秋の渡りベニバト、コイカルと逗留中のジャワアカガシラサギ、今季初のヒドリガモなど
秋の渡りの最中と思われるベニバト3羽とコイカルを田んぼで確認。同じ田んぼに今季初となるヒドリガモも1羽いました。
タシギの飛来は一旦は落ち着いていたのですが、第二波がやってきたようで畔では多くのタシギが確認できました。
ジャワアカガシラサギもまだ滞在中。2カ月となりますので越冬モードですね。
サシバの渡りは不発。朝夕合わせて300程度でタカ柱もほとんど観察できずでした…。ハヤブサやチゴハヤブサ、ミサゴも渡ってきています。
各地の田んぼではクロハラアジサシが数羽ずつ滞在中。全て成鳥でした。
Laughing Dove, adult female.
Three Laughing Doves. The bird in front is a male; the two at the back are females.
Japanese Grosbeak, adult female. She looks rather scruffy — probably mid-moult from summer to winter plumage.
A Javan Pond Heron that has settled in for a long stay — well into wintering mode. If it stays until spring, we might get to see it in breeding plumage.
Common Snipe numbers have started climbing again lately. A mix of juveniles and adults.
My first Eurasian Wigeon of the season. Appears to be a juvenile.
White-winged Tern, adult. Some remnants of breeding plumage remain.
Grey-faced Buzzard, adult female.
Grey-faced Buzzard, juvenile.
Peregrine Falcon, adult male.