近所で鳥見 カモ類が増えてきた
職場と自宅周辺で少しだけ鳥見。
今季初のハシビロガモとオナガガモは前日、初認していましたが写真は撮れずでしたが、この日、ハシビロガモだけは写真の記録が残せました。シマアジは5羽の群れがやってきました。
海岸ではムナグロやダイゼン、キアシシギ、トウネン、メダイチドリなどが滞在中。
サトウキビ畑には警戒心の弱いカタグロトビがいました。石垣島のカタグロトビはずいぶん増えて、田んぼやサトウキビ畑、牧草地に行けばたいてい見られます。
Garganey, adult. Sex unknown.
Five Garganey arrived; three of them here.
First Northern Shoveler of the season. A male moulting from eclipse into breeding plumage.
Eurasian Teal numbers are increasing.
Eastern Spot-billed Duck is present year-round, but in recent years the numbers have been growing.
A Eurasian Coot bathing.
Black-winged Kite, a species that has been increasing in numbers in recent years. The orange iris indicates a young individual.
Same individual as above. Juvenile feathers remain in the wing coverts.
I'd like to get a look at it in a bit better light.
Rufous-necked Stint in winter plumage.
Temminck's Stint in winter plumage.
Little Stint in late juvenile plumage.
Little Ringed Plover moulting into winter plumage.
Little Ringed Plover in juvenile plumage.
Kentish Plover moulting into first-winter plumage.
Lesser Sand Plover moulting into first-winter plumage.
Lesser Sand Plover moulting into winter plumage.
Common Sandpiper moulting from juvenile into first-winter plumage.
Grey Plover in winter plumage.
This Grey Plover has quite worn plumage. Late first-summer, perhaps?
Pacific Golden Plover. The flowers blooming on the reef — splashed by seawater year-round — also catch the eye.
Grey-tailed Tattler adult in winter plumage (right) and first-winter.
Black-winged Stilt, male, in first-winter plumage.
Purple Heron, adult.
The number of wintering Grey Herons has been increasing too.
