キリアイ, Broad-billed Sandpiper

I like this bird. It can be hard to distinguish when 1000s of birds line the shores of Kyushu in migration season, so when this single one flew in on our Butagoya marsh I was quite glad.

See last year's post of Daijugarami (click)

note the dragonfly!

When you look well you can see his tongue.

With Red-necked tint, トウネン