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

ハチジョウツグミ、アカガシラサギ、カンムリワシ幼鳥

そろそろ渡ってしまうので久しぶりに越冬中のハチジョウツグミを見てきました。相変わらずの警戒心のなさでした。

アカガシラサギはここ数日で複数羽を確認しましたが、どれも警戒心が強い。この個体は比較的落ち着いて観察できました。

カンムリワシの幼鳥を田んぼで確認。 一昨日の個体 とは別のようです。

Naumann's Thrush

Naumann's Thrush, first-winter. With Naumann's Thrush, sex is difficult to determine.

Naumann's Thrush

Naumann's Thrush from behind. Throughout the winter it has not moved at all, keeping to a very small area.

Naumann's Thrush

A passing walker startled it and it fled up into a branch.

Chinese Pond Heron

A Chinese Pond Heron that had caught a dragonfly nymph.

Chinese Pond Heron

The Chinese Pond Heron was working its way along a paddy bund, searching for prey.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle foraging in a paddy field where rice-planting was underway.

Great Egret

The Great Egret was catching tiny aquatic insects. The prey was so small I could not make out what it was eating.

Categories: 野鳥