A daily journal.
Mainly introducing wild birds of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, through photos.

ハリオシギ3羽、サルハマシギ、タマシギほか田んぼ巡回

朝一の取材を終えて、次まで時間が空いたのでお気に入りの田んぼを巡回。

相変わらずチュウジシギが多い中、明らかに異彩を放つ3羽を発見。ハリオシギの幼鳥と成鳥です。念のため尾羽を見せてくれるまで粘ると、群れの中で一番大柄な個体が名前の由来ともなった針のような尾羽を見せてくれました。3羽も同時に見られるなんて幸せ。^^

近くでは、今季初確認となるサルハマシギも撮影。幼鳥でした。

幼鳥といえば、セイタカシギとコアオアシシギの幼鳥もここ数日で増えてきました。残念ながらウズラシギの幼鳥は、まだ確認できていません。

ツバメの大群が入ってきていました。何羽いるのか分からないような数のツバメが田んぼの上空を飛び交っていた。動画がありますので数えてみてください。

Pin-tailed Snipe

Pin-tailed Snipe, adult (right) and juvenile. The larger individual on the right showed its tail feathers.

Pin-tailed Snipe

Tail feathers spread during preening after a bath — close-up.

Swinhoe's Snipe

This individual has quite short tail feathers, but it is an adult Swinhoe's Snipe.

Pin-tailed Snipe

The smallest individual and the most Swinhoe's Snipe-like of the bunch. A juvenile, perhaps?

Swinhoe's Snipe

The white underwing made me think Common Snipe, but Common Snipe appears to be whiter still.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Adult Swinhoe's Snipe and a dragonfly.

Curlew Sandpiper

Juvenile Dunlin.

Curlew Sandpiper

The flanks of the Dunlin are pure white.

Marsh Sandpiper

Juvenile Marsh Sandpiper. First-winter feathers are starting to come in.

Black-winged Stilt

A Black-winged Stilt showing prominent juvenile plumage.

White-breasted Waterhen

A White-breasted Waterhen adult and chick passed by. There was only one chick.

Greater Painted-snipe

A pair of Greater Painted-snipes. The drab one in the foreground is, of course, the male.

Categories: 野鳥