季節外れのソリハシセイタカシギ2羽（June 11, 2022） Bird Reports List--Wild bird photography and birdwatching on Okinawa Main Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Taketomi Island, and more)

季節外れのソリハシセイタカシギ2羽

June 11, 2022

来月にはシギやチドリの秋の渡りが始まろうかという時期にソリハシセイタカシギが田んぼに飛来しました。2日間滞在したのち、旅立って行きました。北上したのか南下したのか…。

海岸ではメダイチドリ30羽ほどの群れの中にオオメダイチドリが1羽だけ混じっていました。ムナグロ、キアシシギ、キョウジョシギなども滞在中。

リュウキュウツバメが複数羽、頻繁に砂浜に降りるのですが何をしているのでしょうか? 塩分補給?

Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet, first-summer plumage.

Pied Avocet

I thought the two were feeding contentedly side by side, but occasional squabbles broke out.

Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet and Black-winged Stilt. Both in first-summer plumage.

There was one Greater Sand Plover among a flock of Lesser Sand Plovers.

A dozen or so Pacific Golden Plovers are also staying. Non-breeding individuals, perhaps?

Lesser Sand Plovers seem to be present year-round, with numbers fluctuating.

Grey-tailed Tattler, first-summer plumage.

Ryukyu Swallows perched on driftwood. A few would occasionally come down onto the sandy beach.

Categories: 野鳥

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