Black Paradise Flycatcher, Ryukyu Scops Owl, Northern Boobook, and Ryukyu Minivet
I visited a scrubby woodland I rarely go to, and a pair of Black Paradise Flycatchers were moving about. They perched on the same branch at times, suggesting pairing is already done. I expect they will breed, and I will keep watching to see how things develop.
Ryukyu Scops Owls are incubating at several sites, but the chicks still appear to be small. Meanwhile, the pair that began breeding early already has well-grown chicks, and the female is out of the nest box. Fledging should be soon.
A recently fledged Ryukyu Minivet visited our garden. It appeared to be taking insects alongside Warbling White-eyes and Cinereous Tits.
A female Japanese Paradise Flycatcher.
The male paired with the individual above. It was a short-tailed type.
Ryukyu Scops Owl, male. Fledglings from this nest are expected to leave sometime around mid-June.
Brown Hawk-Owl, female. Keeping watch near the nest.
The male paired with the individual above. He has taken up his lookout post just across the road — close enough that a passing walker could almost reach out and touch him.
Photographed a juvenile Ryukyu Minivet from my front entrance. I never found the nest, but they breed somewhere in the neighbourhood every year.