シギチ、秋の渡り増量中
昨日、立秋を迎え、秋の渡り途中のシギチが増えてきました。
海岸や田んぼには、コチドリやメダイチドリ、シロチドリ、アオアシシギ、キアシシギ、タカブシギ、イソシギが増えてきました。また、ツバメやリュウキュウツバメ、クロハラアジサシも渡ってきています。
8月11日追記： 沖縄本島の師匠に間違いを指摘してもらい訂正しました。4枚目のタカブシギと10枚目のハジロクロハラアジサシです。
In the mangrove wetlands, Common Greenshanks were dashing through the shallows chasing small fish. They did not seem to be having much luck catching them.
Nearby there was also a Grey-tailed Tattler. I saw many Grey-tailed Tattlers today.
Common Sandpiper, breeding plumage.
Wood Sandpiper, late breeding plumage.
Wood Sandpiper.
Little Ringed Plover.
Kentish Plover on the coast.
Lesser Sand Plover on the coast.
Foreground: Black-bellied Tern, breeding plumage.
Background: White-winged Tern, first-summer plumage moulting into winter plumage.
Barn Swallows and Ryukyu Swallows are also increasing in number.
A Little Ringed Plover caught in a sudden squall.
Grey-tailed Tattler on the sandy beach.
A Common Greenshank in the rice paddy that looks exhausted.
Common Greenshank on the coast.