久しぶりのバードウオッチング
久しぶりにまともなバードウオッチング。と言っても昼過ぎまでと夜に少しだけ自宅周辺を回っただけですが…。
リュウキュウアオバズク、リュウキュウコノハズク、リュウキュウアカショウビンの子育ては順調に進んでいました。
カンムリワシも子育て中ですが、こちらは警戒心が非常に強くとてもじゃないけど近寄れません…。
リュウキュウキビタキやサンコウチョウの声も減りました。写真はありませんが、キンバトも数個体に出会えました。こちらも子育て真っ盛りです。
海岸ではコアジサシやエリグロアジサシ、ベニアジサシたちが繁殖中ですが、そこまで回る時間はありません。^^;
A male Ryukyu Scops Owl looking back over its shoulder. Of the pairs I'm watching, this nest looks like it will fledge the earliest.
For some reason the top of its head is slightly bald.
Scratching its head. ^^
A female Ruddy Kingfisher. Still incubating, but out of the nest today. After watching for ten-odd minutes she went back inside and resumed incubating. Maybe it got too hot?
Same individual as above. A patch of white feathers behind the eye serves as a marker for individual identification.
A male Brown Hawk-Owl that had been putting up a big fight against two crows.
A Ryukyu Scops Owl — a male — raising chicks very close to the Brown Hawk-Owl nest above.
Male Ruddy Kingfisher. This area has Ruddy Kingfishers, Oriental Scops Owls, and Brown Hawk-Owls all raising chicks.
A young Crested Serpent Eagle. Believed to be a male.
A male Brown Hawk-Owl breeding in the neighborhood. A puzzling individual that stays completely hidden during the day no matter how hard I look.
Also a nearby Oriental Scops Owl — this one a female, perched on a branch in front of the nest. At this hour feeding the chicks had already finished, so not much action… ^^;
The male paired with the individual above. It was on the opposite side of the nest from the female.
A male Oriental Scops Owl, singing away energetically. It is breeding in the same area as the pair above, a few dozen meters away, but I can't find the nest tree. Couldn't find it last year either. A tough one… ^^;