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.
台風の影響なのか数日間渡りが完全に止まっていたサシバですが、やっと再開して700羽ほど観察できました。^^
Gray-faced Buzzard, juvenile.
Gray-faced Buzzard, adult.
A flock of just under 200 passed overhead, but I noticed them too late and they had already climbed quite high.
今日もサシバは渡らず。台風18、19号の影響なんでしょうか。ハヤブサやチゴハヤブサ、ハイタカなどが渡ってきていました。
帰りに、アオバズクでも見て帰ろうと思ったら、ガソリンの残りが少なく断念…。^^;
This Eurasian Hobby was hanging around nearby.
A Peregrine Falcon going back and forth as well.
クロツラヘラサギがまとまって入ってきました。奈良からバードウオッチングに来ている方に教えていただきました。^^ その方が言われるには2日まえには43羽の群れが石垣島からさらに南下していったそうです。すごい!!
ちなみに、サシバはゼロ。ジョウビタキは今季初確認しました。
Eighteen Black-faced Spoonbills, though they seem tired and just keep sleeping. ^^;
たまにはシギチも。三大逃げない種。^^
Red-necked Phalaropes never seem to flush, regardless of the individual. They were feeding in the paddies, bobbing along on the surface.
A flock of Long-toed Stints and Little Ringed Plovers in a nearby paddy field as well.
Little Ringed Plovers are so charming the way they run and stop, run and stop, like clockwork toys. ^^
2年前車にひかれて死んだアオバズクのポイント(夕方のえさ場)に今年から新しい個体が入ったようです。前の個体より警戒心がうすく、写真を撮らせてくれます。^^
It snatched a Brambling that was picking up grass seeds at the roadside and disappeared into the bushes. A flock of 200–300 Bramblings had arrived on the island before the typhoon and seems to have dispersed, appearing in small groups of a few birds.
The Grey-nightjar that had been here before was found dead right beneath this branch. I worry because rental cars and taxis pass by at speed even while I'm shooting. Please, everyone — slow down.