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.
やっと巣立ちです。3羽のうち、1羽だけ巣立ちました。^^
It climbed and climbed, and then fledged.
It was wandering all around the treetops, exploring. ^^
The remaining two are still being fed at the nest.
なかなか巣立たないですねー。^^; 今夜は3羽とも長いこと外に出ていました。近くのツミのヒナも大きくなり1番子は巣の外に出ていました。
Three sibling Ryukyu Scops Owls. ^^
The mother makes sure to deliver food all the way to the third chick at the back!!
The eldest scratches the second's head, and the third begs the second for food, but the second ignores him… ^^;
The female at this nesting pair of Ryukyu Scops Owls has started coming outside too. ^^
Chick-rearing is in full swing.
予想より2日ほど早く巣立ってしまいました。現地に着いた時にはすでに巣立ちしていて、ヒナ独特の鳴き声を頼りに探しました。^^;
昨日1巣、今日2巣が立て続けに巣立ったようです。あと3巣はもうしばらくかかりそう。
Of the three chicks at this nest, only one was found.
It had been hiding in the undergrowth but was attacked by a Japanese Sparrowhawk. It seems to have managed to escape, though.
A fledgling Ruddy Kingfisher in a valley thick with elephant ear plants.
After the Japanese Sparrowhawk's attack, even the parent bird was in a panic and couldn't locate the fledgling… ^^;
たまに雨がぱらつく夜でした。今夜も巣立ちせず…。^^;
Two of them are out at the nest entrance almost constantly. The third one pokes its head out occasionally.
It brought a grasshopper.
Off to find food again.
今夜も巣立ちしませんでした。^^; 3羽ヒナがいるようです。
The top one is the first chick, the bottom the second. The third shows up occasionally but hasn't come up to the top yet.
It brought cicada larvae about three times. It catches them as they emerge from the ground to moult.
This time it brought a grasshopper.
The mother Oriental Scops Owl. She was perched in a different spot from usual, so I thought she had fledged overnight — but not yet.