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

暗色型サシバ、普通のサシバ、チョウゲンボウ(動画あり)

先日、沖縄本島中部で見つけた暗色型サシバ 、まだいました。越冬しますね。

暗色型サシバが餌場にする畑の周囲には、普通のサシバが合わせて4羽がひしめき合っている。^^; 隣の電柱同士の距離にいるのですが、喧嘩するようなことはありませんでした。密度が高すぎるので縄張りを主張することを諦めたのか?

今日の暗色型サシバは、電柱や防風林を行ったり来たりしてバッタなどを捕まえているようですた。

近くの畑には、チョウゲンボウも数羽。猛禽類の多いエリアです。

Grey-faced Buzzard

The weather was good and I managed to get relatively close shots.

Grey-faced Buzzard

It flew this way!!

Grey-faced Buzzard

Common Buzzards are everywhere.

Grey-faced Buzzard

Watching for prey from the windbreak forest.

Grey-faced Buzzard

A fine dark morph.

Grey-faced Buzzard

It spotted prey and took off. The distance to the buzzard was considerable, and with the high temperature the heat shimmer gets in the way of the shots. ^^;

Grey-faced Buzzard

Its favourite casuarina tree. Every now and then it was mobbed by an Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Common Kestrel

There were also several Common Kestrels. This year, apart from Grey-faced Buzzards and Common Kestrels, various raptors are turning up all over the Okinawa mainland.

Categories: 野鳥