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クロサギ、ウミアイサほか / Pacific Reef Egret, Red-breasted Merganser, etc.
I came to Shimonoseki to look for Brown Booby and Oystercatcher, but the weather was unfavorable and I could not find any of the birds I was looking for. At any rate, I searched for something and found a Pacific Reef Egret. It seemed to be looking for food on the shore. I couldn’t get very close to it because it ran away from me.
![磯で餌を探すクロサギ Pacific Reef Egret looking for food on the shore](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230115-DSC_0604.jpg)
This heron is said to have a white type in the South East Islands area in Japan. It is pure white, just like the so-called egrets such as the Great Egret. I wondered if the black type had some advantage in gathering food along the coast, but I wondered if either type could be preferred.
![青い水面を泳ぐウミアイサ A Red-breasted Merganser swimming in blue water](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230115-DSC_0656.jpg)
![こちらを向いて大きく羽根を広げるウミアイサ A Red-breasted Merganser spreading its wing wide toward us](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230115-DSC_0647.jpg)
A group of Common Greenshanks looking at me with only their eyes.
![ブロックの上で休むアオアシシギのグループ Group of Common Greenshank resting on a block](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230115-DSC_0221.jpg)
![一本足で立つ2羽のアオアシシギ Two Common Greenshanks standing on one leg](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230115-DSC_0254.jpg)