今季初のオニアジサシ登場
今季初となるオニアジサシが飛来しました。石垣島ではこの時季、少数が通過していきます。 沖縄本島では毎年、11月の第1週にオニアジサシが具志干潟に飛来 していました。数は石垣島より沖縄本島の方がでますね。
海岸には、オオメダイチドリやメダイチドリ、シロチドリ、ムナグロ、キョウジョシギなどが群れていました。
石垣島のカワセミは警戒心が強いのですが、きょう、海岸で出会った個体は比較的近くで見ることができました。
田んぼは越冬組のタシギが多く、ヒバリシギやセイタカシギ、アカアシシギなどが滞在中です。
A Caspian Tern, adult winter plumage. It had a lot of scales stuck to its bill — perhaps just after catching a fish.
It was acting slightly wary of me. It looked as though it had just arrived on migration.
Greater Sand Plover, first-winter (foreground), and Kentish Plover.
Lesser Sand Plover, first-winter plumage.
Greater Sand Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, and Ruddy Turnstone.
A flock of Greater Sand Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, and Kentish Plover — with just one Red-necked Stint in the lower right.
An adult female Common Kingfisher living along the coast.
Grey Herons come in winter. I don't get many chances to photograph them, but I can't skip checking whether any unusual Grey Herons are among them. ^^ I wonder if a Great Blue Heron will show up.
A juvenile Common Snipe in a rice paddy. This individual was completely unfazed by passing cars or people out for a walk.