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.
9月後半ともなるとリュウキュウアカショウビンの数も減りつつあります。と言っても、この日は3カ所で9個体を確認しました。
A Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest track. An unwarry individual — I suspect the same bird has been returning for several years running.
前日のいつもの田んぼの見回りでは、1羽のみの確認だったハリオシギが増えていました。第2波ではなさそうなので、たまたま草むらなんかに隠れていて見つからなかっただけなのか?
Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile.
Another Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile.
A Pin-tailed Snipe in the distance. Also a juvenile.
At this time of year it's all juveniles with Pin-tailed Snipe.
Yet another Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile.
A somewhat unusual Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile.
A Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile carefully pulling an earthworm out of the soil.
There are plenty of Swinhoe's Snipe around.
A Swinhoe's Snipe right in front of me. Too close — I froze.
Swinhoe's Snipes come in all sorts of types, which is interesting. ^^
Only juvenile Swinhoe's Snipes again…
A large-bodied Swinhoe's Snipe. Individuals with this kind of look are uncommon, but one shows up every year.
The first Temminck's Stint of the season was a juvenile.
Dunlin juvenile. The bill looks slightly shorter than usual.