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

メジロガモ、スズガモ、ヘラサギ、おまけのアカオネッタイチョウ(動画あり)

メジロガモ3羽、沖縄的珍鳥のスズガモ2羽が滞在中。ホシハジロは八重山では珍しく、沖縄本島ではそこそこ見られます。ヘラサギ1羽が島内を移動しつつ滞在中でユリカモメも1〜8羽が増えたり減ったりしながら逗留しています。

田んぼのシギは、タシギやアカアシシギ、アオアシシギ、クサシギ、タカブシギあたりが滞在中です。

忘れていた10月の保護個体のアカオネッタイチョウも2カ月遅れで掲出しておきます。^^;

Ferruginous Duck

Two juvenile female Ferruginous Ducks. There was a juvenile male too, but it stayed deep in the grass and I couldn't get a shot….

Ferruginous Duck

A juvenile female Ferruginous Duck.

Ferruginous Duck

A Ferruginous Duck on a different day.

Ferruginous Duck

Likewise, a different individual Ferruginous Duck on a different day.

Greater Scaup

Greater Scaup, a rare bird in Okinawa. First-year male.

Greater Scaup

Greater Scaup, first-year female.

Common Pochard

Common Pochard, adult female.

Eurasian Spoonbill

A young Eurasian Spoonbill. Only one spoonbill this season.

Yellow Bittern

Ryukyu Striated Heron, adult male.

Yellow Bittern

Same individual as above. Foraging while moving along a drainage channel.

Northern Lapwing

The Northern Lapwings were all juveniles — around 12 birds.

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gulls in the rice fields. Up to about eight birds, all in first-winter plumage.

Common Snipe

A good number of Common Snipe are wintering.

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper, first-winter. Wintering singly here and there.

Common Redshank

Common Redshank, adult winter plumage. Wintering in a small flock that includes both adults and juveniles.

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird, juvenile.

Categories: 野鳥