ハチジョウツグミ、ビンズイ、ツメナガセキレイほか
農耕地を車で走っているとオレンジ色の鳥が。双眼鏡で見てみると鮮やかなハチジョウツグミでした。庭にはビンズイが8羽飛来。集落で越冬している群れです。一冬で、だいぶ人馴れしてきました。
移動組と思しきハクセキレイやツメナガセキレイも日替わりで観察できます。
石垣島では珍しいカワラヒワは刈り残しの水稲について滞在中。
A strikingly vivid Naumann's Thrush. It was conspicuous enough to catch the eye even at a distance.
A dull-plumaged Naumann's Thrush, first-winter.
Olive-backed Pipit, first-winter, that dropped into my garden.
Adult Olive-backed Pipit moulting into summer plumage.
Same individual as above.
(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, transitioning from first-winter to summer plumage.
White-faced Wagtail, male. Transitioning from first-winter to summer plumage.
White-faced Wagtail, male. This one also transitioning from first-winter to summer plumage.
The Japanese Bush Warbler calls loudly but rarely shows itself.
Seven Oriental Greenfinches on a long stay. The plumage is pale — perhaps a continental subspecies.
Brown Shrike, adult female.
