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

オオメダイチドリ幼鳥、メダイチドリとの格闘

定例調査で海岸3カ所巡り。オオメダイチドリの幼鳥が増えていました。ムナグロやキアシシギ、ソリハシシギ、メダイチドリ、キョウジョシギなどもぼちぼち。

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover, juvenile. Adults had been trickling in from late June, but this is the first juvenile of the season.

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover, juvenile. It was feeding on the tidal flat, picking up small worm-like creatures that looked like polychaetes.

Greater Sand Plover

Same individual as above. Moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Lesser Sand Plover

Lesser Sand Plover, adult non-breeding plumage.

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover, adult non-breeding plumage.

Greater Sand Plover / Lesser Sand Plover

A stand-off between a Greater Sand Plover (right) and a Lesser Sand Plover.

Greater Sand Plover / Lesser Sand Plover

A dispute between a Lesser Sand Plover (left) and a Greater Sand Plover.

Greater Sand Plover / Lesser Sand Plover

The squabbling over feeding territory was being instigated by the Greater Sand Plover (left).

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover, adult non-breeding plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler

Grey-tailed Tattler that caught a shrimp, moulting from first-cycle breeding to second-cycle non-breeding plumage.

Ruddy Turnstone

I feel like Ruddy Turnstones are here all year round.

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover, late first-cycle breeding plumage.

Categories: 野鳥