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

リュウキュウアオバズク、ツミも子育て序盤

先日の ノグチゲラオオコノハズク に続き、ツミとリュウキュウアオバズクも子育てに入りました。 アカショウビンは子育てに向けて鋭意巣作り中

ツミは、まだ求愛給餌したり巣作り中だったりするつがいもいれば、抱卵に入っているつがいもいました。 先日のツミ と合わせて近所で3つがいが営巣中。

アオバズクも抱卵に入っていました。こちらの巣立ちは、7月の第1週ごろの予定。 昨年は豪雨で巣が水浸しになり営巣失敗 したので今年こそは無事に巣立ってほしいものです。

Brown Hawk-Owl

The male Brown Hawk-Owl back again this year.

Japanese Sparrowhawk

A male Japanese Sparrowhawk is preparing prey for the female as a courtship feeding gift.

Japanese Sparrowhawk

A female Japanese Sparrowhawk receiving the prey gift from the male. A Japanese White-eye chick, perhaps?

Japanese Sparrowhawk

After presenting the prey to the female, the male went straight into the nest and worked on nest-building. His red eye peeks out from the far side of the nest.

Japanese Sparrowhawk

This Japanese Sparrowhawk had already begun incubating. I expect fledging around the beginning of July.

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