エリグロアジサシのコロニー
エリグロアジサシのコロニーを2カ所見てきました。まだ、抱卵中のペアや孵化後3週間以上たったヒナなど十数ペアが繁殖しています。海岸から営巣する小島まで30メートルほどしか離れていないので肉眼でもヒナが見えるほどです。
今年は台風がまだ来ていないので多くのヒナが巣立っていきそうです。^^
This pair had not yet started incubating.
A Black-naped Tern carrying a small fish prey. A blue flag is visible near the rump. It was also wearing a silver ring, but I couldn't read the code.
Since incubation was still going on as well, this chick is probably about 2 days after hatching.
This chick, visible only from the face, has grown considerably. Black-naped Terns fledge about 28 days after hatching, so this one is already more than 3 weeks old.
A Black-naped Tern carrying food.
I tried photographing only the flagged Black-naped Terns.
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