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

再撮影ベニバトといつものジャワアカガシラサギ

昨日、撮影し忘れたベニバト を撮ってきました。昨日とは打って変わって猛禽が多くて鳥が隠れがち。ベニバトもキジバトも茂みからなかなか出てきてくれません。ベニバトも昨日は2羽いたのですが、今日見つけられたのは1羽のみ。

ジャワアカガシラサギはいつもの場所にいました。ジャワアカガシラサギはこの水路ともう少し離れた草地のどちらかに必ずいます。何かに驚いて逃げた時は、ねぐらの林まで飛びますがそこは、通路から中を見ることはできない。

エゾビタキもまだ多少残っています。ハクセキレイも10月中旬に入って以来、どんどん増えてきています。

Eurasian Collared Dove

The male Pale-backed Dove (right) moulting into first-winter plumage. It is noticeably smaller than the Oriental Turtle Dove on the left. Yesterday I thought they were an adult male and adult female, but it seems it was an adult male and a juvenile. Both the Pale-backed Dove and the Oriental Turtle Dove would not come out, wary of raptors such as Japanese Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, and Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Javan Pond Heron

Javan Pond Heron at the usual spot. Its range is narrower than when it was first found.

Javan Pond Heron

Javan Pond Heron with an earthworm it had caught.

Javan Pond Heron

The Javan Pond Heron is not very wary and keeps coming closer and closer.

White Wagtail

Male White Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Adult Grey-streaked Flycatcher. Numbers are down, but I'm still getting encounters.

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