Japan 2026, 15/02/2026, Yoroushi Onsen & Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido

Japan 15/02/2026

Howard's daily narrative 

Yoroushi Onsen

Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni)

Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

Brandt's jay (Garrulus glandarius brandtii)

Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus)

Nuthatch (Sitta europaea asiatica)

Sable (Martes zibellina)

Japanese red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

Cape Kiritappu

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) 

Snow's guillemot (Cepphus columba snowi)

Asian rosy-finch (Leucosticte arctoa)