台風前のシギ、チドリ見回り
大きな台風15号が石垣島を23日ごろ直撃する予報です。しかし、予報通り90度曲がって八重山に来るとは思えないので、それほど心配はしていません。
きょうは台風の影響もあり風が朝から強く吹いていました。正午の用事を済ませてから大浜海岸から宮良牧中、白水、平田原と回ってきました。ムナグロがここ数日でかなり増え、数羽の群れから二十数羽の群れまで田んぼや海岸で見られました。他は、チュウシャクシギやコアオアシシギ、ハマシギ、キアシシギ、ソリハシシギなどが見られました。
アジサシ類ではコアジサシとベニアジサシも見られました。
Whimbrel. The individual at the back was noticeably larger than the others in the flock.
A Whimbrel preening — it was slathering on oil from the uropygial gland. Getting ready for the typhoon, perhaps.
This large Whimbrel kept intimidating and chasing off the other Whimbrels. Why? ^^;
About 10 Pacific Golden Plovers in the rice paddies.
Here more than 20 Pacific Golden Plovers were flocking together. There were some snipe mixed in, but they were too far away. ^^;
There were at least a dozen Long-toed Stints as well.
A single Marsh Sandpiper had joined a group of Black-winged Stilts. Not the same individual as the other day.
Green Sandpipers have started turning up here and there.
Wood Sandpiper. Common from the early stages of the wader migration.
There are a lot of Grey-tailed Tattlers at Ohama Beach.
The Terek Sandpiper was playing chase with crabs again today. This individual was taking a short rest.
Just one Dunlin at Ohama Beach. Maybe the same individual as yesterday.
Little Tern juveniles and adults were sitting on the sandy beach, sheltering from the wind.
Greater Sand Plovers were also busy catching crabs.
