クロツラヘラサギ19羽
今日は、二十四節気のひとつ「小寒」で寒の入りというのに暖かい沖縄本島でした。また、旧暦ではムーチーでもあり、ムーチービーサーと言えば、沖縄の最も寒い時期に当たるのですが…。今年の冬は年末から例年になく暖かい日が続いています。
そんな中、クロツラヘラサギは、豊崎干潟の18羽と三角池に1羽の合計19羽を確認。米須海岸のクロツラヘラサギは姿が見えませんでした。
群れの中には、2羽のクロツラヘラサギにJ10とJ15の足環が装着されています。両者とも毎年、沖縄本島で越冬する個体です。
The photo shows 17 Black-faced Spoonbills, but there was one more nearby that didn't fit in the frame, making it a flock of 18.
A Black-faced Spoonbill with flag ring J10. This individual has been recorded on the Okinawa mainland since around 24 December last year. According to a blog by someone in Kyushu, it was recorded on 19 December last year at the mouth of the Mannose River in the central part of the Satsuma Peninsula in southern Kyushu.
A Black-faced Spoonbill with flag ring J15. This individual was first recorded at Sankaku Pond on 8 November last year, and I contacted an acquaintance photographer at the Okinawa Times, and it was also published in that paper. This is its tenth consecutive year of arrival since 2007.