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

今季初のイワミセキレイ、ムネアカタヒバリ、ツメナガセキレイ

イワミセキレイ、ムネアカタヒバリ、(キマユ)ツメナガセキレイの3種を今季初確認しました。

石垣島のイワミセキレイは例年、アカハラダカの渡ってくる9月中旬ごろの飛来が多いのですが、今年は少し遅めの登場です。久しぶりのイワミセキレイですが、ちょっと小ぶりで色合いが渋く、なぜか尾羽を左右にゆっくり振るところなどちょっと変わり者ないい鳥です。^^ キセキレイと行動を共にしていましたが、全長20センチのキセキレイと比べると全長15センチのイワミセキレイはやり小さいです。

ムネアカタヒバリはこれから冬にかけて数をどんどん増やしていき、まもなくタヒバリやマミジロタヒバリなども加わり石垣島の田んぼの小鳥が楽しくなります。

(キマユ)ツメナガセキレイは例年だとマミジロツメナガセキレイとほとんど変わらない時季にやってくるはずなのですが、ことしは待てど暮らせど見当たらず。10月に入ってやっと(キマユ)ツメナガセキレイの群れに出会えました。

キセキレイは林道から芝生、田んぼまでいろいろな環境にいますが、1羽から数羽の群れでいます。

Grey Wagtail

A Malabar Wagtail stretching. This is the shot I wanted!! There are flies on two of the secondaries.

Grey Wagtail

The tail feathers appear to be moulting further as well.

Grey Wagtail

Stretching the other wing too.

Grey Wagtail

A Malabar Wagtail preying on ants. I wonder if such tiny prey does anything to fill its stomach.

Grey Wagtail

It caught an unidentified insect.

Grey Wagtail

The Malabar Wagtail prefers dim conditions. Tiring to photograph…

Grey Wagtail

A Malabar Wagtail staring at the ground, sensing the presence of prey.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

The (Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail finally showed up. The adult male is still very much in summer plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

The upperparts have an olive tinge.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

A juvenile (Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

Red-throated Pipit

The first Red-throated Pipit of the season. It was eating grass seeds.

Red-throated Pipit

Having just arrived on migration, it was very wary, and I could only photograph a distant individual.

Grey Wagtail

A Grey Wagtail slightly apart from the flock of Eastern Yellow Wagtails in the rice paddies. Always seems to position itself like that. ^^;

Categories: 野鳥