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

タマシギ、ジシギなど

今日は比較的涼しい一日でした。

うるま市の田んぼをシギチを求めて回ってきました。ジシギの識別を練習したかったのですが、1羽しかおらず。最初にジシギだと思ったやつはタマシギのオスだったり…。^^; タマシギは沖縄本島に来てから初見ですのでよかったかな。

ほかには、ヒバリシギ、タカブシギ、イソシギ、セイタカシギ、コチドリ、シロチドリなどがいました。

Greater Painted-snipe

A male Greater Painted-snipe. So they really are on Okinawa Island too. ^^ It was alternating between hiding in the undergrowth and coming out onto the paddy berm to preen.

Swinhoe's Snipe

I thought it was a Common Snipe, but apparently it is more likely a Swinhoe's Snipe. The Snipe Master kindly pointed that out to me. It was pulling out earthworm after earthworm.

Swinhoe's Snipe

Same individual snipe as above.

Common Sandpiper

Just one Common Sandpiper. Summer plumage transitioning to winter?

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpipers were the most numerous.

Categories: 野鳥