Cape Nosattspu 1145

April 5th.,2016
＜Cape Nosattspu ＞　By Eagle
　　　　It is the best season now for watching a large number of Rhinoceros Auklets from the ocean-viewing  hide in Cape Nosattspu. They have returned from the south after a long and cold winter. Today, I watched at least 1,500 individuals from the hide and the number is increasing rapidly day by day.
In Nosattspu, you can command a fantastic view of a large flock of breeding seabirds,  which is one of the most popular and common ones at this time of the year in Nemuro Peninsula.
I also confirmed just one young Steller's Sea Eagle left on  the nearby cliff.

【The list of birds observed】
Red-necked Grebe（３）
Temminck's Cormorant
Pelagic  Cormorant
Red-faced cormorant (1)
Steller's Sea Eagle（jv.1)
White-tailed Sea Eagle（３）
Black-eared Kite
Harlequin Duck（３００＋）
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck（１０＋）
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Scaup
Vega Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Gloucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Gull
Rhinoceros Auklet（１５００＋）
Spectacled Guillemot（１００＋）
White-cheeked Starling（２）

Steller's Sea Eagle（young）

A White-tailed Sea Eagle was flying over the houses in Nosattspu.

Harlequin Duck(♂）

A mixed flock of Long-tailed Duck　and Rhinoceros Auklets was moving
 1 km off Cape Nosattspu.

Rhinoceros Auklet
８００m　offshore

We can watch many flocks of 10-20  Rhinoceros Auklets from the hide.
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