Japan, 15 February-10 March 2019 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Japan, 15 February-10 March 2019

We visited North-Japan from February 15 till March 10, 2019 during a three-weeks self-organized winter trip.
We started our journey on East-Hokkaido (February 15-23), to see and photograph famous species like Red-Crowned Crane,
Steller's Sea Eagle and Blakiston's Fish Owl. We succeeded quite well (satisfying enough for us at least...)
and saw some other nice species aswell, among which (Asian) Sea Otters, 2 species of seal and numerous Sika Deer and
Red Foxes. We ended our Hokkaido-part with a long drive to Tomakomai in the west for a ferry-trip to Niigata.

So our Honshu-part (February 24-March 10) started in Niigata at the westcoast of Central-Honshu, where we
visited a few wetland areas in and around town and did a one-day journey to Sado Island (February 26) aswell.
After that we travelled to Yamanouchi (to see the famous Snow Monkeys), did some birdwatching around Karuizawa
and some mammalwatching around Chino and Okutama, before we reached Tokyo. Unfortunate our 2-day trip to the
Izu Islands was cancelled due to rough sea conditions, so we spend our last 4 days (in stead of 2) in downtown Tokyo.

A (Dutch) trip report can be downloaded through here.

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Debbie Stahre		03-Feb-2021 21:08
Wonderful gallery!

Dave Barnes		09-Feb-2020 14:49
Wonderful gallery, some dates the same as mine! Well done.

Otto Plantema		27-Jan-2020 20:30
Mooie serie!

Jaap Vink		17-Jan-2020 15:50
Prachtige galery! V Heb zelf ook goede herinneringen aan Hokkaido, de zeearenden, de visuil, etc!

sue anne		09-May-2019 20:08
Excellent V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		03-Apr-2019 08:08
Tot dus ver een prachtige serie, benieuwd wat er nog volgt.

Hennie & Lies Lammers		28-Mar-2019 07:59
Mooie serie foto's met bijzondere vogelsoorten

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Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis	Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis	Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis	Helice tridens	Black-Backed Wagtail Motacilla alba lugens
Black-Backed Wagtail Motacilla alba lugens	Kasai Rinkai Park with Tokyo Sea Life and the Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel on the horizon	Kasai Rinkai Park with Tokyo Sea Life and the Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel on the horizon	Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides ciopsis	Tokyo Bay with the Tokyo Skyline
Tokyo Bay with the Tokyo Skyline	Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	Rick @ Work and Rens... not...	Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis bengalensis	Great Egret Ardea alba ssp.	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta
Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Black-Backed Wagtail Motacilla alba lugens	Vega Gull Larus vegae vegae	Vega Gull Larus vegae vegae
Vega Gull Larus vegae vegae	Vega Gull Larus vegae vegae	Vega Gull Larus vegae vegae	Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	Black-Tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra atra	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra atra	Rens and friends
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis	Feral Pigeon Columba livia forma domestica	Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis	White-Cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus	Shinobazu Pond with Great Cormorant Colony	Rick & Rens in Ueno Zoo
Shinjuku Gyoen Gardens	Shinjuku Gyoen Gardens	Shinjuku Gyoen Gardens	Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis	Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis
José & Rens	Some culture sniffing	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus	Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus	Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Masked Bunting Emberiza personata	Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis variabilis	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis	Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis
Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis	Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus	Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Our first impression of downtown Tokyo	Rens	Arasawaya Ryokan	Our first Japanese blossom	Lake Okutama
Just a scenic creek	Tama River	Trail Map of Tama River Trail	Nippara River	José & Rens
Underground Trail Map of Nippara Limestone Caves	Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon nippon	Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon nippon	Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon nippon	Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon nippon
Buddhist sculptures inside the Caves	Buddhist sculptures inside the Caves	José @ the Entrance to the Caves	Just a mountain stream	José @ Nippara
Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus	Japanese Tit Parus minor minor	Japanese Tit Parus minor minor	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea hondoensis	Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Varied Tit Sittiparus varius varius	Varied Tit Sittiparus varius varius
Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Pension Bergcot transformed with overnight snow
Japanese Marten Martes melampus melampus	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Grey-Bellied (Eurasian) Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris	Japanese Tit Parus minor minor
Japanese Tit Parus minor minor	Rick @ Work	Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	Eastern Spot-Billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	Bull-Headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus bucephalus
Bull-Headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus bucephalus	Bull-Headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus bucephalus	Senga Falls	Senga Falls	Senga Falls
Senga Falls Trail	Senga Falls Trail	Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida	Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida
Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida	Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida	Mallard Anas plathyrhynchos plathyrhynchos	Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans	Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans	Yellow-Throated Bunting Emberiza elegans elegans	Yellow-Throated Bunting Emberiza elegans elegans	Japanese Squirrel Sciurus lis	Birding Karuizawa
Signs: so is it ok to walk the track or is it not...?	Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus canorus	Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis	Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis	Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis	Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki nippon	Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki nippon	José & Rens making friends	Mount Asama
Mount Asama	Grey-Capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica ssp.	Grey-Capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica ssp.	Rens birding Karuizawa	Japanese Tit Parus minor minor
Varied Tit Sittiparus varius varius	Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus	Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus	Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus
Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus	Willow Tit Poecile montanus restrictus	Coal Tit Periparus ater insularis	Coal Tit Periparus ater insularis	Long-Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus
Long-Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus	Long-Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus	Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus	Moss	Wild Bird Forest Trail
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	Yu River	Rick & Rens	Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus auroreus	Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes japonicus
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Rick @ Work
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Varied Tit Sittiparus varius varius	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Rens watching Rick @ Work
José & Rens	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Monkey Watching
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata fuscata	Valley of the Yokoyu River	Black-Eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus	Duck Madness	Duck Feeding