海岸と田んぼで鳥見
空いた時間、近くの海岸と田んぼの見回り。アオアシシギやキアシシギ、トウネン、オオメダイチドリ、タシギ、チュウジシギ 、セイタカシギ、ハマシギなど。シギやチドリは渡りの真っ最中で毎日、入れ替わりが激しいようで増減もそれなりにあります。
先日のハシブトアジサシ はまだ滞在中ですが、行動範囲が広く今回は違う場所にいました。
今季は、なぜかマミジロツメナガセキレイばかりで(キマユ)ツメナガセキレイに全く出会えません。不思議です。
Common Greenshank, adult winter plumage.
Grey-tailed Tattler, adult. Late summer plumage.
Red-necked Stint, adult winter plumage.
Red-necked Stints seem to be scarce on the mainland, but on Ishigaki Island it doesn't feel much different. Numbers aren't particularly high in any given year, though…
A Greater Sand Plover was bathing.
A juvenile Common Greenshank in the rice paddies.
A juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
A juvenile Common Snipe.
A juvenile Common Snipe. By this time of year, Common Snipe make up the majority of the snipe here.
A juvenile Dunlin, moulting into first-winter plumage.
A juvenile Black-winged Stilt. The juvenile plumage is beautiful. The bill also looks slightly shorter compared to an adult.
White-headed Wagtail, adult male. Still in breeding plumage.
Bridled Tern moulting into first-winter plumage.