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

Dunlin and Pacific Golden Plover arrive

First Dunlin and Pacific Golden Plover of the season confirmed. The Dunlin was a single bird; the Pacific Golden Plovers were a flock of nearly ten.

Dunlin

Dunlin with winter plumage beginning to show in patches.

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover in a flock of around ten.

Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank that appear to have just arrived on migration. The flock numbered a dozen or so and looked generally tired.

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper in late summer plumage.

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper in late summer plumage.

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint in first-summer plumage.

Oriental Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole gradually changing into winter plumage as well.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe. It was a plump, well-fed individual.

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