Having been established for about four years now, with numbers increasing, the Black-winged Kite has become a familiar sight on Ishigaki Island.

A Black-winged Kite eating a mouse it had caught. It always eats on top of a sprinkler.

Black-winged Kites moult completely into adult plumage in about a year. The eye colour has also changed from the pale orange of the juvenile stage to deep red.

A favourite lookout post.

Adult female Peregrine Falcon. A few juvenile feathers remain, so it is still a young bird.

Compared to the Peregrine found last month, which appears to have come from the continent, you can see the impression is quite different.