’t naturally get lone Zebras in a donkey herd in Somerset do you... https://t.co/hx0yPLLDwD

[Ralph Paul Samuels @ralphpsamuels]

Pied Wheatear.....Meols, Wirral this morning, the sun even came out at one point @wirralbirdclub #PiedWheatear @CheshireBirding

[Mark Wilkinson @NijmegenBirder]

The long staying Buff-breasted Sandpiper on South Ness, Foula, Shetland September 2018 - always a treat to see! @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @shetlandnature