Shorebirds in the Paddies
Temperatures rose and the paddy birds became a little more active — I had good views of bathing behavior and similar scenes.
A distant Pin-tailed Snipe.
This one is a Swinhoe's Snipe. The moult into breeding plumage is well advanced.
There was a Common Snipe nearby as well.
A distant Pin-tailed Snipe.
Same individual as above, but the impression changes as the bird shifts its angle.
These two Common Snipe were spotted in the distance.
These three Swinhoe's Snipe. Getting three Swinhoe's Snipe in a single shot in spring is quite a find. ^^
A singing female Greater Painted-snipe. Some males are already accompanied by chicks. This individual seems to be the resident of the area.
Pectoral Sandpipers are gradually increasing in number.
Wood Sandpipers facing off. They get into skirmishes quite often.
Black-winged Stilt in flight. First-summer plumage.
A pair of Black-winged Stilts was mating, though there are no breeding records for Ishigaki Island.
Oriental Pratincoles flying about. Numbers are growing day by day.
A small flock of Pacific Golden Plovers has also arrived.