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

カラアカモズとシマアカモズ

昨日まで全く見つからなかったアカモズ亜種は今日になって11個体を観察しました。ほとんどが石垣島で越冬するシマアカモズだったのですが、その中で4羽ほど気になる個体がいたので、写真で検討したいと思います。

Brown Shrike

A male Brown Shrike apparently moulting from first-summer into second-winter plumage.

Brown Shrike

This one also appears to be a Brown Shrike moulting from first-summer into second-winter plumage.

Brown Shrike

This is also a Brown Shrike, the same age as the individual above.

Isabelline Shrike

This one had a greyish hindneck, so it appears to be an Isabelline Shrike moulting from first-summer into second-winter plumage.

Isabelline Shrike

Adult female Brown Shrike.

Isabelline Shrike

Same individual as above. It caught a pair of mating Pyrgomorpha conica grasshoppers in copula. I wonder what the male thinks about that….

Categories: 野鳥