Sunday, 12 October 2025

Saga part 3: Far Eastern Curlews, ホウロクシギ

Continued from the previous post. Not only small birds, as the photo below might insinuate.




Early morning a whooping 500 Far Eastern Curlews, ホウロクシギ flew in. I have never seen this many!





They all wanted space and were often bickering at each other.











Below a Eurasian Curlew, ダイシャクシギ on the right and what looks like a very young one on the left



I was still in the neighborhood the following day, so I dropped by to see what it was like on a sunny day. The colors came out a lot better, but the shadows were deep. The patterns of feathers were not as well-defined as on the previous, mostly overcast day.



This day, the 9th, somebody discovered a Sanderling, ミユビシギ among the Dunlins, ハマシギ
Quite a feat, in this mass of grey feathers






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