アカショウビン、キンバト、リュウキュウキビタキ、リュウキュウコノハズク、リュウキュウツミ(動画あり)
短時間バードウオッチングでしたが、石垣島の留鳥が勢揃いしました。^^
公園や林道などでリュウキュウアカショウビン数羽。巣穴堀りをしている個体やすでに抱卵に入っているペアなど出会えました。
キンバトの出会いは5月中旬ごろから非常に多くなり、ご多分に漏れず落下して裂開したオオバギの種子をついばんでいます。
リュウキュウキビタキは今年生まれの個体がすでにさえずりながら縄張りを主張。警戒心は弱めで縄張りの見回りなどしっかり観察できました。
リュウキュウコノハズクも数ペアが抱卵中です。
自宅近くのカタグロトビ の子育てを観察していたら、リュウキュウツミの巣を見つけました。カタグロトビの巣からほんの20〜30メートルしか離れておらず驚きました。ツミはほかのツミが近くを通ると追いかけて縄張りから排除していましたが、カタグロトビに対しては知らんぷり。カタグロトビもカラスにはアタックするのですが、ツミのことは気にかけていないようでした。不思議です。
A male Ryukyu Kingfisher. It had been digging a nest hole.
The nest hole being dug by the individual above. It has opened several holes in the same tree and it's not yet clear which one it will use.
A Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. This one also appears to be a male.
Ruddy Kingfisher in the park. It caught a cicada larva. A scene that plays out every year.
Same individual as above. The female is nowhere to be seen, so she may have started incubating.
Emerald Dove, male. It was picking up seeds of Macaranga.
I found it on the footpath, but it didn't seem to care much even when cars passed by.
It is swallowing small stones needed for digestion.
A friendly individual that could be photographed up close.
Ryukyu Scops Owl at a new spot. I was photographing a Ryukyu Flycatcher when some White-eyes tipped me off to its location.
Ryukyu Flycatcher, male. First-summer plumage. It was singing frequently. I also took video for the first time in a while.
Same individual as above. The old feathers are quite worn.
Same individual as above. It didn't become wary as long as I kept about 10 metres away, so I followed it around its territory for a full circuit. ^^ It moved about catching food in flycatcher sallies and singing from branch tips. It was unexpected when it also went into the bamboo thicket.
A Japanese Sparrowhawk nest found near the Black-winged Kite nest. The female can be seen sitting in the centre of the photo.
