シベリアオオハシシギ、ツルシギ夏羽ほか
実家に孫の顔を見せに行ったついでに少しだけ鳥見。
シベリアオオハシシギと夏羽のツルシギとヒメハマシギに行ってきました。ヒメハマシギは2日連続で外しましたが、シベリアオオハシシギと真っ黒の夏羽ツルシギは首尾よく見られました。
When I arrived on site first thing in the morning, there were around 20 cars already there for the Long-billed Dowitcher. They were lined up along a narrow farm track and looked likely to cause problems for the local farmers, so I stayed off the track and took just a few shots from a long distance. As a result, the corrugated-iron wave sheeting along the field bank made a solid appearance in the frame… ^^;
No matter what angle I tried, the corrugated-iron wave sheeting ended up in the background with the Long-billed Dowitcher.
A Spotted Redshank in jet-black breeding plumage. On Ishigaki-jima in autumn it's almost always first-winter birds, so this was something I'd long wanted to see.
I kept off the farm track for this one too and shot from a distance. The corrugated iron stayed out of frame, but it was just so far away… ^^;
This Bar-tailed Godwit turned up while I was searching for Spoon-billed Sandpiper. There were about six in total.
All the snipe were Common Snipe.
Also a Common Snipe. I was hoping to find a Latham's Snipe while I was at it, but no luck….
Grey-headed Lapwing chick.
A Grey-headed Lapwing chick fleeing under its parent's belly after being startled by a crow.
A flock of around 60 Dunlin and Red-necked Stint combined. No Little Stints mixed in.
There were plenty of Greater Scaup in the bay — a species treated as a rarity in Okinawa.