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.
サシバお気に入りの松の木。いつもこの松から、カエルを狙っています。
I watched for a while, but a gust of wind threw it off balance and it disappeared into the woods behind.
On the way back, passing the same spot, it was perched in a pine a little further along than before.
今日は、カンムリワシの出はそこそこよく、6羽観察できました。そのうち幼鳥は1羽。
A Crested Serpent Eagle targeting prey from above a small marsh.
It flew in quite close.
A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle bathed in evening light.
A Crested Serpent Eagle caught off guard by a crow attack while it was dismembering and eating a crab.
この小さな畑を縄張りにするのは、シマアカモズのオス。シロハラやツグミがくると激しく追い返していました。
Pale Thrushes and Dusky Thrushes are starting to move north to their breeding grounds, but I wonder how long the Brown Shrikes will stay. You do see Brown Shrikes in beautiful summer plumage on Ishigaki during the breeding season, but only in small numbers. I wonder if any are actually breeding here?