リュウキュウアオバズクとリュウキュウコノハズ
アオバズクとコノハズクが営巣していました。コノハズクはかなり厳しいところに止まっていました…。^^;
アオバズクはオスが巣を見張っていました。カラスが近づこうものならアオバズクの激しいスクランブルに遭っていました。途中、スコールがあり、見晴らしのいい場所で羽を乾かしているようでした。
A mosquito has landed on the head of a Brown Hawk-Owl. There were plenty of mosquitoes swarming around me too, but since I had applied insect repellent spray I was barely bitten.
It was drying its wings and giving itself a shake. The Brown Hawk-Owls here are extremely aggressive, and the crows seem to have learned their lesson well — even perched in such an open spot, not a single crow comes near. Last year at fledging time, a juvenile crow wandered into this pair's territory, and a single male Brown Hawk-Owl drove off five crows. ^^;
I managed to find the Oriental Scops Owl, but no matter what I tried I couldn't get a photo… ^^;
It really knows how to hide itself.
It coughed up a pellet. What appeared to be the wing covers of a Japanese green chafer were mixed in.
This Brown Hawk-Owl ignores the crows even when they make a fuss.