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

干潟、田んぼでシギなど

田んぼや三角池、佐敷の干潟などシギが少しずつ増えだしています。チュウシャクシギ、ジシギ、アオアシシギ、コアオアシシギ、ヒバリシギ、サルハマシギ、キアシシギなどなど。

チュウシャクシギはあちこちに現れだしています。サルハマシギは、個人的に今季初確認で、幼鳥は初見です。サルハマシギの幼鳥はとても珍しいようです。なんか見たことないなーと思って写真に残しておいてラッキーでした。^^

Curlew Sandpiper

I thought it was a Dunlin, but it turned out to be a Buff-breasted Sandpiper in juvenile plumage. SHORE BIRDS IN JAPAN kindly pointed this out. I thought that distinctive buffy look was unusual and I'm glad I went ahead and photographed it. ^^

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint, juvenile plumage.

Whimbrel

Adult Whimbrel in winter plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler

Adult Grey-tailed Tattler in late summer plumage.

Swinhoe's Snipe

A Common Snipe probing along a paddy bund in search of food.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Herons have been showing up at Sankakuike in large numbers lately. Apparently there is a colony nearby, and some immatures are mixed in as well.

Eastern Cattle Egret

I don't see Cattle Egrets in large flocks here like I do on Ishigaki-jima.

Categories: 野鳥