September 3rd. After a whole month I finally had the chance to go to the fields again. I started early, before the heat and before the dragonflies got out. It was a bit hard at first, not being familiar with the fields, where to expect waders etc. At first I saw little and I was happy to find 2 Stints
Red-necked Stints,トウネン
Oriental Pratincole, ツバメチドリ
Hard to see when you are lying down. Did the Swallows wake you up?
Nearby, in the usual ditch: 2 Green Sandpipers, クサシギ
A Curlew flying overhead, heading for Itoshima? Can I find you there?
Further west, at the river mouth was 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, オオソリハシシギ, in company with a couple of Red-necked Stints,トウネン
Down the embankment, looking over the rice paddies I noticed 2 Black-winged Stilts,セイタカシギ
But they were back-lit, so I moved to get a better angle.
Found them, but no way to get close.
Black-winged Stilts, セイタカシギ、Common Greenshank, アオアシシギ
Heading back east. Guess who was there?
ホオロクシギ
Also in fields on the way: 1 (just 1!) Dunlin, ハマシギ
and 3 Terek Sandpipers, ソリハシシギ.
By now the light was too harsh. I needed a break.
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