GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.
昨日の夕方、コノハズクが飛んでいくシルエットが見えたので、今日探してみると、オスもメスもいました!!
石垣島には、コノハズクとアオバズクが生息します。昔、オオコノハズクが地面にいるのを見たのですが、それ以来、鳴き声すら聞きません…。見間違いかなー。^^;
A Ryukyu Scops Owl has blended right into the tree. Cropped for clarity. ^^
The Brown Hawk-Owl ended up hidden behind the leaves… ^^;
きれいなオスでした。^^
It was catching grasshoppers actively.
今年は多いですね。巣も5つありました。^^
I had thought it was a different male from last year, but it turned out to be the same one.
It was the female that had changed. When the female changes, the courtship-feeding spot changes too.
I wonder if the previous female died somewhere?
Courtship feeding, but the location is just too bad. ^^;
Second time photographing this Ruddy Kingfisher.
Ruddy Kingfisher in the north. Unusually, it was in a field.
The nest is finished, but no eggs yet. In a few more days it will start incubating and become hard to observe.