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

Whiskered Tern, Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe

A group of around ten Whiskered Terns — adults and juveniles — arrived. Among the snipe, Common Snipe numbers are up while Pin-tailed Snipe have decreased.

Long-toed Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, and Marsh Sandpiper are also present in good numbers.

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern juvenile. Perhaps due to the lack of typhoons, no large flocks have appeared this season.

Marsh Sandpiper

Little Stint juvenile.

Common Snipe

An unwary Common Snipe adult.

Swinhoe's Snipe

This Swinhoe's Snipe appeared to have lost the sight in its left eye.

Common Snipe

Juvenile Common Snipes have started to show up as well.

Common Snipe / Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe (left) and Common Snipe. You can clearly see the size difference.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.

Pin-tailed Snipe

The only Pin-tailed Snipe of the day.

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