Falcated Duck, rare on Ishigaki-jima. Moulting from eclipse into breeding plumage.

First White Wagtail of the season. Transitioning from juvenile to 1st-winter plumage.

From the back.

Greater White-fronted Goose, juvenile.

It starts moving around towards evening.

It had moved into a paddy with leftover rice and was feeding on the grain.

Black-tailed Godwit and Long-billed Dowitcher. Both juveniles.

It was eating small gastropods.

Pacific Golden Plover, juvenile. Seemed unsettled, with raptors becoming more frequent.

Yellow Bittern this season — many encounters. All juveniles.

Common Snipe, juvenile. Snipe other than Common Snipe have all but disappeared now, which feels lonely.

There was a dead Common Snipe juvenile. Black-winged Kite appears around here often, so it may have fallen prey to one.

This one is a dead Brown Hawk-Owl found in a residential area near my workplace. Given the location, I believe it was a migrant.

Little Swift nest. Several nearby trees had been cut down from the roots. Illegal, of course. Probably the work of someone trying to photograph the nest. Some guides are just awful… ^^;