イワミセキレイ2羽!! 日本初記録のアメリカオオセグロカモメ!!
沖縄本島へ家族旅行のついでに越冬中の2羽のイワミセキレイと日本初記録のアメリカオオセグロカモメを見てきました。
現地の友人らの協力もあり、短時間でしたが目標の両種を見ることができました。^^
Grey Wagtails appear on Ishigaki Island every year, but this was a rare chance to see two individuals at the same time, so I made the trip all the way to the north of the island to observe them.
I observed them together with my daughter. We were also able to hear the Grey Wagtails' call notes at close range.
They appeared to be feeding on compost piled up in the field. They moved back and forth through the grass.
A Grey Wagtail on the compost pile.
I also managed to capture a rare photograph showing two Rock Bush Chats together.
A Glaucous-winged Gull — a first record for Japan. It had been staying for a long time and had moulted from juvenile into first-winter plumage.
At a rice paddy I stopped by on the way back, a Pied Avocet was by itself.