海岸と田んぼのシギ、チドリ
近場の海岸と田んぼを巡回。
田んぼでは、ウズラシギの幼鳥が条件よく撮れました。タカブシギは幼鳥と成鳥がまじった十数羽の群れ、アオアシシギも同様に十数羽、 タゲリは幼鳥ばかり8羽の群れ が先日から滞在中、ヒバリシギは数を減らし、タシギとセイタカシギは越冬組です。
海岸ではオオメダイチドリが姿を消し、メダイチドリとキョウジョシギ、トウネンが少し滞在中。ソリハシシギの幼鳥もいましたが、残念ながら撮り逃しました…。
Pectoral Sandpiper, juvenile. Finally got a decent shot.
Wood Sandpiper, first-winter, with a tadpole it had caught.
A flock of Common Greenshanks. The nearest bird and the one on the left are juveniles; the rest are adults.
Grey-tailed Tattler, late juvenile plumage.
Northern Lapwing, juvenile.
Long-toed Stint, adult, late summer plumage.
Common Greenshanks. The bird on the left is an adult; the others are juveniles.
Common Snipe, adult.
Common Snipe, juvenile.
This one is also a Common Snipe. All the snipe are Common Snipes.
Common Sandpipers arrived in a small flock of several birds.
Common Greenshank, adult (left), and juvenile.
Lesser Sand Plovers dominating the shoreline.
Temminck's Stint, adult, winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt transitioning from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt, adult male.
