ハリオシギ、チュウジシギ、タシギ
毎日のように夕方、同じ田んぼでジシギを拾っています。長いこと滞在中の個体もいれば、新顔も見つけることができます。相変わらずチュウジシギが大半を占めますが、ハリオシギもいました。タシギも新しい個体が数羽、入ってきていました。
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.