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.
今年もアオバズクの営巣が始まったようです。
A Brown Hawk-Owl was deep in the dense foliage. So thick that this was just about the only gap to see through. ^^
It appears to be nesting.
Walking through the brush, a Brown Hawk-Owl burst out.
この時季にしては寒い一日でした。ホタルの出もいまいち。野鳥の方は、八重山では珍しいアカモズがいました。
アオバズク、コノハズク、アカショウビンは営巣の準備に入っています。サンコウチョウは鳴き声をあちこちの藪から聞こえるのですが、姿は見せず。リュウキュウキビタキも同じような状況です。
A green manure plant? A flock of several dozen Whistling Green Pigeons were eating the berries. They blended beautifully into the green.
A Whistling Green Pigeon resting on a branch. The eye color is striking.
There was a beautiful male Bull-headed Shrike in summer plumage.
There were still some White-cheeked Starlings around. The Pale Thrushes, Brown-headed Thrushes, and Dusky Thrushes seem to have already moved on.
In the evening I waited over two hours for a Ruddy Kingfisher courtship feeding, but in the end saw nothing… ^^;