超貴重なハリオシギ成鳥冬羽!! チュウジシギ、タシギ(動画あり)
冬羽姿に衣替えしたハリオシギに出会えました!! チュウジシギ、タシギと合わせてジシギ40羽の中から発掘しました。「ハリオシギはまだ残っているはず」と信じながら探し、やっと見つかったのが、肩羽や三列風切などを冬羽に換羽し終えた成鳥だったので気分はさらに最高です!! 貴重なハリオシギの冬羽でした。
滞在中のジシギたちは、チュウジシギが数羽で残りは全てタシギでした。
Behold!! The splendid appearance of this adult Pin-tailed Snipe cloaked in winter plumage!!
The Pin-tailed Snipe caught a small earthworm-like creature. Same individual as above.
A Pin-tailed Snipe scratching its head. Displaying an otherworldly level of adorableness. Same individual as above.
Reward time. The primaries are still old feathers; some of the primary coverts appear to have already moulted. Same individual as above.
Ultimate reward time. The tail feathers of Pin-tailed Snipe are rarely seen, but all the staking out paid off. It's showing off those needle-thin tail feathers as if to say, take that. Same individual as above.
A Pin-tailed Snipe in winter plumage — a completely different impression from juvenile plumage or late summer plumage of adults.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. A couple of first-winter feathers have come in. Quite a late moult for Swinhoe's Snipe.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. This individual's moult is more advanced than the one above.
Swinhoe's Snipe first-winter.
Swinhoe's Snipe first-winter and Greater Painted-snipe adult male.
Common Snipe juvenile.
Also a Common Snipe juvenile.