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

田んぼと海岸のシギ、チドリ

田んぼと海岸を巡回。キアシシギとキョウジョシギ、セイタカシギ、イソシギで幼鳥を初確認しました。本土からはトウネン、ソリハシシギなどの幼鳥飛来情報ありますが、石垣島ではまだ未確認ですね。

田んぼはシギ、チドリの数、種類とも多くなっていますが、海岸はそれほどでもありません。越冬組が到着すればもう少し賑やかになると思われます。

複数羽いたハリオシギは残すところ1羽のみとなりました。チュウジシギはたくさんいます。タシギはまもなく到着するものと思われます。

Grey-tailed Tattler

The first Grey-tailed Tattler juvenile of the season.

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone juvenile, also making its first appearance here.

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt juvenile has finally arrived as well.

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper juvenile confirmed at last, on the final day of August.

Common Redshank

Common Redshank juvenile. The first juvenile Common Redshank was confirmed on July 27.

Greater Sand Plover

Greater Sand Plover juvenile. The first juvenile Greater Sand Plovers had already been confirmed a few days ago.

Lesser Sand Plover

Lesser Sand Plover, adult winter plumage.

Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover, adult winter plumage.

Grey Plover

Grey Plover, first-summer transitioning to winter plumage.

Terek Sandpiper

Terek Sandpiper, first-summer transitioning to winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint

Red-necked Stint, summer plumage transitioning to winter.

Red-necked Stint

Red-necked Stint, late summer plumage. A touch of winter plumage showing too.

Grey-tailed Tattler

A Grey-tailed Tattler that caught a small crab. Moulting from first-summer to second-winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint

A Red-necked Stint that caught a goby.

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover, late summer plumage.

Pacific Golden Plover

A flock of Pacific Golden Plovers flying over the rice paddies.

Pin-tailed Snipe

Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile. There was just one among a group of a dozen or so Swinhoe's Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe. Same individual as above.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Both are Swinhoe's Snipe juveniles.

Greater Painted-snipe

Greater Painted-snipe, adult female.

Greater Painted-snipe

Greater Painted-snipe, adult male. Paired with the individual above. They were mating — still breeding at this point?

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt juvenile in flight.

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt, transitioning from first-summer to second-winter plumage. A faint trace of the first-summer plumage is still visible.

Black-winged Stilt

Adult Black-winged Stilt that caught a dragonfly. It washed the prey in the water several times before eating it.

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