ベニバト、キリアイ、ハリオシギ、サルハマシギ、アカガシラサギなど
秋の渡りが盛り上がってきている石垣島。
数日前のベニバト5羽 は滞在中。キリアイはたまに姿を消したりしながらも継続的に見られています。ハリオシギは数を増減しながらエリアもその時々で変わりますが、結構な数が逗留中です。チュウジシギ、タシギも順調に数を増やし、ジシギ天国となっています。サルハマシギは幼鳥3羽が飛来。アカアシシギやコアオアシシギは幼鳥が目立ち、ヒバリシギ、タカブシギは嫌になるほどいます。
台風後、島にやってきたハジロクロハラアジサシは3カ所で4羽が残っています。大量に入ったクロハラアジサシは数を減らしていますが、一部が滞在中。
今季はジャワアカガシラサギが多いのですが、アカガシラサギもぽつぽつと入っています。
A juvenile male Red Turtle Dove in transition from juvenile plumage to first-winter plumage.
A juvenile Broad-billed Sandpiper found in the evening.
A juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
Same individual as above.
A juvenile Latham's Snipe.
A single Citrine Wagtail was mixed in among a flock of Eastern Yellow Wagtails.
White-winged Tern in winter plumage.
A juvenile White-winged Tern.
Same individual as above. The field marks of the White-winged Tern are clearly visible.
Whiskered Tern, adult. Moulting from summer plumage into winter plumage.
Chinese Pond Heron in first-winter plumage.
Same individual as above. When I found it, it was pouring rain and visibility was poor — I thought it might be a Javan Pond Heron, but it turned out to be a Chinese Pond Heron.
Dunlin juvenile. Transitioning from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Marsh Sandpiper juvenile. Moulting into first-winter plumage.
Long-toed Stint in late summer plumage.
Stint moulting into winter plumage.
Greater Sand Plover juvenile.
Long-toed Stint in winter plumage.
Dunlin adult. Transitioning from summer to winter plumage.
Common Redshank juvenile. I had my first sighting of a Common Redshank juvenile on 27 July, but juveniles are still coming in.