Pin-tailed Snipe, Swinhoe's Snipe, Common Snipe
Almost every evening I am picking up snipe in the same paddy field. Some individuals have been staying a long time, and I can still find new arrivals. Swinhoe's Snipe continues to make up the majority, but Pin-tailed Snipe were there too. A few new Common Snipe had also come in.
A Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile appeared right in front of me.
A familiar Pin-tailed Snipe.
A new Pin-tailed Snipe. This kind of coloration is an uncommon pattern for Pin-tailed Snipes on Ishigaki Island.
A new Common Snipe. A small, pale, charming juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. This type of Swinhoe's Snipe is often mistaken for a Pin-tailed Snipe.
Swinhoe's Snipe adult. Moulting into winter plumage.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
Another Swinhoe's Snipe.
Yet another Swinhoe's Snipe.
A beautifully coloured Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
A Swinhoe's Snipe adult crouching in alarm at a Black-winged Kite.
Swinhoe's Snipes everywhere.
Two Swinhoe's Snipes.
The one on the far left is a Common Snipe; all the others are Swinhoe's Snipes.