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

今季初のムナグロ幼鳥、ツバメチドリ、アカガシラサギなど

ムナグロの幼鳥がやっと確認できました。幼鳥が到着しないと繁殖がうまくいかなかったのかと心配です。

アカガシラサギ2羽、ジャワアカガシラサギ1羽、ヨシゴイがいました。ツバメチドリやクロハラアジサシなども滞在中です。

Oriental Pratincole

Long-legged Buttonquail, first-winter plumage.

Pacific Golden Plover

First Pacific Golden Plover juvenile of the season.

Chinese Pond Heron

Chinese Pond Heron in flight. I confirmed multiple individuals; there was also a Javan Pond Heron among them.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Snipe numbers have dropped considerably. What remains are Swinhoe's Snipe and Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe

The rice in the paddies has grown tall, making it hard to search…

Whiskered Tern

Black-bellied Tern, juvenile.

Whiskered Tern

A group of around ten-plus Black-bellied Terns was resting.

Great Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler was moving through the grass, catching grasshoppers and other prey.

Categories: 野鳥