今季初のオジロトウネンとウズラシギ、アカアシシギ、コアオアシシギほか
今季初のオジロトウネンが成鳥、幼鳥と続けて飛来しました。石垣島では少なく、入ってもすぐに抜けてしまいます。
ウズラシギは幼鳥がぱらぱらと飛来中。アオアシシギとコアオアシシギは成長に交じって幼鳥が数羽いました。幼羽は擦れて第1回冬羽が目立ち始めています。
ヒバリシギは増減を繰り返しています。南下していく中継組と思われます。アカアシシギは成鳥、幼鳥とも数を増やしています。タカブシギは幼鳥が目立ちます。
Temminck's Stint, juvenile.
Temminck's Stint, adult. Moulting into winter plumage.
It was catching tiny prey resembling red midge larvae.
Even in the wide paddy fields it seems to have a favourite spot — even when startled by something, it kept foraging in the same place.
Pectoral Sandpiper, juvenile.
Common Greenshank, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Marsh Sandpiper, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Long-toed Stint, adult (foreground) and juvenile.
Wood Sandpiper, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Common Redshank, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Large numbers of Long-toed Stint juveniles, Common Redshank juveniles, Common Sandpiper juveniles, and others.
Pacific Golden Plover winter plumage birds are starting to appear.
