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

畑でバードウオッチング。ミフウズラほか

最近、ミフウズラを見る機会が多く、ミフウズラはどれぐらい生息しているのか気になって、1000m × 500m ぐらいの畑の農道を見回ってきました。双眼鏡は使わずに目視だけで探したらなんと12羽にめぐり合うことができました!! 相当数が生息しているはず。

石垣島では、なかなか見つからないミフウズラですが、沖縄本島には本当にたくさんのミフウズラがいます!! 繁殖シーズンの初夏に回れば子連れのミフウズラを見られるかもしれませんね。来年の楽しみにとっておきます。

Barred Buttonquail

Female Barred Buttonquail. She had a male in tow behind her. As everyone knows, Barred Buttonquail are polyandrous.

Barred Buttonquail

A male Barred Buttonquail. He was trotting off away from me, so I used my secret technique to make the bird stop and turn this way. ^^ Most species will freeze for a moment and look over, but it doesn't work a second time on the same individual. ^^;

Barred Buttonquail

Another male Barred Buttonquail. His head feathers are in the middle of moulting.

Light-vented Bulbul

Lately, Light-vented Bulbuls have often been moving around in flocks. A group of a dozen or so was feeding on grass seeds.

Osprey

Ospreys are turning up more often too. Wintering birds may have started to arrive. During the wintering season on Okinawa Island, you can sometimes see a kettle of around ten Ospreys. ^^

Categories: 野鳥