Foraging together in the rice paddies. What appeared to be some kind of larva was the main course.

Sunlight catches the wing coverts of a Glossy Ibis, revealing a beautiful metallic sheen.

It looks nothing like Ishigaki Island — more like an African wetland somewhere.

I thought it might be going for a Golden Apple Snail, but aquatic insects made up most of what it caught.

Occasionally there were squabbles with a bit of calling, but on the whole they moved through the flock peacefully.