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.
今年、新規に見つけたコノハズクの巣が巣立ちを迎えています。木のくぼみの様なところに営巣しています。こんなコノハズクは初めてです。^^;
A Ryukyu Scops Owl chick peering out from the hollow. So cute! ^^
The first fledgling left the nest two days ago.
It kept popping in and out. ^^
ツミも順調に子育てをしています。ヒナは昨年と同じく3羽です。昨年は、1羽がけがをしたのですが、今年は無事に巣立ってほしいですね。
A two-shot of the second and third chicks. They flew right over my head. ^^
The eldest is a bit more wary. It's pestering the parent to bring food.
This one is also the eldest. It flies around the forest a lot. Doesn't seem to be practicing hunting yet.
The female Japanese Sparrowhawk parent. Striking bird. The male hasn't shown himself at all…. ^^;
Also a female. She is dismembering a Large Brown Cicada.
今日も暑い中、ヒナのために頻繁に餌を運んできます。
The chicks peering out of the nest hole are getting bigger day by day.
Is that a cockroach it's carrying?
残り2羽のヒナも一度は外に出たのですが、1羽はまた巣穴に落っこちちゃいました…。^^
After flapping its wings energetically, it fell back into the nest hole…. ^^;
The female parent brought a Tsukutsukuboushi cicada, but the chick seems full and won't eat. ^^;
Finally, all the remaining chicks came outside!!
This is the male Ryukyu Scops Owl parent.
昨夜巣立ったヒナ の巣ですが、次がなかなか出てきません。なんども登ろうとしているのですが、巣穴が深いようで…。
A rare parent-and-chick two-shot with Ryukyu Scops Owls. ^^ At 600mm it was too close. ^^;
Looking a little more dignified than last night, maybe?
The female parent came to check on things several times without any food. I'm worried the chick might be abandoned if it can't get out much longer…