ギンムクドリ、コホオアカ、キマユムシクイなど越冬する小鳥たち
石垣島ではさまざまな野鳥が越冬します。その中で観察しにくいのが小鳥たち。鳴き声をよく耳にするところでは、コムシクイ、キマユムシクイ、ノゴマ、ウグイスですが、どれもやぶの中にいるので見るのも大変です。
ムクドリサイズだとギンムクドリ、カラムクドリ、ホシムクドリ、バライロムクドリ、ツグミ、シロハラ、アカハラあたりが越冬しています。ムクドリの仲間は電線などに止まり鳴き声も騒がしいので見つけやすいのですが、行動範囲が広いのでだめなときは全く出会えません…。^^;
White-shouldered Starling. The top bird is male; the two below are female.
Little Bunting, arriving in good numbers this season.
In the rain, it had come down to the ground and was sitting still.
A Yellow-browed Warbler foraging as it moves busily from branch to branch.
What is the prey? It's too small to tell clearly, but it looked like it was eating some kind of insect, perhaps aphids.
It becomes camouflaged when it moves into the leucaena leaves.
In the undergrowth, a Japanese Bush Warbler. It was having a hard time swallowing a stick insect.
I think several subspecies of Japanese Bush Warbler are visiting, including Sakhalin Bush Warbler and Korean Bush Warbler. Is this one just a plain Japanese Bush Warbler?
Female Daurian Redstart. It seems females are the majority of the Daurian Redstarts remaining on Ishigaki Island.
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