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.
先日の大雨被害が心配だったので、リュウキュウコノハズク、リュウキュウアオバズクの巣の見回りをしてきました。リュウキュウコノハズク4、アオバズク3の巣は変わりなく順調に推移しているようでした。
A Ryukyu Scops Owl keeping watch from its usual branch.
A Japanese Scops Owl nesting in a conspicuous spot — I'm a little worried.
子どもと海岸にカニ取りに行ったらハシブトアジサシ4羽とカラシラサギ2羽がいました。ハシブトアジサシもカラシラサギも警戒心ゼロで子どもが騒いでも気にしていない様子でした。^^
Bridled Terns wheeling right in front of me. Three were in breeding plumage and one was in non-breeding plumage.
The crab-specialist Bridled Tern, once it has a target, hugs the ground at ultra-low altitude and creeps up on the crab.
A Bridled Tern that caught a Soldier Crab.
A Bridled Tern eating a Soldier Crab.
When it spots a crab, it wheels sharply and dives.
Soldier Crabs are abundant on Ishigaki Island. Besides Bridled Terns, Whimbrels and Grey-tailed Tattlers also take them.
Fiddler crabs were also on the menu.
The Chinese Egrets are now up to two. They were catching juvenile mullet.
The tide came in and it moved closer.
As the tide approached full, it moved to the rocky area.