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

リュウキュウアカショウビン子育て中

ヒナが3羽いるようで3時間(11時から14時)で7回餌を運んできました。ツマグロゼミ×2、バッタ×1、ミミズ×4でした。

Ruddy Kingfisher

I'm not sure how she finds them, but she kept bringing earthworms.

Ruddy Kingfisher

After delivering food, she immediately went back out to forage.

Ruddy Kingfisher

Stuffing a grasshopper deep into the chick's wide-open mouth. ^^;

Ruddy Kingfisher

Three chicks are visible. The Ryukyu Kingfisher lays fewer eggs than the Japanese Kingfisher — just three. Occasionally an individual will lay four.

Categories: 野鳥
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