Common Emerald Dove, Northern Boobook, Malayan Night Heron, Cinnamon Bittern, Purple Heron, and More
Common Emerald Doves are approaching the end of the breeding season, and encounters are becoming more frequent. Northern Boobooks, Ryukyu Scops Owls, and Ruddy Kingfishers are fledging one after another.
I recorded my first Cinnamon Bittern and Purple Heron of the season, along with a juvenile Little Egret.
A Emerald Dove near home. A few juvenile feathers remain. Perhaps a second-calendar-year female.
The Brown Hawk-Owl at the utaki. As happens every year, freshly fledged crows have shown up and are causing quite a commotion.
Male Malayan Night Heron. At this time of year the breeding plumage has almost completely faded.
A female Malayan Night Heron that was with the individual above. I wonder whether this season's breeding was successful.
A male Ryukyu Least Bittern peering out from an uncultivated paddy field.
First juvenile Ryukyu Least Bittern confirmed this season.
A juvenile Purple Heron. From here on they will keep increasing, and I'll be seeing more and more of them being chased off by adults.
Juvenile Little Egrets have also started to arrive.
A juvenile White-breasted Waterhen. I often come across pairs with jet-black chicks in tow. They may be breeding multiple times in a single season.
A Eurasian Coot that summered on Ishigaki-jima. On Okinawa's main island, birds have been summering for several years now. Numbers on Ishigaki may increase in the future as well.
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