順調な子育てのリュウキュウアカショウビンたち(動画あり)
数カ所、観察しているリュウキュウアカショウビンの繁殖はそれぞれ順調に進んでいるようで、2カ所ではエサ運びまで確認できました。
石垣島では、7月に入るとアカショウビンはもちろん、コノハズクやアオバズク、カタグロトビなど巣立ちラッシュが続きます。
A breeding Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. It caught a large Joro spider, beat it against a branch to kill it, then carried it off to the nest. The female was nowhere to be seen.
A Ruddy Kingfisher breeding in the park perched on a branch in front of the nest. It had brought in a large grasshopper, so the chicks seem to be developing well. ^^ For a bird that actually breeds inside the park, this individual is remarkably wary.
The male Ruddy Kingfisher I found on the other night's nocturnal walk. It was borderline in the dark, but it was indeed a male. ^^
A male Ruddy Kingfisher coming to bathe in a small stream. The light was poor, so the ruffled feathers have gone a bit soft in the image… ^^;
Same individual as above. No sign of a paired female here either.