ヤツガシラの季節スタート
石垣島のヤツガシラのシーズンが始まりました。きょうは仕事帰りにヤツガシラの鉄板ポイントへ寄り道。現場に到着して10分ほどで発見しました。芝生をつつきながらゴキブリの次から次に捕まえては口の中へ放り込んでいました。
コハクチョウはまだ滞在中。田植えが終わった田んぼを歩き回っています。農家の人に「苗は大丈夫?」と尋ねたら「食われるし踏まれる」とのこと。でも仕方ないので追い出すようなことはしないそうです。優しい農家のおじさんでした。^^
越冬ジョウビタキは渡って行ったのか数を減らしています。メスが少し残っている程度です。
A Eurasian Hoopoe foraging as it walks around a lawn with small flowers in bloom.
A particularly unwary Hoopoe came within a few metres of me.
Startled by a crow, it fanned out its crest.
It was using a rock on a steep slope as a perch.
Tossed a cockroach into the air and snapped it up.
A spring-like Eurasian Hoopoe surrounded by purple Ryukyu violets and yellow flowers.
A Tundra Swan that has been staying since January. Its face has grown to look much like an adult's.
An adult male Brown Shrike that has caught a locust. A wintering bird that has been holding the same paddy field as its territory since late last year.
The male Common Redstarts have nearly disappeared — perhaps they have already moved on to their breeding grounds — leaving only females behind.