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.
一度は、全身が見えるまで出てきましたが、親に餌をもらうとまた巣の奥に戻ってしまいました。^^
An Oriental Scops Owl chick just about to fledge. Adorable.
It keeps looking upward, clearly on edge about something above.
The gecko it brought was too large for the chick to eat.
先日 、親鳥も巣立ちビナも見つからなかった場所ですが、念のため見に行ってみるとヒナ2羽が元気に巣立っていました。先日の巣立ちビナは見つけられませんでした…。
ちょうど、近所の子どもたちもやってきたので見せてあげました。「かわいいー」だって。^^
A fledgling.
From the back left: male, juvenile. In the foreground, the female.
今夜か明日の夜には巣立っていくでしょう。ここのペアは毎年梅雨が明けるころ(6/23前後)に巣立ちます。^^
The male passes food to the female. He doesn't hand it over straight away, using it to encourage the chicks to fledge.
I confirmed two birds. Same as every year.
This is a different pair. Day by day the branch they perch on is getting lower.
すでに3巣が巣立ちを終えていますが、こちらはまだ子育て中。コノハズクよりアオバズクの方が営巣開始にばらつきがある模様。
A male Brown Hawk-Owl.
I can only see its face — could it be incubating?
アオバズクのヒナが巣立ちました。昨夜巣立ったと思われます。他の2つの巣は既に巣立ったようでヒナ、親鳥とも見当たりませんでした。
近くのコノハズク2巣はまだ子育て中。
Too cute. It was holding its bill open in the scorching heat.
What adorable creatures. ^^ They will stay in the area for two or three days.
It's a chick, but those talons are impressive!!
The parent is perched about a metre away. I wish they had lined up together….
The Oriental Scops Owl chicks haven't fledged yet. I wonder when they will?