GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.
雨の降る中、小さな公園にヤツガシラがいました。時期が少し外れていますが、この秋の石垣島の希少渡鳥フィーバーでは入るのは当たり前でしょう。^^ しかし、他がスター選手揃いで、ほとんどだれも興味を示さないという…。
Eurasian Hoopoe preening its wet feathers.
It was drizzling, so it rarely came down from the trees.
アサクラサンショウクイを久しぶりに見てきました。人が集まるのを避けてゆっくり見られる場所で観察。 昨年のアサクラサンショウクイ と同様にホウオウボクにつく緑色のシャクトリムシを食っていました。
Ashy Minivet, first-winter. Busy moving around in search of insects, but when I watched quietly it stopped to preen. That's when you get your shot.
After resting for a few minutes, back to hunting for insects.
The Ashy Minivet was foraging in the canopy of a Royal Poinciana.
It may look plain at first glance, but that ashy colouring is beautiful.
Moving through the high branches.
It moved to an Akagi tree. It didn't seem to be eating the berries, so it was apparently still after insects.
Rosy Starling, juvenile. Moult is progressing. If it stays until spring we might get to see that stunning plumage…
White-shouldered Starling, adult male.
A Naumann's Thrush that thinks it's hiding.