After the typhoon 1

On the 18th of September - it was a national holiday T and I set out with a load of expectations.
We started in Imazu where our Long-tailed Shrike was soon spotted.

He was with a bunch - sorry, flock - of White-cheeked Starlings, ムクドリ feeding near a fence. T discovered the odd one out: Chestnut-cheeked Starling, コムクドリ. Just 1

We didn't notice any new ducks and when we checked out the river there were very few, next to no birds. Ehh?? It wasn't quite high tide yet, so we decided to continue towards the fields in the west.
And wherever we went we got the same surprise: very very few birds. Many had left, riding on the Northern winds and no others had arrived to fill the gaps... ?

One lonely Ruff, エリマキシギ

While watching the bird preening we noticed 2 more pairs of watchful eyes: Common Snipe, タシギ

Despite the small number of waders, or maybe thanks to this we saw more Snipes, mostly Common,  but also a Swinhoe's in flight.

In the end we stopped at a small field where just one Broad-billed Sandpiper, キリアイ was feeding, occasionally accompanied by a Common Greenshank, アオアシシギ and a Green sandpiper, クサシギ. We spend a long time here, so this post still got a lot of photographs.

  

Common Greenshank, アオアシシギ

Green sandpiper, クサシギ

  

What a strange day.