GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.
サシバお気に入りの松の木。いつもこの松から、カエルを狙っています。
I watched for a while, but a gust of wind threw it off balance and it disappeared into the woods behind.
On the way back, passing the same spot, it was perched in a pine a little further along than before.
小雨の振る中、土の中のゴキブリを食っていました。ヤツガシラはかなりの健啖家。大量の昆虫を食っています。カンムリワシとは大違いだなー。^^;
After stretching, it fanned out its proud crest. Now that's a Eurasian Hoopoe!!
It keeps pecking up cockroaches it finds in the soil. I always think I'll count how many it eats per minute, but there are always too many to keep up with. ^^;
The decisive moment, straight on. ^^
A Eurasian Hoopoe stretching. What a flamboyant bird. ^^;
北部の沢沿いに頭の白いカンムリワシがいました。たぶん、初めて見た個体。
Is it naturally white, or has the colour faded out?
There is a stream below here, and it is lying in wait for prey.
流氷のオオワシ、オジロワシも見てきました。かなりの流氷が押し寄せていて、港から数十メートルしか出ることができませんでした。おかげで、岸寄りにワシが集まり、堤防からのギャラリーも船に乗船せずにして観察できていました。
Juvenile White-tailed Eagles are the best-looking, aren't they.
This one is also a juvenile White-tailed Eagle.
They seemed quite well-fed, and there wasn't much fighting over food.
This one is an adult White-tailed Eagle.
Adult Steller's Sea Eagle. Juvenile Steller's Sea Eagles were scarce this time.
Overcast skies, and sunrise was visible only through a small gap in the clouds. Last year was so much better.
今回はエゾフクロウがついていました。鶴居村の林道を数百メートル入ったところでは、なんとカップルで洞から顔を出しているではないですか!! 思わず男泣きしましたよ。4年連続通ってやっとこさ。^^;
釧路空港近くの洞は留守でしたが、シラルトロの湿地にある洞には1羽だけいました。早朝はいなかったそうですが、霧が晴れたらやってきたそうです。
シマフクロウは今回は観察できず…。
After four years of visits, I finally got to see a pair of Ural Owls. ^^
A big yawn in the warm sunlight.
This one was alone.