石垣島でバードウオッチング(シギ・チドリ、セキレイ編)（Sept. 7, 2016） Bird Reports List--Wild bird photography and birdwatching on Okinawa Main Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Taketomi Island, and more)

石垣島でバードウオッチング(シギ・チドリ、セキレイ編)

Sept. 7, 2016

海岸や田んぼなどに秋の渡りのシギ・チドリがたくさん入っていました。沖縄本島に異動してからは、あらためて石垣島の野鳥の密度の濃さに気付かされました。早く島に帰りたいなー。

エリマキシギやトウネン、ヒバリシギ、ソリハシシギ、キアシシギ、チュウシャクシギ、セイタカシギ、ジシギ、オオメダイチドリ、シロチドリ、ムナグロなどどこにでも何かしらのシギチがいました。^^

また、田んぼにはツメナガセキレイやキセキレイなどセキレイの仲間もたくさん入っていました。イワミセキレイは残念ながら探せませんでした。

石垣島シリーズ(9月4〜6日)

石垣島でバードウオッチング(カンムリワシ編)

Ruff

Ruff, juvenile female.

Little Stint, juvenile. It was associating with Long-toed Stints in the rice paddies.

Long-toed Stint, juvenile. These were the most numerous birds in the paddies.

I thought it was a Little Stint!! but it seems to be just a regular Red-necked Stint. Disappointing….

A Long-toed Stint bathing in the rain.

A Greater Sand Plover that caught a crab. A juvenile, perhaps? It crept up on tiptoe and snapped it up.

Terek Sandpipers were also dashing around the sandy beach catching crabs.

Whimbrel

Whimbrels walked along the water's edge, finding crab burrows and probing them with their long bills in search of crabs.

When a Grey-tailed Tattler landed nearby, it let out a mournful-sounding call.

Snipe were also moving into paddies here and there in small groups of several birds, but they are very wary.

Eastern Yellow Wagtails were present in good numbers. I think the wintering birds will continue to increase from here.

Categories: 野鳥

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