The female is incubating, the male standing watch — a pair of Ryukyu Scops Owls. They took over the tree hollow where a Brown Hawk-Owl had nested last year… ^^;

I heard crows making a racket at the Brown Hawk-Owl's nesting site and went to look — it was a stand-off with a Japanese Sparrowhawk. The Brown Hawk-Owl was keeping very still, clearly rattled.

The Brown Hawk-Owl will attack crows, but when a Japanese Sparrowhawk shows up it doesn't fight back at all. It seems to know exactly how dangerous the sparrowhawk is.

A Ruddy Kingfisher in the park. It appeared to be eyeing prey on the lawn.

Also a Ruddy Kingfisher in the park. Two pairs are breeding adjacent to each other in this area, and occasionally there were scenes of three birds chasing one another.

A pair of Black-naped Terns. The female (right) kept looking down at her belly. Egg-laying seems to be imminent.