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.
11月中頃から咲き出したリュウキュウツチトリモチの開花が最盛期を迎えています。例年より少し早めです。
Ryukyu Balanophora emerging from the forest floor.
It was in full bloom across the entire floor of the dark forest.
Flowers covered in ants were conspicuous — perhaps ants or cockroaches serve as pollinators?
Ryukyu Balanophora with a texture that looks like it would taste good. It's not poisonous, right?
久しぶりに夜の森を見回ってきました。強い北風が吹いて強風注意報が出ている石垣島でしたが、リュウキュウコノハズク、リュウキュウアオバズク、ゴイサギなど夜行性の鳥が見られました。
A hand-tame Oriental Scops Owl from the neighbourhood.
A Brown Hawk-Owl with distinctive irises. I feel like I've seen this individual somewhere before, but I can't place it.