増えてきたリュウキュウサンコウチョウ
繁殖のため沖縄にやってくるリュウキュウサンコウチョウが今年も姿を見せてくれるようになりました。1羽のオスは、私の目の前で1時間半ほど餌取りやさえずりなどを見せてくれました。巣作りはまだのようです。
サンコウチョウの営巣ポイントを2カ所ほど回るとオス4羽、メス2羽が確認できました。オスたちは、縄張りに他の個体が入ってくると追いかけたり、メスがやってくると近づき、羽を見せつけたりしていました。
昨年、3ペアが子育てした南部の雑木林では、今年もオスが3羽やってきたので、巣作りが始まるころには賑やかになりそうです。
A male Japanese Paradise Flycatcher that flew out close by while chasing a Styan's Bulbul.
It was catching small insects in the undergrowth, but occasionally came out into the open for me.
Got a clean shot from head to tail tip. ^^
Now and then it flew to spots where there seemed to be no prey insects, showing what looked like behaviour of scouting out a nest site.
This male Japanese Paradise Flycatcher seemed to favour this tree as a feeding spot and stayed for about an hour and a half. A short-tailed male was also in the same area, but that one wouldn't let me photograph it.
He moved to another tree to court the female, but she didn't appear to be interested and flew off almost immediately. Her calls are coming from the thicket behind him, so she doesn't seem to dislike him entirely.
A male, but looking back over his shoulder like a beauty.
Males seemed to be overwhelmingly more numerous — I wonder if the females migrate later.
A Brown-eared Bulbul was also building a nest.
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