A parent arriving with what looks like a cicada. The Ruddy Kingfishers here fly straight into the nest hole without perching anywhere first, so I was caught off guard many times. The orchard is well tended, so the background is beautiful too. ^^

A Ruddy Kingfisher chick peering out from a nest hole drilled into a Yaeyama palm. It fledged shortly after this, and perhaps because it was raised alone, its flight ability was remarkably strong — it flew nearly 40 metres in one go. ^^;

It perched on a palm frond. A Ruddy Kingfisher and a palm — that's Ishigaki Island for you. ^^

It tumbled off the palm frond. It's quite hard to spot against the dried palm leaves — almost the same colour.