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

ソリハシセイタカシギ、チュウシャクシギ、タカブシギ、アオアシシギ、セイタカシギ

6月6日に現れたソリハシセイタカシギ はまだ滞在しています。いつまで居る気なんでしょう。海岸ではチュウシャクシギ9羽の群れが飛来。早すぎるので秋の渡りとしてよいものなのか迷います…。

田んぼにはタカブシギやアオアシシギ、セイタカシギなどもぱらぱらと飛来しています。

Pied Avocet

Arrived out of season and has already been here over three weeks.

Whimbrel

The Whimbrels in a flock of nine.

Whimbrel

Moult is beginning.

Whimbrel

A flock arriving considerably earlier than usual for Whimbrels.

Whimbrel

At first I thought some juveniles were mixed in, but on closer inspection they were all adults.

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper in late summer plumage.

Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank in late summer plumage.

Black-winged Stilt

Female Black-winged Stilt. First-summer plumage.

Purple Heron

Juvenile Purple Heron.

Categories: 野鳥