GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.
今季初のツメナガセキレイを確認しました。幼鳥ですが、マミジロツメナガセキレイと思われます。警戒心ゼロのジャワアカガシラサギは長逗留中です。
タマシギは2回目の繁殖なのか、オスが枯葉を集めて巣を作っていました。ジシギが近づくと威嚇していました。
A juvenile Eastern Yellow Wagtail (superciliated form), the first confirmed record of the season.
The Javan Pond Heron is easy to observe — it pays no attention even when people walking by pass right next to it.
A male Greater Painted-snipe building a nest.
ハリオシギの幼鳥もやっと到着しました。チュウジシギも成鳥、幼鳥とも数を増やしています。今季はなぜか中部地方でもハリオシギが多く確認されているようです。ほとんどが幼鳥のようですね。
Juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.
Also a juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.
Adult Pin-tailed Snipe. One leg is missing.
Also an adult Pin-tailed Snipe.
Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe. Moult into first-winter plumage is progressing.
An adult Swinhoe's Snipe in the distance.
Two juvenile Swinhoe's Snipes.
Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
A juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe right in front of me. We both froze.
Also a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
This one is also a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.
Adult Swinhoe's Snipe.
Juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.