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

芝生のホシムクドリ、草原のクロハラアジサシ、三角池のエリマキシギなど

ムクドリの群れにホシムクドリ。芝生に降りてクモやイモムシを捕まえていた。同じ芝生のイソヒヨドリとコチドリ、ハクセキレイも。イソヒヨドリはミツバチをくわえていた。

草原には、クロハラアジサシが4羽舞っていた。成鳥2羽と幼鳥2羽。バッタを捕まえているようでした。

三角池には、エリマキシギが2羽滞在中。ハマシギやタシギ、アカアシシギ、セイタカシギなどもいますが、ハマシギはさらに南下していくと思われます。

Common Starling

A small flock of Common Starlings. They were wandering around the lawn.

Common Starling

It caught a tiny spider, no bigger than a grain of rice.

Common Starling

This Common Starling got hold of a caterpillar.

Common Starling

Preening. Common Starlings show a beautiful metallic sheen when the light catches them.

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover. The shadow in the background looks a bit suspicious.

White Wagtail

A few White Wagtails as well.

Blue Rock Thrush

What the Blue Rock Thrush had caught was a honeybee.

Blue Rock Thrush

Adult male Blue Rock Thrush.

Common Starling

Common Starlings tensing up at the presence of a Common Kestrel.

Whiskered Tern

Two juvenile White-winged Terns diving steeply.

Whiskered Tern

Adult winter-plumage White-winged Tern.

Ruff

Both Ruffs at Sankakuike are still there. How much longer will they stay?

Dunlin

A few Dunlins also lingering.

Categories: 野鳥