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Sunrise Birding LLC - Birding and Wildlife ToursJAPAN! Cranes, Eagles, Owls & Snow Monkeys!
Trip Highlights - February 2020


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Highlights and top sightings:    

•Steller's Sea Eagle
•Blakiston's Fish Owl
•Japanese Murrelet
•Red-crowned Crane
•White-naped Crane
•White-backed Woodpecker
•Varied Tit
•Thayer's Gull
•Saunder's Gull
•Chestnut-eared Bunting
•The Eagle show at Rausu
•The Crane show at Arasaki

•Asian Rosy Finch
•Baikal Teal
•Snow Monkeys
•Crested Kingfisher
•Demoiselle Crane
•Ancient Murrelet
•Japanese White-eye
•Red Foxes
•Japanese Waxwing
•Ural Owl
•Our great guides!

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Steller's Sea Eagle, Japan. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Steller's Sea Eagle, Japan. Photo © Gina Nichol.


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Japanese Macaque by Gina Nichol.


Red-crowned Cranes at Sunrise by Gina Nichol.


Steller's Sea Eagle on ice by Gina Nichol.


The Eagle Show at Hokkaido by Gina Nichol.


Dancing Red-crowned Cranes by Gina Nichol.


Dancing juvenile Red-crowned Crane by Gina Nichol.


Demoiselle Crane by Gina Nichol.

Japanese Macaque, the Snow Monkey. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Japanese Macaque, the Snow Monkey. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Japanese Macaque, the Snow Monkey. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Japanese Macaque, the Snow Monkey. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Blakiston's Fish Owl. Photo by Keith Langdon.
Blakiston's Fish Owl. Photo by Keith Langdon.

Ural Owl. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Ural Owl. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Cranes at sunrise at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Cranes at sunrise at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Hooded and Sandhill Cranes at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Hooded and Sandhill Cranes at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Watching Cranes at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Watching Cranes at Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.

White-naped Crane, Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.
White-naped Crane, Arasaki. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Red-crowned Cranes. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Red-crowned Cranes. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Steller's Sea Eagles on ice! Photo © Gina Nichol.
Steller's Sea Eagles on ice! Photo © Gina Nichol.

White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.
White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Steller's Sea Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Steller's Sea Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.

White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.
White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Steller's Sea Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Steller's Sea Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Steller's Sea Eagle and White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Steller's Sea Eagle and White-tailed Eagle. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Scenery at Rausu, Japan © Gina Nichol.
Scenery at Rausu, Japan © Gina Nichol.

Red-breated Merganser. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Red-breated Merganser. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Slaty-backed Gull. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Slaty-backed Gull. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Varied Tit. Photo © Gina Nichol
Varied Tit. Photo © Gina Nichol

Sunrise at Rausu, Japan. Photo © Gina Nichol
Sunrise at Rausu, Japan. Photo © Gina Nichol