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

美しい暗色型サシバ越冬中 普通のサシバやチョウゲンボウも

今季で3年連続で飛来の暗色型サシバ。3歳というか3暦年目になります。毎年、同じ時期に同じ農地にやってきます。

越冬常連のチョウゲンボウもあちこちの農地で見られます。きょうは警戒心の弱い個体を近くで撮ることができました。^^

秋から冬にかけてはカンムリワシも見やすく、この日は幼鳥含めて6羽ほどに出会えました。

ズグロミゾゴイ幼鳥は3羽。昨年生まれの幼鳥に出会う機会が増えてきました。

Grey-faced Buzzard

A striking dark-morph Grey-faced Buzzard — commonly known as "Black Buzzard." This is its third consecutive year visiting. It has been coming since it was a juvenile, so it is now three years old.

Grey-faced Buzzard

Compared to when it was a juvenile, its body seems to have filled out and become more solid.

Grey-faced Buzzard

This is an ordinary Grey-faced Buzzard — a juvenile. It was far away and the heat was making the air shimmer, so the photo came out hazy and soft… ^^;

Grey-faced Buzzard

It had caught a large beetle at the compost heap.

Common Kestrel

A close Common Kestrel, female, first-winter plumage.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle drying its wings, drawn out by the warm weather.

Osprey

A female Osprey after bathing.

Malayan Night Heron

A juvenile Malayan Night Heron. It is around the time they should be moulting into adult plumage, but this individual has not yet shown any adult feathers.

Categories: 野鳥