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.
近所のツバメチドリの群れの様子を見てきた。
ツバメチドリは約10羽の群れがサトウキビ畑で休憩。SONYのα9IIにマウントアダプタを噛ませたCanonのロクヨンをスピードの速いツバメチドリでテストしたかったのですが、あまり飛んでくれません。評価は先送りとなりました。
Oriental Pratincole in flight. Sony setup.
Oriental Pratincole in flight. Canon 600mm on a Sony body. When flying at top speed with a tailwind, I felt the autofocus couldn't quite keep up.
With the 600mm, the rendering of a perched subject is superb.
新型コロナウイルスの影響でひとけのないバンナ公園では、リュウキュウアカショウビンがあちこちでのんびりしていました。
繁殖期に入り出会いが少ないカンムリワシは、天地替え作業中のサトウキビ畑を獲物が出てこないかと電柱の上からペアで見張っていました。
A male Ruddy Kingfisher.
A Ruddy Kingfisher that perched on a branch right in front of me.
A male Ruddy Kingfisher singing.
A Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a Mucuna vine. A very Okinawan scene.
Another Ruddy Kingfisher, also believed to be a male.
A female Crested Serpent Eagle. She was calling in a wheedling way, begging the male to bring her food.
Male Crested Serpent Eagle — the partner of the female above. The underparts of the male appear more greyish compared to the female.