ズグロミゾゴイ、アカガシラサギ、カンムリワシ幼鳥
公園で弁当を食べていたらズグロミゾゴイの幼鳥が近づいてきました。餌付けをされているわけではなく、たまたま近寄っただけのようでした。それにしてもズグロミゾゴイの幼鳥の警戒心のなさは心配になる…。
田んぼにはアカガシラサギが3羽ほど越冬中。水路に降りたり、草むらに入ったりとさまざまな環境で餌をとっているようです。
昨年の11月に放鳥されたカンムリワシの幼鳥の「はやて」を久しぶりに確認。放鳥地点から直線距離で10キロ以上も南下してきていました。市街地に近く、交通量が多いので事故に遭わないか心配です。
A juvenile Malayan Night Heron. Born last year, it is in the process of molting into adult plumage.
An adult Malayan Night Heron. It is still too early for nest-building, but it was picking up twigs.
A Chinese Pond Heron at a drainage channel, targeting small fish.
A Chinese Pond Heron in a rice paddy, catching small insects and the like as it walked along the field bank.
Crested Serpent Eagle "Hayate" — an individual that was rescued after a traffic accident and released back to the wild on 23 November last year. A green ring engraved with "8" is visible on the left leg.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.
A flock of around 30 Red-throated Pipits wintering here.
A Grey Wagtail attacking its reflection in the mirror of an abandoned car. Judging by the droppings, this has apparently been going on for quite some time. Feeling sorry for it, I folded the mirror in.