今季初はオバシギ、ハマシギ、コアオアシシギ、セイタカシギ、トウネン
オバシギ、ハマシギ、コアオアシシギ、セイタカシギ、トウネンが今季初として確認できました。キリアイもいましたが、撮影はかなわず…。明日、再挑戦したいと思います。
石垣島の春の渡りは活発に動いており、同じ田んぼや海岸でも翌日にはごそっとメンバーが変わっています。
海岸は環境の変化がないからか、毎年、安定して渡りが楽しめるいいスポットです。^^
Great Knot. Still carrying a lot of winter plumage.
Two Marsh Sandpipers in summer plumage arrived together.
The Pin-tailed Snipe haven't been consistent, but Common Snipe numbers are up. Now just waiting for the Swinhoe's Snipe to arrive.
First Dunlin of the season. A little summer plumage coming through.
Red-necked Stint also showed up. Heat shimmer rising off the warmed limestone made it impossible to focus… ^^;
There are some wintering birds around, but this male Black-winged Stilt almost certainly came through on spring migration given the location.
There are plenty of wintering Lesser Sand Plovers too, but it looks like northbound birds have joined them — there were large numbers along the shore.
Common Greenshank numbers are growing at the coast and in the paddies.
This is a Greater Painted-snipe, a resident breeder on Ishigaki Island.
There were a few Red-throated Pipits, but they were very wary and not easy to approach.
