Hokkaido Trip
Several of us will be in Hokkaido from Feb 16th to Feb 26th for winter nature photography, mainly birds, but we’ll be happy to see some mammals too and some nice wintery scenary. We’ll fly the red-eye from Singapore to Tokyo Haneda airport, and then catch a domestic flight to Nakashibetsu airport. There we’ll pick up a couple of rental SUVs and drive on to the Northeast coastal town of Rausu. We’ll spend three nights here focusing on several large birds of prey. Stellar’s Sea Eagles gather in the hundreds on pack ice near the harbor, we should also see some White-tailed Eagles. And a night we’ll be looking for the Blakiston’s Fish Owl. The eagle and the owl are both among the largest birds of their kind, it will be impressive to see these truly large birds!