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.
田んぼのシギの状況は先日とあまり変わらずで、セイタカシギやタカブシギ、トウネン、アカアシシギなどが少し。まだまだ、秋の渡りの序盤です。
なぜかリュウキュウヨシゴイは多く、同じ田んぼに数羽いることも。^^;
A Common Redshank looking exhausted. It sat down shortly after this. Perhaps it had only just arrived on migration.
A dozen or so Red-necked Stints were mixed in as well.
There was an oil-covered juvenile Black-winged Stilt.
鳥の少ない時季ですが、最近はキンバトが毎日同じ餌場に現れます。今日は、2羽のキンバトが林道で餌を拾っていました。
アカショウビンも減っています。全くいないというわけではないですが、換羽が進んでみすぼらしい個体が多いですね。^^;
Emerald Doves often come down to the road, but this one was perched on a branch. ^^
The metallic green wings change shade depending on the light.
This one is an Emerald Dove foraging on the ground. The plumage looked darker than the individual above, which had also been on the ground at the time.
This Ruddy Kingfisher is always in the same spot, shows little wariness, and is a very approachable bird.
The moult has progressed quite far and it looks rather scruffy. Even the bill, which had been so vivid, is now dull.
石垣島にもムナグロが渡ってきました。大浜海岸で6羽が休んでいました。他は、キョウジョシギやシロチドリ、アオアシシギ、キアシシギなど。
ツメナガセキレイも今季初観察。
In intense heat with heat shimmer rising, a Pacific Golden Plover was preening.
Peering through binoculars, I could see a Greater Sand Plover scurrying back and forth along the sandy beach.
Two Common Greenshanks were chasing small fish around. The one on the right was still in summer plumage; the one on the left had almost fully moulted into winter plumage.
林道にはボロボロのアカショウビンがちらほら。カンムリワシはいつもの場所です。今日もキンバトは同じ場所で餌拾い。
田んぼにはアマサギの群れが入っていました。一つの田んぼに30羽ほどいました。夏羽と冬羽が混在しています。
Today I saw three Ruddy Kingfishers.
A Crested Serpent Eagle waits in ambush for prey on its favourite branch.
The Eastern Cattle Egret seems to be feeling the heat too, holding its bill open. Heat haze is rising and the photos come out blurry… ^^;
オオアジサシ8羽がエビ養殖場でエビをとっていました。1羽が捕ると他のオオアジサシが大騒ぎで追いかけまわします。
着いた時間が逆光で少し撮りにくかったです。^^;
The Greater Crested Tern is now in winter plumage, with the front of the crown white.
This individual still appears to be in summer plumage.
When it spots prey, a sharp banking turn and steep dive.
The other birds are chasing after the lead Greater Crested Tern, which has a shrimp in its bill.
It would have been nicer with a blue sky… ^^;