ハリオシギ6羽登場!!
昨年は8月31日が石垣島での初確認だったハリオシギ は今年は8月25日でした。今年のハリオシギはなんと一日で6羽確認することができました。前日までチュウジシギ しかいなかったので、一夜にしてどかっと入ったようです。最高に楽しい一日でした。^^
Found a Pin-tailed Snipe on a dry field path. Too close — it was extremely alert, and getting a look at the tail feathers was out of the question — but this was an easy individual to identify as Pin-tailed Snipe, and an adult at that.
Scanning further with binoculars I found two more Pin-tailed Snipes. Both juveniles, perhaps?
A snipe that started bathing. This one is also a straightforward adult Pin-tailed Snipe.
Tail feathers of the individual above. After bathing you can reliably get a tail shot.
Spotted what looked like a Pin-tailed Snipe in the distance. Luckily it showed its tail feathers almost immediately. You can clearly see those needle-like tail feathers. ^^
This one didn't show its tail feathers, but it's a juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.
I had been thinking this was a Swinhoe's Snipe, but looking at the tail photo below, something needle-like is visible. So I wondered if it might be Pin-tailed Snipe — but no, it is Swinhoe's Snipe after all.
Tail feathers of the individual above. They look needle-like, but it seems they appear narrow because they are being viewed side-on.
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