ヤツガシラとハヤブサのペア滞在中(動画あり)
クリスマスイブに現れたヤツガシラは滞在3日目。警戒心もなく鳥屋に追われることもないので長居しそうな気がします。
昨年も越冬したハヤブサ(旧亜種シベリアハヤブサ)のペアは今年も田んぼの暴君としてオオバンやサギを狩りまくっています。オオバンは昨年より大幅減、コガモは全くいません。ハヤブサと同じ場所で越冬中のオオノスリの影響かもしれませんね。
タシギは47羽の群れをはじめ、あちこちに新しく入りましたが、全てタシギです。
A Eurasian Hoopoe with little wariness. There is a fair amount of foot traffic, but no birders come, so it is never chased off and is well into wintering mode.
The prey item the Hoopoe was eating here was, again, cockroaches.
An adult male Peregrine Falcon with a large Intermediate Egret it had caught.
Just as it had nearly finished eating, a passing vehicle startled it into flight and the prey disintegrated in the air….
A flock of 47 Common Snipe. All of them Common Snipe, even with that many. At this time of year, any newly arriving snipe are all Common Snipe.