Collared Kingfisher, Black-winged Kite, White Wagtail, and others
A friend was visiting Ishigaki Island, so I checked on the Collared Kingfisher. It was doing well at its usual stretch of coastline. There are some guys drinking there in the middle of the day, but the bird doesn't seem to mind much. It flushes when pedestrians approach, but quickly returns to its regular perch on the tetrapod or the windbreak branches.
I spotted the Black-winged Kite on the way back from the municipal office — it was perched on a phone line eating a mouse. The town birds have lost a lot of their wariness toward people and are easy to observe.
A Collared Kingfisher on a tetrapod. Perching on spots like this is probably why its tail feathers are so heavily worn.
It is quite close, but because I am watching through gaps in the vegetation it is relaxed.
Black-winged Kites on Ishigaki-jima breed multiple times a year, so I'm not sure what to call the season, but this individual is in the process of moulting out of juvenile plumage.
A wintering juvenile Grey-faced Buzzard. It will likely head north next month.
A male White Wagtail of the leucopsis type. The season has come when I start seeing White Wagtails passing through on migration as well.
While watching the Collared Kingfisher, a Giant Mottled Eel was eating what appeared to be a tilapia.
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