キンバト、リュウキュウコノハズク、アオバズク、リュウキュウキビタキなど石垣島の繁殖鳥
石垣島は、繁殖鳥たちのベストシーズンに入っています。最近、忙しくて久しぶりの更新となりました。^^;
キンバトは子育て真っ盛りのようで雌雄が餌を取っては巣へ運んでいました。
リュウキュウコノハズク、リュウキュウアオバズクは抱卵中のペアが増えてきています。
リュウキュウキビタキも繁殖中ですが、こちらはどこにん巣を作っているのか全く分かりません。
エリグロアジサシも繁殖のため渡ってきました。この日は、8羽が海上を飛ぶのを確認しました。
Female Emerald Dove. The plumage is quite worn. They nest in places where they have to push through Arenga palm, so I suppose the feathers get damaged easily during the breeding season. The male was not nearly as worn.
Female Emerald Dove. It was feeding on the black seeds of a Macaranga that had fallen to the ground and split open.
Male Ryukyu Scops Owl. It was cleverly hidden in a tangle of climbing plants. I am currently observing Ryukyu Scops Owls at five sites, including one where they appear to be nesting.
A Ryukyu Hawk-Owl at a new site — this is a male. Right in front of this pair's nest, a Ruddy Kingfisher was excavating its own nest hole… If the Ruddy Kingfisher finishes its nest first, it might get attacked by the Hawk-Owl… ^^; Hawk-Owls are nesting at four sites.
Male Ryukyu Narcissus Flycatcher in second-summer plumage. It was moving through its territory while singing.
First Black-naped Tern of the season. It was flying around over the sea at the coast where they breed every year. The terns that come to Ishigaki Island arrive in this order: Little Tern, Great Crested Tern, Black-naped Tern, and Roseate Tern. All except the Great Crested Tern, which breeds on the Senkaku Islands, breed along the coast of Ishigaki Island.
