芝生のホシムクドリ、草原のクロハラアジサシ、三角池のエリマキシギなど
ムクドリの群れにホシムクドリ。芝生に降りてクモやイモムシを捕まえていた。同じ芝生のイソヒヨドリとコチドリ、ハクセキレイも。イソヒヨドリはミツバチをくわえていた。
草原には、クロハラアジサシが4羽舞っていた。成鳥2羽と幼鳥2羽。バッタを捕まえているようでした。
三角池には、エリマキシギが2羽滞在中。ハマシギやタシギ、アカアシシギ、セイタカシギなどもいますが、ハマシギはさらに南下していくと思われます。
A small flock of Common Starlings. They were wandering around the lawn.
It caught a tiny spider, no bigger than a grain of rice.
This Common Starling got hold of a caterpillar.
Preening. Common Starlings show a beautiful metallic sheen when the light catches them.
Little Ringed Plover. The shadow in the background looks a bit suspicious.
A few White Wagtails as well.
What the Blue Rock Thrush had caught was a honeybee.
Adult male Blue Rock Thrush.
Common Starlings tensing up at the presence of a Common Kestrel.
Two juvenile White-winged Terns diving steeply.
Adult winter-plumage White-winged Tern.
Both Ruffs at Sankakuike are still there. How much longer will they stay?
A few Dunlins also lingering.