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

今季初のハシブトアジサシ オオメダイチドリの飛翔

ハシブトアジサシを見つけました。今季初めての飛来となります。車を走らせていると一瞬、アジサシとすれ違い、顔がどう見てもハシブトアジサシに見えたので戻って探すと海岸に降りて水浴びをしていました。

Lesser Crested Tern

A Bridled Tern in transition from juvenile to first-winter plumage. This is the first time I've managed to photograph a perched bird this close. ^^

Lesser Crested Tern

A Bridled Tern bathing.

Lesser Crested Tern

A Bridled Tern in flight. Backlit — a shame.

Whiskered Tern

An adult Black-bellied Tern showed up too, but disappeared somewhere almost immediately.

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover in flight. Unlike Lesser Sand Plover, when Greater Sand Plover flies the feet extend just slightly beyond the tail tip.

Categories: 野鳥