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.
幼鳥が出ているのは聞いていたのですが、タイミングが悪くなかなか見つけられずにいたのですが、やっと合えました。真っ白な幼鳥の羽は美しいです。^^
今年は台風も少なかったのでたくさんの幼鳥に合えるといいのですが。
Painusima Ishigaki Airport is close by and you can hear the roar of planes taking off and landing, yet they are nesting here.
台風16号の通過でアカハラダカの渡りは一休み。風が吹く中、田んぼのツバメやサトウキビ畑のツバメチドリはじっとしています。
A Barn Swallow on its southward migration.
The Oriental Pratincoles were in a flock of around 20.
風もなく暑い日でしたが、ヤツガシラはまだいました。通常は1〜2日の滞在ですが、この個体は長くとどまる様子です。^^
The Eurasian Hoopoe seemed to be feeling the heat too, foraging in the shade as much as possible.
When a car passed, it was startled and perched in a tree.
先月の22日で見納めと思っていたアカショウビンに出会えました。^^
この時期のアカショウビンは嬉しいですねー。
A Ruddy Kingfisher hatched this year. It had apparently just eaten a slug or something — there was mucus around the base of its bill. ^^;
The darkening at the base of the bill is proof it was born this year.
渡ってきて3日目。だいぶ落ち着いてきたようです。^^
Ishigaki Island is extremely hot. So hot that the Eurasian Hoopoe had its bill open.
Foraging in the grass. There didn't seem to be many cockroaches to eat. Maybe because it's been hot and dry with no rain lately.