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

チゴハヤブサ、カンムリワシ、シマアカモズ(動画あり)

チゴハヤブサが飛来していました。今季、初確認。サシバの渡りでも出ていたそうです。

シマアカモズは今年生まれの幼鳥が警戒心もなく観察がしやすいです。主にバッタを捕まえていました。容器に誘われてか、さえずりも見せていました。

カンムリワシは子育ても終わり、成鳥があちこちで観察できます。幼鳥も順調に親元を離れて7個体ほどが確認されています。

Eurasian Hobby

Eurasian Hobby, juvenile. It was being mobbed by Barn Swallows.

Crested Serpent Eagle

Crested Serpent Eagle, adult.

Crested Serpent Eagle

Same individual as above. Colour-ringed. Carrying a hawk-moth caterpillar in its bill.

Isabelline Shrike

A first-winter Bull-headed Shrike with little wariness of people.

Isabelline Shrike

Same individual as above, from behind.

Isabelline Shrike

Diving steeply at prey.

Isabelline Shrike

It was hunting right in front of me. The prey was a brownish grasshopper.

Isabelline Shrike

Hard to tell whether it went in with its feet or its bill…

Isabelline Shrike

Another steep dive.

Isabelline Shrike

A different Bull-headed Shrike. It caught a Blue Dasher.

Isabelline Shrike

Same individual as above. First-winter plumage.

Isabelline Shrike

From behind.

Ryukyu Green Pigeon

A Oriental Turtle Dove crossed in front of me. Some individuals were carrying nesting material.

Categories: 野鳥