アカショウビン、カンムリワシ、マミジロタヒバリなど
新型コロナウイルスの影響で観光客が少なく、島民も自宅待機していることからリュウキュウアカショウビンの警戒心が解けて、日ごろ現れないような場所で何羽も発見しました。
カンムリワシはいつもながらマイペースで道路沿いで餌を探していましたが、こちらも静かになった島で交通事故の心配も減ってのんびりしているようです。
マミジロタヒバリは広い畑に2羽。土砂降りなどにもめげずに餌探しに勤しんでいました。
先日のクロツラヘラサギ はまだいました。北風が強いので渡れないのかな?
With no one around, a Ruddy Kingfisher resting at its leisure.
A male Crested Serpent Eagle along the roadside. Traffic accidents are a concern, but vehicle numbers on Ishigaki Island are down due to COVID-19.
Crested Serpent Eagle shot handheld at 840mm with a shutter speed of 1/15. Sony's image stabilisation is impressive.
This one was shot at ISO 3200. Heavily cropped, but the noise is barely noticeable.
This one is a distant Crested Serpent Eagle, cropped drastically.
A Buff-bellied Pipit in light rain.
A different individual Buff-bellied Pipit from the one above.
Black-faced Spoonbill in summer plumage. In the background, a group of Eastern Spot-billed Ducks.
Also in the rain, a Ryukyu Green Pigeon perched on a distant shrub.
A male Peregrine Falcon that failed in its hunt. The feathers are quite wet from the heavy rain that had just passed. All the other falcons and raptors had long since headed north toward their breeding grounds — for a male, this one is taking its time.