ハリオシギとチュウジシギ(動画あり)
石垣島の春は、ハリオシギ、チュウジシギともに少ないのですが、それでもこの日は複数観察できました。
A Swinhoe's Snipe that went into alert posture because I got too close.
Only one Pin-tailed Snipe today, but numbers could increase with the coming second wave of migration.
This one is a Swinhoe's Snipe.
Also a Swinhoe's Snipe, preening — the tail feathers are visible.
This Swinhoe's Snipe is also preening. The way the tail feathers show here is often mistaken for Pin-tailed Snipe.
Three Swinhoe's Snipe.
While I was watching the snipe, a female Greater Painted-snipe appeared.