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.
今年は、コノハズクが多いのでしょうか? 今日で5個体目の撮影。^^
ウオーキング中の品のいいご婦人が通りかかったんで、コノハズクを教えてあげました。ご婦人曰く、この辺りはアオバズクなんかも見るそうです。
I heard a call while driving, so I went looking — and there it was. ^^
Afterwards it flew over my head and disappeared into the thicket on the other side.
It was high up in a tangle of vines, and badly backlit… The colours are all off. ^^;
4月24日に巣穴掘りをしていたアカショウビン ですが、気に入らなかったらしく他の木に巣穴を掘っていました。
片方が掘り終わると小声で鳴いて、もう一羽の巣穴掘りを促していました。^^
The male is on the right, the female on the left. The female, having finished digging the nest hole, is calling softly.
Facing the same direction — so cute. ^^
逆光がセンダンの新芽を緑に輝かせて、いかにも夏のアオバズクでした!!
目立つところに止まっていてびっくり。
It heard a crow calling and snapped its eyes wide open, on alert. Still perching on one foot, though.
This individual had no wariness at all, and fell asleep, so I called it a day… ^^;
アカショウビンとカンムリワシです。
The plumage is transitioning from juvenile to immature.
A Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. It was perching high up, so I shot handheld. Heavy… ^^;