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

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

White-shouldered Starling. The top bird is male; the two below are female.

Little Bunting

Little Bunting, arriving in good numbers this season.

Little Bunting

In the rain, it had come down to the ground and was sitting still.

Yellow-browed Warbler

A Yellow-browed Warbler foraging as it moves busily from branch to branch.

Yellow-browed Warbler

What is the prey? It's too small to tell clearly, but it looked like it was eating some kind of insect, perhaps aphids.

Yellow-browed Warbler

It becomes camouflaged when it moves into the leucaena leaves.

Japanese Bush Warbler

In the undergrowth, a Japanese Bush Warbler. It was having a hard time swallowing a stick insect.

Japanese Bush Warbler

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?

Daurian Redstart

Female Daurian Redstart. It seems females are the majority of the Daurian Redstarts remaining on Ishigaki Island.

Categories: 野鳥