ハリオシギ、チュウジシギ、アカガシラサギ、ゴイサギ
時間がなくてなかなか観察できませんが、きょうもジシギポイントでハリオシギとチュウジシギの識別。
ほとんどチュウジシギですが、その中に2〜3羽のハリオシギがまじっている感じです。
夕方にはアカガシラサギを確認。ゴイサギも暗くなるとカエルなどを狙いに田んぼにやってきます。
Juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.
Same individual as above.
A juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe liable to be mistaken for a Pin-tailed Snipe.
Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe. This one also has a Pin-tailed Snipe–ish build.
A Swinhoe's Snipe in the process of moulting into non-breeding plumage.
Adult Swinhoe's Snipe. Shortly after this it was chased off by a Common Moorhen with chicks in the background.
Pin-tailed Snipe adult in moult to winter plumage.
Most of the tail feathers had fallen out. What on earth happened?
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile, evening.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. As it gets dark, they appear from nowhere.
A confiding Chinese Pond Heron. It may be the same individual that has been here since last month.
As it gets dark, Black-crowned Night Herons clock on for work. Juveniles have increased in number.
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