アオバズク、リュウキュウコノハズク、サンコウチョウ、アカショウビン
リュウキュウアオバズク3カ所、リュウキュウコノハズク4カ所で抱卵中。リュウキュウアカショウビンも複数箇所(多すぎて数えてない…。^^;)で営巣しています。
リュウキュウサンコウチョウは複数でペアにはなっていますが、どこも巣作りはこれからのようです。
A male Brown Hawk-Owl (left) and female in the background. This pair's nest changes location every year — the nesting tree has been cut down and so on.
A Brown Hawk-Owl that has used the same nesting tree for several consecutive years. This is the male. This year a Ruddy Kingfisher ended up building a nest right next door… ^^;
A Ryukyu Scops Owl that has also bred successfully for several years running. Practically perches on your hand. ^^;
A female Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. The male was in the thicket. The two were moving around calling back and forth to each other. Perhaps they were looking for a place to build a nest.
A Ruddy Kingfisher that was near the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher.
The pair whose nest was destroyed by a typhoon two years ago and were rescued. I never found where they nested last year. Where will they build this year?