カンムリカッコウ、カラノスリ参上!!
久しぶりに与那国島へ出張があったので、空いた時間で鳥見。なんとカンムリカッコウに遭遇しました。祖納の民家で発見。ヒヨドリに付きまとわれてうっとうしそうでした。カラノスリらしきも1羽確認。
島内にはカシラダカやノジコ、コホオアカなどエンベリが多く入っていました。キビタキやジョウビタキ、エゾビタキも島のあちこちで滞在。久部良ミトゥにはホシハジロが1羽入っていました。
A juvenile Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo. It seemed to be using the drainage channel running behind some houses, but was chased off by a Brown-eared Bulbul and flew away somewhere.
Common Mynas were everywhere.
Large flocks of Light-vented Bulbuls along the coast. A migration movement, perhaps?
A first-winter female Narcissus Flycatcher. About three individuals present.
From this angle it's easy to see this is a Narcissus Flycatcher rather than a Ryukyu Flycatcher.
A Rustic Bunting foraging on the road. It looked to have just arrived on migration — even with cars and motorbikes passing, it didn't flush, just kept desperately pecking at seeds of some kind.
Also Rustic Buntings. Several small groups were noted.
Three Yellow Buntings found in the southern part of the island. Scarce on Okinawa.
Multiple Grey-streaked Flycatchers as well. November, but migration appears to be still ongoing.
At Agari-zaki, a Buff-bellied Pipit among a flock of Eastern Yellow Wagtails.
A noticeably slender-looking Buff-bellied Pipit. Perhaps it burned through all its fat reserves on migration.
Daurian Redstarts were present in good numbers — I could hear their calls throughout.
A small group of Northern Lapwings resting in a field. They looked tired.
An adult Eastern Buzzard. Several Common Buzzards also present. Other raptors noted: Grey-faced Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Osprey, and Peregrine Falcon.
A lone Tufted Duck at Kubura Mitou.