Black Drongo, Ruddy Kingfisher, Common Redshank (video)
The Black Drongo arrived again this season to coincide with Golden Week. On Ishigaki Island it usually turns up around this time in spring. It perched on branch tips and caught dragonflies and horseflies in the air.
I also observed Ruddy Kingfisher, Crested Serpent Eagle, and Chinese Pond Heron, among others.
A Black Drongo perched at the tip of a thin branch, waiting for prey.
After catching a dragonfly, it returned to the same branch and swallowed it there.
A Ruddy Kingfisher that spotted something on the ground. It was an unwary individual and hunted several times right in front of me.
A Crested Serpent Eagle hatched last year, in the process of moulting from juvenile to adult plumage.
"Micchan," wearing a metal band on the left leg, waiting in ambush for prey in a field.
Reef Herons in breeding plumage were encountered in rice paddies here and there. Quite a few seem to have come in.