ナベコウ幼鳥飛来(動画あり)
石垣島にナベコウ到着しました。昨年も入って、その前もたまに飛来するのですが、いつも警戒心が強くて意外と撮りにくい鳥ですが、この個体はナベコウにしてはまぁまぁ近くでゆっくり観察できました。
キンクロハジロは今季初確認。先月も幼鳥が確認されていますが、自分は今回が初認。海岸にはダイゼンやメダイチドリ、シロチドリ、トウネン、ミユビシギなどがいました。オニアジサシは2羽が遠くを飛んでいました。オニアジサシは年末にかけてもう少し増えると思います。
Black Stork, juvenile. My wife saw one last year but I missed it. This individual was not especially wary for a Black Stork, and we were able to photograph and observe it at close range.
It was startled into flight by a farm vehicle, but it was at close range. Birds of this size cover a lot of ground in a single flight. Last year's Black Stork was also moving back and forth between Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island.
It relaxed and showed us some preening as well.
Tufted Duck, male. Molting from eclipse into breeding plumage.
Grey Plover, winter plumage.
Sanderling, winter plumage. They are less common on Ishigaki Island than on the Okinawa mainland.
Red-necked Stint in winter plumage. A few birds were on the shore.
Kentish Plover, male in winter plumage.