All Three Snipe Species Together
All three snipe species on Ishigaki Island — Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, and Common Snipe — are finally present at the same time. From here, Pin-tailed and Swinhoe's Snipe numbers will decline, while Common Snipe will increase.
A textbook individual — identifiable as Pin-tailed Snipe at a glance.
Same individual as above.
This is a Swinhoe's Snipe. A juvenile.
Same individual as above.
This is also a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
This is a Common Snipe. Numbers had been building for several days, but work kept me too busy to get out and see them.
Common Snipe (two birds in the foreground) and Swinhoe's Snipe.
How the tail feathers of Pin-tailed Snipe appear. The look changes depending on the angle. For reference.
How the tail feathers of Swinhoe's Snipe appear. Depending on the angle, they are often mistaken for Pin-tailed Snipe.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Long-toed Stint, flushed by the arrival of a Common Kestrel.
They circled a few times and came back down to the same paddy field.
The first Ruff of the season has arrived too. A juvenile.
A juvenile Little Tern had caught a dragonfly.
A Black-faced Spoonbill has been staying here for the past few days.
This season Javan Pond Herons can be found in rice paddies all over the place.
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