巣立ち間近のコノハズク、巣立ったズグロミゾゴイ、子育て終了のアカショウビン
石垣島の野鳥たちの子育ても中盤です。アオバズクは6カ所すべて巣立ち終了。コノハズクは残すところ2巣。カタグロトビは、いったん子育て終了ですが、年に複数回繁殖します。
ズグロミゾゴイは巣立ち後、数日たった幼鳥が複数カ所で見られたり、子育て中だったり。カンムリワシは、まだまだ子育て真っ最中で巣立ちは8月の下旬ごろから順次始まる感じです。
エリグロアジサシとベニアジサシも子育て中、ツバメチドリは巣立った個体を営巣地以外でも見るようになりました。
It appears to be a different individual from the chick that fell from the nest the other day.
Based on its development, this individual appears to have hatched before the one above. This one also seems to be different from the chick that fell the other day, so there appear to be three chicks in this nest.
The father of the chicks above. When I stopped by on my way home from work, he was on alert against crows coming in to roost. His feathers are badly worn, giving a sense of how hard he is working to raise his young.
The mother of the chicks above. She too is constantly doing battle with the crows. Several crow feathers have fallen around the nest tree — traces of the fighting, perhaps?
A male Ruddy Kingfisher. He looks like he can finally relax now that the breeding season is over. Still a beautiful bird, but the Ruddy Kingfisher will soon begin its moult and start looking rather ragged.
A fledgling Slaty-legged Crake, several days out of the nest. The bill is still short and the iris still has a bluish tinge — a youngster through and through.