ハリオシギが減ってチュウジシギが増えてきた(動画あり)
8月6日に今季初のハリオシギが入って、しばらくはハリオシギばかりでしたが、8月中旬ごろからチュウジシギが増えてきました。タシギはまだ到着していません。9月に入らないとだめですね。
8月20日から25日にかけて撮れたハリオシギとチュウジシギを一気にご紹介します。
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile, and in the background only the lower half of what appears to be a Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
Same individual as above. Flushed by a motorbike. The pin-like tail feathers are visible. From the side, the tail feathers of Swinhoe's Snipe also look narrow, but the pin-like feathers of Pin-tailed Snipe are a completely different length.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Same individual as above. The short, pin-like tail feathers are visible here too.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Same individual as above. The tail feathers are just about visible.
Same individual as above. The outer tail feathers are visible, but hard to make out…
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile.
Same individual as above. It gave us a perfect view of the tail feathers.
Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
Same individual as above. The tail feathers spread out perfectly.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile, spooked by a crow.
Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile. All juveniles — both Pin-tailed and Swinhoe's Snipe.
Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
A Common Moorhen that kept flushing the snipe whenever it found one. Thanks to it, I managed to get shots of the tail feathers. ^^
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.