ハシボソシロチドリ、クロハラアジサシ、ヘラサギほか
石垣島で繁殖する個体とは少し違うハシボソシロチドリが飛来。シロチドリはあまり真面目に見ていませんでしたが、この個体は目立っていました。
今季初のクロハラアジサシも確認。2羽で田んぼの上を飛び回っていました。ヘラサギの幼鳥も滞在中。くちばしが妙に白い個体です。タカブシギやセイタカシギも増えてきましたが、今季はなかなか田んぼのシギのピークが来ないです。コチドリやヒバリシギも少しずつ増えています。
シマアカモズは繁殖地へ移動で数を減らしています。越冬のハヤブサのカップルはまだ滞在。自宅近くの片目のカンムリワシはなんとか生きながらえています。イシガキシジュウカラは子育てに忙しそう。
Male Kentish Plover in breeding plumage. Beautiful. The breeding population in Okinawa is considerably paler.
Same individual as above. The breast-band looks like this.
First Whiskered Tern of the season. Just a hint of summer plumage showing.
A juvenile Eurasian Spoonbill. Going back and forth between the paddies and the dam.
Wood Sandpipers up slightly in number.
Black-winged Stilts also in the early stages of migration.
Little Ringed Plover is the most numerous species in the paddies.
A small flock of Long-toed Stints. Numbers should keep climbing. Looking forward to seeing them in summer plumage soon.
Adult female Bull-headed Shrike.
A pair of Peregrine Falcons has been staying for a while. The male was perched nearby too, but it was skittish and flew off.
A Crested Serpent Eagle with a blind left eye. It has somehow made it through a hard winter and is holding on.
An Ishigaki Tit that was raising chicks kept moving around near the nest while giving alarm calls.
