A daily record.
Featuring photos of wild birds and nature, mainly from Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki Island

I'm not sure how she finds them, but she kept bringing earthworms.

After delivering food, she immediately went back out to forage.

Stuffing a grasshopper deep into the chick's wide-open mouth. ^^;

Three chicks are visible. The Ryukyu Kingfisher lays fewer eggs than the Japanese Kingfisher — just three. Occasionally an individual will lay four.

A chick that apparently fledged last night. First time I've seen a fledgling from this pair's nest. ^^

They always fledge when I least expect it…

The female brought food to the nest several times.

This is a different nest. It looks like the chicks haven't fledged yet.

It does have ear tufts, but compared to adults it's rounded all over. ^^

There's still a little white down left. ^^

This is how they clamber out when leaving the nest.

The mother Ryukyu Scops Owl. She keeps watch over the fledged second chick from nearby. Unlike a Brown Hawk-Owl, she almost never goes right next to it.

A fledgling Ryukyu Scops Owl deep in the undergrowth. Seeing them in daylight gives a completely different impression.

The female Ryukyu Scops Owl was also there about a metre away, but I could only make out her silhouette and wasn't able to get a shot.

At this nesting site, the female has finally come out of the nest completely. She's not used to me yet, so she's a little wary.

Maybe about one more week until fledging.