雨のアカショウビン、リュウキュウヨシゴイ
雨降りの石垣島。近所を一回りしてくるとアカショウビンのカップルや子育て中のリュウキュウヨシゴイ、餌運びに忙しいセッカやイシガキシジュウカラなどが観察できました。
A pair of Ruddy Kingfishers out on the forest road together in the rain.
Another red bird of Ishigaki Island — the Ryukyu Striated Heron.
A Ryukyu Striated Heron on alert as a crow approaches the nest.
Apart from the Eastern Spot-billed Ducks, the others had all moved north and gone, but one Northern Shoveler (left) — a juvenile male — had stayed behind in the paddies. The Eastern Spot-billed Ducks, the only species that breeds on Ishigaki Island, have been appearing with their chicks in the paddies and irrigation channels for about two weeks now.
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