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.
下草が綺麗なところにヤツガシラがいました。が、私の車が止まったもんだから、ドイツ人カップルのヒッチハイカーが乗せてもらおうと駆け寄ってきて飛ばしてしまいました…。^^; まぁ、今年はヤツガシラの当たり年なんでどーってことないけど。もちろん、ドイツ人カップルは所望の場所まで乗せました。今年はヒッチハイカーを乗せる機会も多い…。^^;
Fresh green shoots were just coming out. Spring is near. This individual never once raised its crest.
An Eyebrowed Thrush that seemed unafraid of people, coming closer and closer.
ホシムクドリとムクドリの20羽ぐらいの混群がいました。群れは日によって、大きくなったり小さくなったりします。
In good light you can see a metallic sheen — on a nice day, anyway.
It had been probing the turf with its bill looking for food, so its head was quite dirty.
ふつうのズグロミゾゴイの虹彩は黄色ですが、この個体は暗色でした。カンムリワシは2羽ほどいますが、ズグロミゾゴイでは初めて見ました。
The iris colour is different, and the overall impression is quite distinct from other Malayan Night Herons I've seen. It was catching earthworms in a pasture.
This individual was in the same pasture. The iris is yellow.
シマアカモズやシロハラも滞在が長くなり、人に慣れてきました。^^
A handsome male Bull-headed Shrike.
The Pale Thrush showed no wariness at all.
ヤツガシラを探しに島を一周しました。北部東側集落に4羽、島の西側の崎枝半島に1羽いました。越冬するのかな?
他の情報によると平久保小学校や野底小学校の校庭にも飛来しているそうです。今年は、ヤツガシラの当たり年ですね。
A reasonably handsome Eurasian Hoopoe.
By the time I noticed the exposure was badly off, it had already gone into the undergrowth… ^^; This one alone is from the Sakieda Peninsula.
In the middle of moult — the feathers around the crest and face look rather ragged.
The feathers around the neck on this one look rather ragged.
Every hoopoe here seems to prey exclusively on this one species of cockroach.