This image of a male Sillem’s Mountain Finch taken yesterday is perhaps the rarest #bird in the Paleartic, thought extinct for decades and now known to exist in only one remote mountain valley at an altitude of over 5000m in #China’s #Qinghai Province [

Steller’s Sea Eagle preparing to take to the air during our Bird-Photo-Tour today on the pack ice in the Sea of Okhotsk surrounding Japan’s Hokkaido Island [www.Bird-Photo-Tours, #BirdsSeenIn2025].

Without doubt today’s close photographic encounter here on our Hokkaido Bird-Photo-Tour was this Black Scoter, a bird that was almost in touching distance [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

Today’s close encounter here on our Japan Hokkaido Island Bird-Photo-Tour was this pair of Ural Owls taking it easy and waiting for nightfall to begin hunting [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

Adult male Pintail taking to the air today here in Hokkaido, Japan [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

Undoubtedly the photographic highlight today here in Japan was this Steller’s Sea Eagle, the heaviest eagle on the planet, and an unforgettable experience to observe them hunting for fish on the pack ice in the Sea of Okhotsk [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

Japan in February must surely rank as one of the top Asian bird photography locations and this dancing Red-crowned Crane on our Hokkaido Bird-Photo-Tour today perhaps illustrates why [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

The close-encounter-of-the-day-award here on our Hokkaido Bird-Photo-Tour was undoubtedly this Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, performing fabulously much to the delight of everyone in attendance [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

@indian_pitta Thanks Mohit. My company Bird-Photo-Tours recently opened up an office in India, Bangalore. I’ve always enjoyed bird photography in India, fabulous country.

@mustafaalyasi15 @elonmusk : 35 tours across 25 Asian countries

Close encounter of the day today was undoubtedly this Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher who was so engrossed with hunting and seemingly undeterred by our presence [ #BirdsSeenIn2025].

@elonmusk @realDonaldTrump Shoe-shiner

@LWestwoodAuthor Ooh. Nice way to start a book.

“All good things come to those that wait”: finally enjoyed this once-in-a-lifetime close encounter with this simply awesome Tawny Fish Owl here in China’s Jiangxi Province [#BirdsSeenIn2025, .

@Float_photo Malaysia

This male Black-and-Yellow Broadbill provided a compelling demonstration today as to why his species has been categorised to the Broadbill family [#BirdsSeenIn2025, .