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

秋の渡りベニバト、コイカルと逗留中のジャワアカガシラサギ、今季初のヒドリガモなど

秋の渡りの最中と思われるベニバト3羽とコイカルを田んぼで確認。同じ田んぼに今季初となるヒドリガモも1羽いました。

タシギの飛来は一旦は落ち着いていたのですが、第二波がやってきたようで畔では多くのタシギが確認できました。

ジャワアカガシラサギもまだ滞在中。2カ月となりますので越冬モードですね。

サシバの渡りは不発。朝夕合わせて300程度でタカ柱もほとんど観察できずでした…。ハヤブサやチゴハヤブサ、ミサゴも渡ってきています。

各地の田んぼではクロハラアジサシが数羽ずつ滞在中。全て成鳥でした。

Eurasian Collared Dove

Laughing Dove, adult female.

Eurasian Collared Dove

Three Laughing Doves. The bird in front is a male; the two at the back are females.

Japanese Grosbeak

Japanese Grosbeak, adult female. She looks rather scruffy — probably mid-moult from summer to winter plumage.

Javan Pond Heron

A Javan Pond Heron that has settled in for a long stay — well into wintering mode. If it stays until spring, we might get to see it in breeding plumage.

Common Snipe

Common Snipe numbers have started climbing again lately. A mix of juveniles and adults.

Eurasian Wigeon

My first Eurasian Wigeon of the season. Appears to be a juvenile.

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern, adult. Some remnants of breeding plumage remain.

Grey-faced Buzzard

Grey-faced Buzzard, adult female.

Grey-faced Buzzard

Grey-faced Buzzard, juvenile.

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon, adult male.

Categories: 野鳥