Higashiyoka 2

 Continued from Higashiyoka 1

Waiting. Curlews in the back

Grey Plover, ダイセン in formal outfit

Some Saunders's Gulls ズグロカモメ were there. Breeding or not yet?

The Siberian Sand Plovers, メダイチドリ, were gathered in one corner

Greater sand plover, オオメダイチドリ

Bill size

2 Terek Sandpipers, ソリハシシギ

A Common Greenshank, アオアシシギ left, and a Marsh Sandpiper, コアオアシシギ right

A bit unusual here maybe, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, ウズラシギ  Don't you prefer the lotus fields?

Uzura hiding among the Dunlins, ハマシギ

Off again, by itself

In flight

A single Kentish Plover, シロチドリ - brooding about his future...

Last, the Spoonbills. Black-faced クロツラヘラサギ and a few Eurasians, ヘラサギ

Migrators update July 30th

Several migrating birds have arrived recently. I was particularly happy to see the Red-necked Stints. As every year. There were 5 birds on a barren field. Their feathers still showed summer colors, but on a brown field with nothing green what so ever the beauty doesn't come out well.

Red-necked Stint, トウネン

There were lots of juvenile plovers, Little Ringed Plover, コチドリ

And 1 Kentish Plover, シロチドリ   So cute!

In the river and the nearby triangular pond small ducks caught my eye. There were 2... maybe 5 Garganeys, シマアジ; 2 Falcated Ducks, オカヨシガモ and 1 female Mandarin Duck, オシドリ

Sorry for the poor quality of the photos. It is just to show who is there. 😼

And 1 single Pochard, ホシハジロ ?

Also 1 Far-Eastern Curlew, ホオロクシギ

Last week's Black-winged Stilt, セイタカシギ is still there. All by itself

Another one arrived at another field.

I thought they would team up, but that didn't happen. Nr 2 moved on.

Below some Intermediate Egrets, チュウサギ

(The Cattle Egrets, アマサギ are also still around)

Kentish Plovers, シロチドリ

 I drove to the east to look at the Little Terns, but I found none there. The big sandhill was gone, there would not be a safe place for them anymore...

I stopped to look at 2 Kentish Plovers, シロチドリ. Wouldn't they have a nest somewhere?

On the way back I saw a Grey-headed Lapwing, ケリ in a rice field

Looking for red

On the way back from S I felt the need to see something red. So, I stopped at W to see the Oystercatchers, ミヤコドリ. The tide was low, many people were gathering shells on this sunny Sunday. The next time I came on a weekday, but I was out of luck. I waited and waited until the sun disappeared behind the clouds and the scene became grey and dull. That's when I noticed some movement. One bird was there!

After some time, that seemed forever 2 more appeared.

And again, hourssss later (not really, but that's what it felt like) 

Far away

There goes my red!

Lots of Kentish Plovers, シロチドリ

Would there be a Common Plover among them?

It's spring...

...But the mornings are still cold!

One of the Saunders's Gulls, ズグロカモメ has got a full black head. Another one is half way.

The Dusky Thrushes, ツグミ are gathered in the field, eating as much as they can.　One of them looked different. Naumann's Thrush, ハチジョウツグミ

The Brown-cheeked Rails, クイナ are coming out of hiding a bit more often

Flowers are popping up. The fields look so much better now

Oriental or Grey-capped Greenfinches, カワラヒワ

Eurasian Skylark, ヒバリ

Buff-bellied Pipits, タヒバリ. I checked several times at this field I was told about, but did not see any other Pipits.

Run, run, run! Time is short. Soon it will be too hot. Kentish Plover, シロチドリ

A flock of seabirds in the middle of the bay. Too far to see exactly what was in there. I detected Mergansers and Grebes. And Gulls of course. Whenever I thought I'd found a Loon it turned oud to be a Cormorant 😒