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

カタグロトビの狩り

久しぶりにカタグロトビのポイントへ。ペアのカタグロトビがネズミを狩っていました。

カルガモ、オサハシブトガラス、ムラサキサギは暇つぶしの練習台。

Black-winged Kite

A Black-winged Kite gripping a half-eaten mouse in its left foot. It was 120 metres away, so extreme cropping was needed!!

Black-winged Kite

The Black-winged Kite eating its meal seemed to find the crow rather annoying.

Black-winged Kite

A Black-winged Kite that had caught a mouse.

Large-billed Crow

Torresian Crow in flight.

Large-billed Crow

It was driving other crows out of its territory. Probably getting ready to breed.

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Eastern Spot-billed Ducks coming down into a rice paddy. A male Garganey dropped in after them.

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

An Eastern Spot-billed Duck missing its primary feathers. I wonder if it had some kind of accident.

Purple Heron

A Purple Heron that had turned up in a sugarcane field.

Categories: 野鳥