同じ田んぼでヨーロッパトウネン、ソリハシセイタカシギ、キリアイ、ハリオシギ、アカエリヒレアシシギなど集結
同じエリアにある田んぼにヨーロッパトウネン、ソリハシセイタカシギ、キリアイ、ハリオシギ、アカエリヒレアシシギのほか、トウネン、オジロトウネン、セイタカシギ、チュウジシギ、ウズラシギ、アオアシシギ、コアオアシシギ、ヒバリシギ、タカブシギ、クサシギ、コチドリ、ムナグロ、ツバメチドリなどが大集結していました。石垣島のシギ、チドリファンにはたまりませんね。^^
Little Stint, juvenile.
Little Stint, adult (right), and Red-necked Stint, adult.
Two Little Stints (left) and Red-necked Stint.
A flock of Red-necked Stints with two Little Stints mixed in. A Temminck's Stint was in the same paddy field but showed no interest in joining the group.
Red-necked Stint, winter plumage.
Temminck's Stint, juvenile.
The Pied Avocet that arrived on Ishigaki Island together with Typhoon No. 11 is still present.
Broad-billed Sandpiper, juvenile. There were two, but only one made it into the photo.
Same individual as above.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Same individual as above. Please note that the 'pins' are not visible with this degree of tail-feather spread.
Same individual as above. Moult has not yet progressed far.
Swinhoe's Snipe.
Same individual as above.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile. Looks hot.
A considerably pale-toned Swinhoe's Snipe — the type that gets mistaken for Pin-tailed Snipe.
Swinhoe's Snipe, juvenile, and Red-necked Stint.
Pin-tailed Snipe, juvenile.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, adult, moulting from breeding to winter plumage.
Red Phalarope in winter plumage, feeding by spinning in circles on the water surface.
Black-winged Stilt, juvenile plumage.
Black-winged Stilt transitioning to first-winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt, female. First-winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt, male. First-winter plumage.
Black-winged Stilt, adult female.
Black-winged Stilt, adult male.
