台風15号通過後の野鳥たち
風速71メートルが吹き、石垣島に大きな被害を与えた台風15号の後、各地を回ると野鳥たちは夜間眠れなかったようで、一様に疲れた様子をみせていました。
沿岸のシギやチドリは砂浜に座り込んで寝ている個体も多くいました。
A tired Dunlin was resting in the rice fields.
Pectoral Sandpipers were also visiting Hiratahara.
It seems even the tiny Long-toed Stint weathered the fierce typhoon.
Pectoral Sandpipers were visiting Ohama Beach as well.
Many Grey-tailed Tattlers were so tired they had settled down on the ground.
Black-winged Stilts, which are usually found in rice paddies, had gathered in large numbers at the river mouth.
A juvenile Nankeen Night Heron also appeared exhausted, resting with its eyes closed. I thought it might need rescuing and approached, but it threatened me vigorously so I left it alone.
The Oriental Turtle Dove was looking tired too.
A pair of white-morph Pacific Reef Herons — parent and chick — came to the river mouth. The juvenile was persistently begging the parent for food.
