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

田んぼでジャワアカガシラサギ、ソリハシセイタカシギなど

ジャワアカガシラサギと思われる個体が長期滞在中。胸の縦斑がアカガシラサギに比べると薄く見え、ジャワアカガシラサギに比べるとちょっと濃いめという感じです。個人的にはジャワアカガシラサギでいいと思うのですが、地元では意見が割れています。

ソリハシセイタカシギも長逗留。たまにいなくなるけど、1日か2日で元の田んぼにもどってきます。

今季初のユリカモメが到着しました。カモメの仲間ではユリカモメだけが毎年、確認できます。沖縄本島まで行くとユリカモメに加えてズグロカモメも見られるのですが、石垣島にはほとんど来ないです。

オオハシシギも1カ月以上、同じ田んぼで越冬中。このまま春までいてくれたら換羽が観察できるのですが…いかに…。

Javan Pond Heron

A Javan Pond Heron caught a Sakishima rice frog. I'm always impressed at how it finds them in thick grass like this.

Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet in first-winter plumage, on an extended stay.

Black-headed Gull

The only gull that comes to Ishigaki Island every year is the Black-headed Gull. First-winter plumage.

Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler, male. Moulting from juvenile plumage into first breeding plumage.

Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler, male. Mid-moult from eclipse into breeding plumage.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher, first-winter. It has been staying for a while now, so hopes are high for it to overwinter.

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, first-winter. All the snipe in the paddies are Common Snipe.

Common Snipe

Common Snipe in the grass. During migration there are individuals with all sorts of plumage patterns, but I get the feeling the ones that stay to the end are always this ordinary-looking type.

Categories: 野鳥