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アマサギ、ホウロクシギ / Cattle Egret and Far Eastern Curlew
There was a flock of Cattle Egrets. I crept up between the bushes and was able to get much closer.
![アマサギの集団 A group of Cattle Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0312.jpg)
![アマサギの集団 A group of Cattle Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0347.jpg)
One after another, A Great Egret finds insects and pecks at them. I often see them bobbing their heads just before extending their necks. Is this a behavior to deceive the target? Or perhaps they cannot see with both eyes in front of them very well, so they measure the distance between them and their prey by moving their heads.
![ダイサギ Great Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0420.jpg)
A Cattle Egret was looking for food alongside A Great Egret… but when It felt the gaze of the Great Egret, it quickly walked away. It seems that the difference in size makes a difference in their positions.
![アマサギとダイサギ / Cattle Egret and Great Egret](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/egret.gif)
While I was photographing egrets, a sandpiper appeared in the distance. I persevered in an immovable position, and it came close to me.
![ホウロクシギ Far Eastern Curlew](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0544.jpg)
This seems to be a Far Eastern Curlew, as another photo with the head visible confirms the absence of a median line. I guessed it was a juvenile because of its short bill.
![ホウロクシギ Far Eastern Curlew](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0566.jpg)
![ホウロクシギ Far Eastern Curlew](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0582.jpg)
I also found a Cattle Egret in the rice paddies where I had moved.
![アマサギ Cattle Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220911-DSC_0719.jpg)