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.
漁港の防風林を探索していたら、後ろからコノハズクが通りすぎました。きっと近くで営巣しているのでしょう。^^
慌ててカメラと三脚を車から取ってきたので、脈動でカメラがぶれる…。^^;
It is calling while looking upward.
It flew!! The Oriental Scops Owl has wings that are surprisingly long and supple for its body size. ^^
It is hiding among the leaves of Barringtonia racemosa, but it gets found out because the Warbling White-eyes mob it.
昼からコノハズク探しで林道を歩き回っていたら、アミヒカリタケらしきキノコを見つけたので、ホタル撮影の帰りに寄ってみたら奇麗に光ってましたー。^^
その帰りにカエルが4種一度に観察できる場所に寄ったら、シロヒカリタケが光っていました。アミヒカリタケよりはかなり弱い光です。
The bioluminescence of the Mycena chlorophos is quite strong. ^^ I think it will have withered by tomorrow.
It was growing higher than my height (180 cm). I should have brought a stepladder. ^^;
Mycena chlorophos.
This is the same mushroom lit with a flashlight. If anyone knows the species name, please let me know. -> It turned out to be Mycena chlorophos.
最近、コノハズクの探し方がわかってきたような気がします。1日で3個体も探せましたー。
耳を澄まして、とにかく歩くので疲れた…。^^;
I searched for the owner of the ko-hō ko-hō call — and there it was. A male Ryukyu Scops Owl. ^^
The individual being mobbed by small birds in the video is this same bird.
This Ryukyu Scops Owl was deep in the thicket!!
Walking through the windbreak, I found a third Oriental Scops Owl!!
2週間以上いっていませんでしたので、久しぶりにホタルを見てきました。数は減りつつあります。
The yellow dots are Yaeyama fireflies; the green streaks are Yellow-striped fireflies.
アカショウビンとカンムリワシです。
The plumage is transitioning from juvenile to immature.
A Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. It was perching high up, so I shot handheld. Heavy… ^^;