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

ヒバリシギ幼鳥到着とハリオシギ、クロツラヘラサギなど

今季初のヒバリシギを7月3日に確認してから遅れること1カ月半、やっと幼鳥が到着しました。ヒバリシギは成鳥も含めて個体数を増やしています

タカブシギ、アカアシシギは成鳥、幼鳥含めて日に日に増えています。

石垣島では少ないダイゼンも到着。ムナグロは数日前から見る機会が増えています。

ハリオシギは入れ替わりつつも成鳥、幼鳥とも出会いは多いです。

アマサギやチュウサギ、チュウダイサギ、アオサギも少しずつ数を増やしています。クロツラヘラサギは6月から島内をうろうろしている個体がいます。

Long-toed Stint

A Long-toed Stint juvenile — my first confirmed sighting of the season.

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint in late summer plumage.

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper juveniles are increasing too.

Common Redshank

Common Redshank, juvenile.

Grey Plover

A Grey Plover in first-summer plumage. A single bird still present.

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover, adult. Moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe, late breeding plumage.

Swinhoe's Snipe

An individual that was most likely a Swinhoe's Snipe, but it stayed wary and never came out of the grass — left me feeling unsatisfied.

Oriental Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole that caught a grasshopper. Adult non-breeding plumage.

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt, adult male. Moulting into non-breeding plumage.

Black-faced Spoonbill

A young Black-faced Spoonbill that has been wandering around Ishigaki Island since around June.

Yellow Bittern

Ryukyu Striated Heron. Moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Intermediate Egret

Intermediate Egret, adult. I like birds at this time of year the most.

Categories: 野鳥