ベニバト、コムシクイ、ヨシゴイ、カラムクドリ、ホシムクドリほか(動画あり)
ベニバト2カ所で4羽、コムシクイはあちこちの茂み、ヨシゴイも昨年に続き好調で頻繁に見られます。ムクドリの群れは、多い順にカラムクドリ、ムクドリ、ホシムクドリ、インドハッカ。数日前まではギンムクドリとバライロムクドリも一緒にいましたが、分裂してしまったようです。ミドリカラスモドキも6羽交じっています。
ガン、カモもぼちぼち増えて来ました、数の多いコガモやハシビロガモ、ヒドリガモのほかにヨシガモやメジロガモ、シマアジ、マガン、カリガネなども確認されています。
オオバンも10月末に初認して以来、どんどん増えています。田んぼのシギは数を減らしてセイタカシギ、オジロトウネン、タシギ、アオアシシギ、コアオアシシギ、アカアシシギ、クサシギ、イソシギなど。
First confirmed juvenile Cream-coloured Dove.
Male Cream-coloured Dove. At this time of year they are usually mixed in with flocks of Oriental Turtle Doves, so it's worth having a look.
Cream-coloured Dove in flight. The white tips to the tail feathers are conspicuous.
Lesser Whitethroat can be heard calling here and there. Arctic Warbler is scarcer. Kamchatka Leaf Warbler not yet confirmed.
The other side of the same individual as above.
Two Lesser Whitethroats are currently staying in this spot.
Yellow Bittern juvenile. Three birds appeared simultaneously. A Ryukyu Yellow Bittern also confirmed in the distance.
Chestnut-cheeked Starling male and White-cheeked Starling.
Chestnut-cheeked Starling juvenile.
About 20 Common Starlings.
A single White-winged Tern juvenile is still lingering.
Two Garganey. The temperature is high and the atmospheric haze is terrible.
Plenty of Eurasian Teal. Some individuals show little wariness.
Long-toed Stint, first-winter plumage.
Long-toed Stint, winter plumage.
A small flock of Eurasian Coots as well. Numbers will keep growing from here.
Migrant Little Grebes have been increasing.