ソリハシセイタカシギ、ツバメチドリなど
この春は渡りのコースが東よりなのか、石垣島ではシギやチドリの飛来数がとても少ないです。来月のピークにはもう少し、種類、数ともに増えることを期待しているのですが…。昨年秋の渡りが良すぎた反動でしょうか。^^;
Into March, Pied Avocets are turning up at various locations around Ishigaki-jima.
Oriental Pratincoles have arrived. A small flock was resting in the farmland.
Common Greenshank in breeding plumage. Confirmed a small flock in a paddy field.
Four Spotted Redshanks are still present. They are mid-way through the transition from winter to summer plumage, and the black is becoming more noticeable.
Left to right: Common Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Pied Avocet.
A Dunlin has also arrived. One bird came down into the paddies.