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

田芋畑にクロハラアジサシ7羽

田芋畑でクロハラアジサシの群れが飛び回り獲物のバッタを捕まえていました。この地域は農薬の散布をしないのか、毎年、田芋の葉っぱがバッタの被害にあってボロボロです。そんな環境なので、渡りの季節には、多くの野鳥が訪れるのでしょう。

クロハラアジサシは、畑の上を低空飛行しながら獲物を探し、見つけると急降下してくちばしでヒョイとつまみ上げるように捕獲します。

Whiskered Tern

A White-winged Tern quartering over the taro fields in search of prey.

Whiskered Tern

Skimming just low enough to keep its wings from hitting the ground.

Whiskered Tern

Caught a grasshopper.

There are this many grasshoppers. The large green ones are adults; the small, mottled brown ones are nymphs.

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage. An individual still retaining much of the breeding plumage.

Whiskered Tern

A White-winged Tern that has largely moulted into non-breeding plumage. Only a few primaries of the breeding plumage remain.

Categories: 野鳥