When I arrived on site first thing in the morning, there were around 20 cars already there for the Long-billed Dowitcher. They were lined up along a narrow farm track and looked likely to cause problems for the local farmers, so I stayed off the track and took just a few shots from a long distance. As a result, the corrugated-iron wave sheeting along the field bank made a solid appearance in the frame… ^^;

No matter what angle I tried, the corrugated-iron wave sheeting ended up in the background with the Long-billed Dowitcher.

A Spotted Redshank in jet-black breeding plumage. On Ishigaki-jima in autumn it's almost always first-winter birds, so this was something I'd long wanted to see.

I kept off the farm track for this one too and shot from a distance. The corrugated iron stayed out of frame, but it was just so far away… ^^;

This Bar-tailed Godwit turned up while I was searching for Spoon-billed Sandpiper. There were about six in total.

All the snipe were Common Snipe.

Also a Common Snipe. I was hoping to find a Latham's Snipe while I was at it, but no luck….

Grey-headed Lapwing chick.

A Grey-headed Lapwing chick fleeing under its parent's belly after being startled by a crow.

A flock of around 60 Dunlin and Red-necked Stint combined. No Little Stints mixed in.

There were plenty of Greater Scaup in the bay — a species treated as a rarity in Okinawa.