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

バライロムクドリ成鳥、カタグロトビ、キマユムシクイほか

昨日の幼鳥 に続き、この日はバライロムクドリの成鳥が現れました。鳴き声が聞けたのと冠羽が見えたのが最高でした。^^

オオムシクイ、コムシクイが多い中、キマユムシクイも確認できました。

最近は珍しい鳥でもなくなった石垣島のカタグロトビ。なれた個体も増えてきました。

ムクドリも一気に数を増やし、町中でも見るようになりました。

石垣島には冬鳥としてやってくるヨシゴイが今季は個体数が多く。河川や沈砂池で多くの個体が越冬しています。

今季初確認となったツグミは昨日までいなかったのに一気に増えていました。

Rosy Starling

Rosy Starling, adult winter plumage. The crest is just visible too.

Rosy Starling

It would drop down from the power line into a Strangler Fig, but the leaves kept getting in the way, so I ended up taking shot after shot like this… ^^;

Black-winged Kite

Black-winged Kite, immature. Almost identical to an adult, but there were a few juvenile feathers remaining in the wing coverts.

Yellow-browed Warbler

Among the leaf warblers seen on Ishigaki-jima, Yellow-browed Warbler is the only one that can be identified without hearing its call.

Yellow Bittern

Yellow Bittern, juvenile. Beautiful juvenile plumage lit by the afternoon sun. Stunning.

Isabelline Shrike

Isabelline Shrike, first-winter plumage. It had caught what appeared to be a bee.

Dusky Thrush

The first Dusky Thrush of the season. Numbers jumped all at once.

Long-billed Dowitcher / Black-tailed Godwit

Long-billed Dowitcher and Black-tailed Godwit. They had separated, then came back together again…

Common Snipe

A juvenile Common Snipe in a paddy field after the rice harvest.

Categories: 野鳥