田んぼと海岸のシギ、チドリ
田んぼと海岸を巡回。キアシシギとキョウジョシギ、セイタカシギ、イソシギで幼鳥を初確認しました。本土からはトウネン、ソリハシシギなどの幼鳥飛来情報ありますが、石垣島ではまだ未確認ですね。
田んぼはシギ、チドリの数、種類とも多くなっていますが、海岸はそれほどでもありません。越冬組が到着すればもう少し賑やかになると思われます。
複数羽いたハリオシギは残すところ1羽のみとなりました。チュウジシギはたくさんいます。タシギはまもなく到着するものと思われます。
The first Grey-tailed Tattler juvenile of the season.
Ruddy Turnstone juvenile, also making its first appearance here.
Black-winged Stilt juvenile has finally arrived as well.
Common Sandpiper juvenile confirmed at last, on the final day of August.
Common Redshank juvenile. The first juvenile Common Redshank was confirmed on July 27.
Greater Sand Plover juvenile. The first juvenile Greater Sand Plovers had already been confirmed a few days ago.
Lesser Sand Plover, adult winter plumage.
Kentish Plover, adult winter plumage.
Grey Plover, first-summer transitioning to winter plumage.
Terek Sandpiper, first-summer transitioning to winter plumage.
Red-necked Stint, summer plumage transitioning to winter.
Red-necked Stint, late summer plumage. A touch of winter plumage showing too.
A Grey-tailed Tattler that caught a small crab. Moulting from first-summer to second-winter plumage.
A Red-necked Stint that caught a goby.
Pacific Golden Plover, late summer plumage.
A flock of Pacific Golden Plovers flying over the rice paddies.
Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile. There was just one among a group of a dozen or so Swinhoe's Snipe.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe. Same individual as above.
Both are Swinhoe's Snipe juveniles.
Greater Painted-snipe, adult female.
Greater Painted-snipe, adult male. Paired with the individual above. They were mating — still breeding at this point?
Black-winged Stilt juvenile in flight.
Black-winged Stilt, transitioning from first-summer to second-winter plumage. A faint trace of the first-summer plumage is still visible.
Adult Black-winged Stilt that caught a dragonfly. It washed the prey in the water several times before eating it.