キリアイ、サルハマシギ、ダイゼン、リュウキュウヨシゴイほか
石垣島は、熱帯性低気圧の影響で荒れた一日でした。雨が緩んだので田んぼを回ると今季初のキリアイが到着していました。サトウキビ畑の水たまりでの出会いでした。牧草地では、こちらも初認のサルハマシギとダイゼンを確認。天気が悪いと通常とは違うような場所で出会いますね。
Found a Broad-billed Sandpiper in a puddle in a sugarcane field. Was able to observe it right in front of me.
The Broad-billed Sandpiper is noticeably further into winter plumage now.
Found a Curlew Sandpiper in a pasture. First time I've seen one in a place like this.
Grey Plover in the pasture too. Seems out of place.
There were a dozen or so Pacific Golden Plovers in the pasture, but these don't feel out of place.
Oriental Pratincole mostly moulted from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Oriental Pratincole adult. It was eating a large earthworm. Didn't know they'd take something like that.
A female Greater Painted-snipe appears as well.
The male paired with the female above.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in late summer plumage. Starting to see them here and there.
During the heavy rain, a Yellow Bittern took shelter in the pasture too.