Birds

Brown-eared bulbuls (Hypsipetes amaurotis): I photographed this breeding pair while leading a birding tour in Japan.

Ruby Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda). I photograhed this bird while leading a Japan birding tour.

Taking Flight, Red Crowned Cranes, Kushiro, Japan.

Shima Enaga is a subspecies of the long-tailed bushtit. They are also known as the silver-throated tit or silver-throated dasher. They are a tiny bird (at 12-16 cm in length, including their tail at 7-9 cm. I took this image while leading my annual Hokkaido photo tour

Rare Seagull, Shiretoko, Japan.

I photographed this rare artic seagull which is the 2nd largest species on our planet, while I was leading a Hokkaido Winter Photography tour.

The Red Crowned Cranes, Hokkaido, Japan.

A rare view of a Gull that I photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.

Red Crowned Crane, Hokkaido, Japan.

Black Kite, Kanagawa, Japan.

Whooper Swans, Hokkaido Japan

Back Kite

I photographed this black kite while leading particpants on my annual winter Hokkaido photography tour.

Red Crowned Cranes, Hokkaido, Japan.