ヘラサギ、ツクシガモ、タシギほか
ヘラサギ、ツクシガモは田んぼで滞在中。アカツクシガモたちは猟犬に驚いてぶっ飛んで行ったきり帰ってこない。ダムあたりに避難したのかもしれません。
越冬タシギはあちこちにいますが、越冬チュウジシギが年末以降、見つかりません…。
Two Eurasian Spoonbills, moving back and forth between Anparu wetland and the rice fields.
Common Shelduck, adult male. An adult visiting Ishigaki is unusual.
A mixed flock of around 150 Northern Pintail and Eurasian Wigeon gleaning fallen grain in the rice fields.
A group of a dozen or so Wood Sandpipers — probably the first wave of spring migrants. Year after year, in both spring and autumn, Wood Sandpiper is the earliest to arrive.
Common Snipe, first-winter plumage.
A flock of about 20 Common Snipe. Up until the end of December there was a single Swinhoe's Snipe mixed in, but…
Common Snipe in a nearby rice field. A few birds are wintering here.