A daily journal.
Mainly introducing wild birds of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, through photos.

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。

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

A male Japanese Paradise Flycatcher that flew out close by while chasing a Styan's Bulbul.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

It was catching small insects in the undergrowth, but occasionally came out into the open for me.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Got a clean shot from head to tail tip. ^^

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

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.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

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.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

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.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

A male, but looking back over his shoulder like a beauty.

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Males seemed to be overwhelmingly more numerous — I wonder if the females migrate later.

Ryukyu Bulbul

A Brown-eared Bulbul was also building a nest.

Categories: 野鳥