リュウキュウアカショウビン3カ所で20羽
アカショウビンのポイントを3カ所回り、約20個体に出会えました。
新型コロナウイルスの影響で人の気配が少なく、アカショウビンの警戒心が緩んでいるようです。求愛給餌をしそうなペアもいたのですが、子連れバードウオッチングだったので粘れず…。^^;
Male Ruddy Kingfisher.
Female Ruddy Kingfisher. Paired with the individual above. The white feathering around the ear area is the distinguishing mark of this bird.
The female individual above caught a Sakishima grass lizard.
A Ruddy Kingfisher in splendid male plumage.
A Ruddy Kingfisher holding territory at the entrance to a forest track. Sex unknown.
A Ruddy Kingfisher perched high in a Giran strangler fig. Probably female.
A Ruddy Kingfisher in the park. Female. A parent and child were playing badminton nearby, but the bird didn't seem to mind much.
A Ruddy Kingfisher from the neighbourhood. Sex unknown. One of a pair that has already begun excavating a nest hole.