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Hokkaido

1. Wide-angle view of Whooper Swans on frozen lake opening, with overhanging tree branches in the foreground and snow covered mountains in the background, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

2. Red Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) courtship dance

3. Whooper Swan walking beside frozen lake opening, Lake Kussharo, Japan

4. Wide-nagle view of Red-Crowned Cranes taking flight over snow covered woods, Hokkaido, Japan

5. Isolated Elder trees on snow covered ridge, Hokkaido, Japan

6. Whooper Swan symmetry, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

6a. Winter Cranes – Hokkaido, Japan – February 2018

7. Red Crowned Crane pair sleeping at night on river, Hokkaido, Japan

8. Whopper Swans on frozen lake opening at dawn, Lake Kussharo, Japan

Whooper Swan standing in shallow water, frozen lake opening, at sunset, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

10.Isolated tree on sloping, snow-covered field with barb-wire fence in the foreground, Hokkaido, Japan

Red Crowned Crane flying against dark tress, with motion, Hokkaido, Japan

Whooper Swan

13. Tree clump on snow-covered field, Hokkaido, Japan

14. Wide-angle view of solitary Red Crowned Crane beside tree as snow falls, Hokkaido, Japan

15. Fish-eye view of gulls over the pack-ice, Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japn

16. Wide angle view of Whooper Swans resting on a flying onto frozen lake, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

17. White-Tailed Eagle flying low over ocean surface, with motion, Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan

18. Adult Steller's Sea Eagle perched on pack ice pinnacle holding fish as a juvenile approaches, Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan.jpg

19. Wide-angle view of two Whooper Swans flying over a frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

20. White-Tailed Eagle and Crow in flight, Akan Crane Center, Hokkaido, Japan

21. Japanese Red Fox walking in snow between trees, Hokkaido, Japan

22. Red Crowned Cranes standing in shallow water river in winter, early morning, Hokkaido, Japan

23. White-Tailed Eagles and Steller's Sea Eagles on pack ice, Sea of Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan

24. Red Crowned Crane courtship dance in falling snow, Hokkaido, Japan

25. Trees and fences in snow covered field, Hokkaido, Japan

26. Fish-eye view of Whooper Swans on frozen lake beneath hoar-frosted tree

27. White-Tailed Eagle flying head on towards Red Crowned Cranes, Hokkaido, Japan

28. Two Whooper Swans on frozen lake during white-out conditions, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

29. Otowa bridge early morning panorama of Red Crowned Cranes on river, Hokkaido, Japan

30. Red Crowned Crane courtship dance, Hokkaido, Japan

31. Juvenile Slaty Backed Gull with fish, Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan

32. Adult and juvenile Whooper Swans flying into land on frozen lake

33. Snow romance

34. Three Red Crowned Cranes calling from snow covered field as heavy snow falls, Hokkaido, Japan

35. Long-Tailed Tit in flight licking icicle, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

36. Whooper Swan standing in shallow-water lake beside hoar-frosted tree, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

37. Steller's Sea Eagle and Crows, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

38. Red Crowned Crane with bill tucked under its wing, Hokkaido, Japan

39. Whooper Swan portrait juxtaposition, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

40. Apple trees in snow sloping snow field, Hokkaido, Japan

41. Steller's Sea Eagle with fish, landing on pack-ice pinnacle, Sea of Okhostk, Hokkaido, Japan

42. Solitary Red Crowned Crane standing in forest-lined snow field as snow falls, Hokkaido, Japan

43. Whooper Swan amongst other feeding Swans, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

44. Baby Ural Owls, Hokkaido, Japan

45. Wide-angle view of Red Crowned Crane pair in snow blizzard, Hokkaido, Japan

46. Larch trees in snow-covered field, Hokkaido, Japan

47. Whooper Swan close-up portrait, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

48. Red Crowned Crane standing gainst background tree and out-of-focus snow foreground, Hokkaido, Japan

49. Wide-angle, panoramic view of Red Crowned Cranes feeding in snow-covered field as heavy snow falls, Hokkaido, Japan

50. Red Crowned Crane landing, with motion, Hokkaido, Japan

51. Elevated view of trees in Kushiro Marshland, Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Hokkaido, Japan

52. Snow covered tree trunks in snow-covered field with brabed wire fence in the foreground, Hokkaido, Japan

53. Whooper Swans on frozen lake opening, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

54. Steller's Sea Eagle head portrait

55. Whooper Swans on a cold morning cloaked in steam, generated by natural, thermal-fed lake water

56. Whooper Swans on frozen lake opening at sunset, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

57. Red Crowned Cranes courtship dance, Hokkaido, Japan

58. White-Tailed Eagle pair fighting on frozen lake over fish, Lake Furen, Hokkaido, Japan

59. Red Crowned Crane walking in snow covered field, Hokkaido, Japan

60. Red Crowned Crane walking beside river and reeds, Kushiro Marshland, Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Hokkaido, Japan

61. Steller's Sea Eagle behind snow drift, Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan

62. Two Whooper Swans walking on frozen lake as snow falls, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

63. Panormaic view of three Elder trees with clouds in the background, Hokkaido, Japan

63. Whooper Swans at dawn on lake in winter, under snow covered tree

65. Red Crowned Crane flying against dark tress and lightly falling snow, Hokkaido, Japan

66. Steller's Sea Eagle landing on pack ice with wings outstretched

67. Whooper Swan pair taking flight from frozen lake in white-out conditions, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

68. Panoramic view of Red Crowned Crane pair in snow-covered field, Tsurui Ito, Hokkaido, Japan

69. River and snow-covered rocks, Western Hokkaido, Japan

70. Red Crowned Crane pair performing courtship dance, Hokkaido, Japan

71. Whooper Swan pair on frozen lake opening, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

72. Red Crowned Crane calling on snow field, Hokkaido, Japan

73. Whooper Swan flying through falling snow

74. High key portrait of Red Crowned Crane, Hokkaido, Japan

75. Whooper Swan resting with its bill tucked under its wing

76. Red Crowned Cranes flying behind trees, with motion, Hokkaido, Japan

77. White Tailed Eagle head portrait

78. Greenhouse structure, western Hokkaido, Japan

79. Whooper Swan portrait, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan

80. Whooper Swans on frozen lake opening as snow falls

81. White-Tailed Eagle flying, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

82. Whopper Swans walking on frozen lake, Kussharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan

83. Ural Owl perched in tree nest with snow falling, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

84. Whooper Swans resting on fozen lake in white-out conditions

85. Whooper Swan pair juxtaposition, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido

86. Red Crowned Crane flying, with motion, Hokkaido, Japan

87. Juvenile White Tailed Eagle in flight

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