リュウキュウツチトリモチ開花
雨が続く石垣島で、リュウキュウツチトリモチの開花が始まりました。来年の1月まで見ごろです。
About 100 had poked their heads out of the ground. Numbers will keep climbing towards year-end.
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植物
GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
Go where the birds are. The SHIMASOBA Tour launches.
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.
Max. 3 guests
4 hours in the morning
Beginners welcome
Check availability and book
ソリハシセイタカシギ飛来
沖縄本島に1週間前、ソリハシセイタカシギが入っているので、石垣島でももうすぐかなと探していたらいました。^^
田んぼにはアオアシシギやコアオアシシギ、アカアシシギ、ハマシギ、ヒバリシギなど。
数日前ですが、ホシハジロも初確認。単独の飛来でした。
ユリカモメは3羽のうち、1羽が油爆していました。
Pied Avocet, adult female.
When I contacted a birding friend, they said it hadn't been there in the morning, so the timing worked out perfectly.
Common Redshank, adult, winter plumage.
Northern Lapwing, first-winter plumage.
First Common Pochard of the season. Female, first-winter plumage. On the right, a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage.
Adult Black-headed Gull in winter plumage, covered in oil. It was preening, trying to work the oil out.
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野鳥
数日前から滞在のアカガシラサギ
アカガシラサギは滞在5日目。この田んぼが気に入っているようで、コサギやアマサギと一緒に雨の中、虫を捕まえていた。
カンムリワシも多く観察。雨に打たれながらびしょ濡れで獲物を探していた。
Chinese Pond Heron in winter plumage. The strong wind and rain had lowered its guard.
Chinese Pond Heron locking onto prey.
A soaking-wet adult Crested Serpent Eagle.
This one appeared to have caught some small prey.
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野鳥
ツグミ、シロハラ、ツメナガセキレイなど
公園にツグミが複数羽入ったり、田んぼや畑ではシロハラやアカハラも増えています。トラツグミも複数羽入って、林道でも見つけたのですが警戒心強すぎて撮れない。^^;
ハクセキレイは少なめ、ツメナガセキレイやタヒバリの仲間は島内を群れで移動しているようで増えたり減ったり。ツメナガセキレイの群れの中で変わり種も探したいのですが、雨が強くて根気が続かない…。
スズメは寒くなるにつれ、群れがどんどん大きく膨れ上がっています。
First Dusky Thrush of the season. Adult male. Several in the park.
Pale Thrush, female, first-winter plumage.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.
White Wagtail, male, first-winter plumage.
A large flock of Eurasian Tree Sparrows was feeding on fallen grain.
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野鳥
ここ数日のタシギ
越冬するジシギはほとんどタシギで、たまにチュウジシギが見つかる程度です。ハリオシギの越冬は見つかりませんねー。^^;
タシギは、ここ数日、雨が降る天気なので出会いが多いのですが、全て幼鳥。成鳥はどこいったの? ^^;
Around the time birds are transitioning into first-winter plumage, telling adults from juveniles gets difficult. The worn wing-coverts suggest first-winter plumage, perhaps.
This Common Snipe is also in first-winter plumage.
A Common Snipe that appeared at the paddy bank in the evening.
First-winter plumage.
This one also moulting into first-winter plumage.
Both birds in first-winter plumage.
This individual also in first-winter plumage.
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野鳥