増えてきたハリオシギとチュウジシギ
きょうもハリオシギとチュウジシギの識別業務。
一つの田んぼに10羽でハリオシギは成鳥2、幼鳥1、チュウジシギは幼鳥7でした。前日の美しいハリオシギの幼鳥は再発見できず残念。入れ替りながら数を増やしているようです。
Pin-tailed Snipe, adult in late summer plumage.
Pin-tailed Snipe, underwing.
Three days after first finding it on 17 August, I finally managed to photograph the tail feathers. ^^
Pin-tailed Snipe, adult. Moving into winter plumage.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe showing beautifully fresh juvenile plumage.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile.
Same individual as above.
A juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe that wouldn't let its guard down. On this day, a Common Moorhen with chicks was the nemesis. ^^;
Underwing of a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
Same individual as above.
A quintessentially Okinawan juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
Another quintessentially Okinawan juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe. At first glance, wouldn't those of you from the mainland think it's a Pin-tailed Snipe?
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