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

アジサシ5種(動画あり)

エリグロアジサシ、ベニアジサシ、コアジサシ、ハシブトアジサシ、クロハラアジサシ5種を一つの海岸で確認できました。島内の他のエリアに飛来しているオオアジサシも期待しましたが、この海岸には現れませんでした…。^^;

エリグロアジサシ、ベニアジサシはコロニーを形成して繁殖序盤です。すでに抱卵しているペアも確認できました。

Black-naped Tern

A White-capped Noddy incubating.

Roseate Tern

A Roseate Tern colony. Until recently there were Black-naped Terns here, but it seems they were driven off. The Black-naped Tern flock had moved to another reef.

Lesser Crested Tern

Large-billed Tern, breeding plumage. It was high tide, so I couldn't observe the species' distinctive foraging behaviour.

Whiskered Tern

A Whiskered Tern over the sea.

Little Tern

A Little Tern pair. They had two juveniles with them.

Black-naped Tern

A pair of Black-naped Terns came to bathe.

Roseate Tern

A Roseate Tern also came to bathe.

Lesser Crested Tern

A Large-billed Tern flying about.

Little Tern

A juvenile Little Tern. It was already able to catch food on its own.

Categories: 野鳥