うるま市でシギ、チドリ
高校時代の友人と昼飯を食った帰りにうるま市の田んぼと伊計島の畑を回ってきました。
田んぼには、ジシギが5羽ほどいました。水を張った田んぼには、セイタカシギやヒバリシギ、アオアシシギ、アカアシシギなどがポツポツといました。
伊計島の畑には、あちこちにツバメチドリがいました。全部で数十羽ほどでしょうか。
From the pattern of the tail feathers being preened, this looks like a Latham's Snipe, but apparently there are Common Snipe on Okinawa whose tail feathers resemble those of Latham's Snipe… ^^; And Latham's Snipe is said to be quite scarce on Okinawa Island, so perhaps it is a Common Snipe.
Adult Common Redshank. Summer plumage → winter plumage.
Adult Common Greenshank. Summer plumage → winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt. Juvenile plumage.
Oriental Pratincole. Rainfall has been low this year, so grasshoppers have erupted in large numbers in the sugarcane fields, and the pratincoles were catching them.