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

最近の田んぼの鳥

シギ、チドリの秋の渡りもほとんど終わり、にぎやかだった田んぼも少し寂しくなりましたが、タカブシギやキアシシギ、アカアシシギ、セイタカシギ、タシギ、コチドリなどがまばらに滞在中です。

クロハラアジサシも数を減らし、数羽の群れが数カ所にいる程度です。

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper in first-winter plumage (foreground).

Grey-tailed Tattler

Grey-tailed Tattler in juvenile plumage (background).

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, juvenile.

Common Snipe

Another Common Snipe, juvenile.

Whiskered Tern

Black-bellied Tern moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Whiskered Tern

Black-bellied Tern in mid-moult to non-breeding plumage.

Whiskered Tern

A juvenile Black-bellied Tern shaking the water off its body in mid-air after bathing.

Categories: 野鳥