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

石垣島初記録のキマユホオジロほか

取材と取材の間の隙間時間で石垣島初記録となるキマユホオジロを発見。4羽の小群でした。同じ群れにシベリアアオジも混じっていました。今季のエンベリは、コホオアカ、シベリアジュリン、カシラダカと合わせて、これで5種となりました。

写真は撮れませんでしたが、シラガホオジロも確認しており、可能性の高いミヤマホオジロも見つけて7種まで伸ばしたいですね。^^

11月にフィーバーしていた石垣島ですが、12月に入っても楽しい日々が続いています。

Yellow-browed Bunting

A male Yellow-browed Bunting.

Yellow-browed Bunting

Another individual Yellow-browed Bunting. Also a male.

Black-faced Bunting

A male Siberian Greenish Warbler in winter plumage.

Black-faced Bunting

Same individual as above.

Black-faced Bunting

Same individual as above. On alert for a Common Kestrel that appeared.

Common Blackbird

The Common Blackbird ducked into the bushes in an instant. ^^; The photo is a blurry mess, but it turned up somewhere unexpected so I'm logging it. This season, Common Blackbirds keep popping up here and there at a leisurely pace.

Daurian Redstart

A female Daurian Redstart. At first I couldn't see the white wing patch and my heart skipped a beat. ^^;

Arctic Warbler

The Dusky Warbler was moving with flocks of Japanese White-eyes and similar birds.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle gripping a mouse in its right foot.

Categories: 野鳥