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.
クロハラアジサシが4羽飛来していました。夏羽の個体と冬羽の個体です。
田んぼには、セイタカシギが3羽休んでいた。
It seemed to be catching grasshoppers and the like, flying back and forth over the field.
This is White-winged Tern in winter plumage, right? Winter plumage already?
White-winged Tern in summer plumage.
Not juvenile plumage — this is winter plumage, right?
Three Black-winged Stilts had arrived.
アオバズクのヒナは、今夜か明日の夜には巣立ちしそうです。少なくとも2羽は外から見えました。
帰りに標高200メートルぐらいの山に登ってみたら、アカショウビンの鳴き声がよく聞こえ、巣も見つかりましたが、ブラインドとカメラを持って登る気にはなれませんでした…。麓の公園でリュウキュウコゲラを撮っただけ。^^;
Through a crack in the nest I could see two chicks moving about. One seemed to notice me and watched for a while with a curious look, then turned its back and started wriggling again. Can't wait to get out, I wonder?
The male parent.
Ryukyu Pygmy Woodpecker, male. It came right up close and was tapping away at a branch.