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

A Second Black-headed Bunting, and a Rosy Starling Going to Roost

Following the Black-headed Bunting from the other day, I found another Black-headed Bunting. I was looking at Red Collared Doves through binoculars when I heard an unusual call. When I searched carefully, it was actually the second Black-headed Bunting of the season!!

It had been startled by something and perched on a wire, and it let me photograph it. I forgot to photograph the Red Collared Doves that were with it. ^^;

The Rosy Starling is the same as the bird from the other day. It was eating mulberries and the like, but it disappears from view, covered by leaves. It's dull, but I photographed it perched on a wire.

In the evening paddies I also met a Purple Heron swallowing a large turtle and a Crested Serpent Eagle going after crabs living on the paddy banks.

Black-headed Bunting

A Chestnut-breasted Bunting perched on a power line.

Black-headed Bunting

A Chestnut-breasted Bunting constantly looking around — perhaps sensing a raptor nearby.

Rosy Starling

A juvenile Rosy Starling. It perched on the power line in front of the roost I found yesterday.

Purple Heron

A Purple Heron swallowing a large turtle (probably a softshell) whole. I wonder if it can digest the shell too.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle waiting for land crabs nesting in the paddy bund to emerge.

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