Ryukyu Flycatcher, Ruddy Kingfisher, Red Collared Dove and others (video)
Working my way around the rice fields, I heard a Ryukyu Flycatcher calling from the forest edge. Searching for it, I found a male in song. For some reason it also moved into the shrubs at the edge of the paddies.
Visiting Banna Park for the first time in a while, I had good encounters with several Ruddy Kingfishers. Males were conspicuous, which may mean many pairs have already moved into incubation.
I also spotted one Red Collared Dove. Perhaps tired from the crossing, it perched on a wire and occasionally closed its eyes.
In the paddies towards evening, a Ryukyu Sparrowhawk came down onto a farm track and looked around. Watching it, I could see it was targeting a Eurasian Tree Sparrow that had ducked into a thicket.
A singing male Ryukyu Narcissus Flycatcher.
Same individual as above. 2cy, perhaps?
A Ruddy Kingfisher at Banna Park, perched on one of its favourite thick Mucuna vines.
A Red Turtle-Dove looking tired.
A male Ryukyu Sparrowhawk targeting a Eurasian Tree Sparrow that had fled into the bushes.
A young individual that turns up regularly in this rice paddy, completely unafraid of people. It appears often in the mornings and evenings.
The hybrid duck that has been here since February last year. The moult seems to have progressed and there is some change in appearance. Could this be its breeding plumage?
Related Posts
- Birdwatching in Nagoya(Jan. 4, 2024)
- 雑種ガモ(Feb. 28, 2024)
- チゴハヤブサ、クロハラアジサシ(Oct. 13, 2015)
- 和白干潟でミヤコドリ、ツクシガモ、雑種ガモほか(動画あり)(Jan. 2, 2019)
- 沖縄にコウノトリがやって来た(動画あり)(March 5, 2018)
- Geese and Ducks All Present(Jan. 25, 2024)
- 具志干潟でミサゴの狩り(動画あり)(Nov. 9, 2018)
- 今季初のアカガシラサギ(Sept. 12, 2020)
- Four Common Hoopoes, possible Naumann's × Redwing hybrid, Red-billed Starling, Arctic Warbler and more (video)(March 15, 2024)
- シロハラ、セアカモズ(雑種?)、シロガシラ、キンパラ(Feb. 7, 2017)