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

アカツクシガモ、メジロガモ、越冬モードのヨシゴイとノビタキ

12月5日から3日間滞在した後、行方不明になっていたアカツクシガモ がもどってきました。どこへ行っていたのでしょうね?

沈砂池にはメジロガモのオスとメスが逗留中。両方とも幼鳥です。

八重山はカモは少なめなのですが、それでもオナガガモやハシビロガモ、ヒドリガモ、コガモ、オカヨシガモなどが観察できます。カイツブリは石垣島で繁殖していのですが、冬になると越冬個体がやってきて一気に増えます。

ヨシゴイ、タシギ、ノビタキも観察できました。

Ruddy Shelduck

The adult female Ruddy Shelduck back again in the same paddy field.

Ferruginous Duck

Ferruginous Duck, juvenile male.

Ferruginous Duck

Ferruginous Duck, juvenile female.

Ferruginous Duck

I thought it was about to take off, but it just shook its body.

Ferruginous Duck

I wonder if the brown will become even stronger once it moults into first breeding plumage.

Northern Pintail

Female Northern Pintail.

Gadwall

Male Gadwall.

Eurasian Wigeon

Male Eurasian Wigeon. Moulting into breeding plumage.

Northern Shoveler

Male Northern Shoveler.

Eurasian Teal

Male Common Teal moulting into breeding plumage.

Little Grebe

A Little Grebe stretching its legs out onto the water's surface.

Yellow Bittern

A juvenile Yellow Bittern hiding in the grass.

Yellow Bittern

A Yellow Bittern that caught a small fish.

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, 1st-winter plumage.

Siberian Stonechat

A Siberian Stonechat in wintering mode.

Categories: 野鳥