Even though it wasn’t a great distance, more and more birds kept appearing, so I couldn’t move forward. Finally, I reached the beach.
What a scenery to have just 30 minutes away by car. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but it’s quite a distance to get down.The shadows of two birds walking on the ground. Something is sprouting from their heads.The male hid, but the female was in the gap of the bushes. California Quail.Looking up from the beach at the high ground I was just on.The Turkey Vulture has a face similar to a turkey. You rarely see one this large in Japan.Golfing here would feel great, wouldn’t it?I casually snapped what I thought was a crow, but based on the shape of the tail feathers, it appears to be a Common Raven. According to the field guide, they are commonly seen in Canada and the western United States. I unexpectedly encountered what I had longed to see in Hokkaido so easily.
As a side note, a ranger in Hokkaido, to whom I mentioned that I wanted to see a Common Raven, once sarcastically said that it would be absolutely impossible for an amateur (even we struggle to see them with great effort, he said). I thought it must be an incredibly cautious bird. But it turns out they fly nearby quite normally. Not just ravens, but birds in Japan, especially in the suburbs, seem to be particularly cautious. Birds are supposed to move around, but why does it seem that the caution distance varies depending on the habitat area at that time? Can anyone explain this?
California Gulls with distinctive black eyes. There are some young ones too.It hovered continuously, riding the wind from below the cliff. I’m not confident yet, but it might be a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.The American Goldfinch, which appeared for just a moment.The Black Oystercatchers appeared on the rocky shore. Oystercatchers have a white underbody.Harbor Seals are gathered on the rocky coast. I tried to find the route that the fishermen took to get down, but I couldn’t. Where did they come from…The seals relaxing. By the way, unlike sea lions, seals cannot get up with their front legs.A male Brewer’s Blackbird with intense eyes feeding in the field.
