Pectoral Sandpiper staying on; Common Starling, Red-throated Pipit and more
The Pectoral Sandpiper is still going strong in the paddy fields, though it occasionally gets flushed by raptors.
First Common Starling of the season. It was following a group of Common Snipe around — apparently that's not unusual. Quite a size difference though; why does it do that? Some affinity for the similar metallic sheen of the plumage, maybe?
A flock made up mainly of Red-throated Pipits had Richard's Pipits, Pechora Pipits, and Eurasian Skylarks mixed in, but two Common Kestrels were nearby and kept scattering everything. After three hours I managed photos of just three Red-throated Pipits!!
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper juvenile still present.
Dunlin in winter plumage.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Dunlin.
The first Rosy Starling of the season. It was a juvenile.
Rosy Starling and Northern Lapwing.
Red-throated Pipits arrived in a flock of several tens of birds.
Hidden behind grass — barely got any shots.
The culprit that flushed the flock of small birds… ^^l