飛ぶハジロクロハラアジサシ、ツバメチドリ、クロハラアジサシ
数日前から滞在しているハジロクロハラアジサシは石垣島内に2カ所で合わせて3羽いました。
ツバメチドリは十数羽だったのが、50羽になり、80羽になりどんどん増えています。
クロハラアジサシは島内各所で数羽の群れが見られます。
White-winged Tern juvenile in flight.
Adult Oriental Pratincole flying low.
A White-cheeked Tern juvenile that had caught a large Lesser Emperor dragonfly.
A White-winged Tern coming toward me.
The White-cheeked Tern's prey was so large it nearly dropped it several times.
A White-winged Tern that came down into the paddy. An individual in mid-moult from juvenile to first-winter plumage. I found another White-winged Tern in the same area.
White-winged Terns and Oriental Pratincoles are resting on the paddy bunds.
I thought it might take a bath, but it flew off just like that.
A juvenile White-winged Tern bathing.
An adult Oriental Pratincole bathing.
White-winged Tern flies differently from Black-bellied Tern, so you can tell them apart somehow even from a distance.
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