カラシラサギ2羽、エリグロアジサシ飛来(動画あり)
カラシラサギが2羽、河口に飛来しました。午前中は1羽でいたが、午後には2羽に増えました。後日、さらにもう1羽やってきました。
エリグロアジサシは十数羽が飛来。すでにペアになっているようで、産卵、子育ても間もなく始まることでしょう。
Two Chinese Egrets. Pushed off their feeding ground by the high tide, they were getting along together on a rock.
They kept a little distance from each other at times, but on the whole things were peaceful. Once the tide went out and feeding time began, however, squabbles were constant… ^^;
The two birds stayed for two days, but a few days later another Chinese Egret arrived.
A Pacific Reef Heron was nearby as well.
Around ten or so Black-naped Terns arrived. They are already pairing up.
A pair of Black-naped Terns.
When Black-naped Terns and Roseate Terns show up, I get the feeling that summer has truly arrived on Ishigaki Island.