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

ベニバト十数羽、シマアジ、クロツラヘラサギほか

ベニバトが田んぼに十数羽飛来していました。数えられたのは16羽までですが、木の影にもっといそうでした。ほかで7羽の群れなど複数箇所に入っており、今季はベニバトの数が異常に多いです。

シマアジは、先日の初認に続いての確認でした。コガモもぼちぼち増えてきてあちこちの田んぼで見ることができるようになりました。

Eurasian Collared Dove

Male Red Turtle-Dove. Moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Eurasian Collared Dove

Adult female Red Turtle-Dove.

Eurasian Collared Dove

Several Red Turtle-Doves were perched in the shrubs around the rice paddies.

Garganey

Adult male Garganey in eclipse plumage.

Eurasian Teal

Eurasian Teal numbers are picking up.

Black-faced Spoonbill

The Black-faced Spoonbill has been seen intermittently around the island, so it may be the same individual.

Black-winged Stilt

A dispute between Black-winged Stilts. Both birds are juveniles.

Categories: 野鳥