クロウタドリ
道路沿いの芝生にクロウタドリが。島内2カ所は毎年渡ってくるな。もう1カ所は牧場。シロハラやアカハラと同じような環境が好きなようです。
A jet-black bird. With birds that are pure black or pure white, they look better without direct sunlight hitting them. ^^
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野鳥
GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
Go where the birds are. The SHIMASOBA Tour launches.
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.
Max. 3 guests
4 hours in the morning
Beginners welcome
Check availability and book
ビンズイ
数羽の群れがあちこちに。
Moulting has begun and it's looking rather scruffy. ^^;
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野鳥
カンムリワシ
求愛シーズンなのですが、カップルになかなか巡り合えず。
Looks cold, body and soul… ^^;
Is this one single too, I wonder?
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野鳥
流氷とオオワシ、オジロワシ
5時ごろ出港し、晴天にも恵まれ日の出とオオワシ、オジロワシが見られました!!
Just before sunrise. The eagles are already up and about on the drift ice.
It's not a Crested Serpent Eagle, but is this the kind of scenery that inspired the song "Washi nu Tuidushi"?
Steller's Sea Eagle at dawn.
A juvenile Steller's Sea Eagle with the Shiretoko mountain range behind it.
White-tailed Eagle.
A close-up of a White-tailed Eagle. What a dignified look.
White-tailed Eagle standing on drift ice.
Steller's Sea Eagle flying toward me. Everything about it is enormous. ^^;
Juvenile White-tailed Eagle.
Two Steller's Sea Eagles in battle. Quite fierce.
Juvenile Steller's Sea Eagle and adult Steller's Sea Eagle. It ended with just a minor skirmish.
Enormous. ^^;
Rugged. ^^;
White-tailed Eagle flying toward me.
Wingspan about 2 metres.
Head-on, the face has a surprisingly endearing quality. ^^
Steller's Sea Eagle body-slamming a White-tailed Eagle.
Steller's Sea Eagle landing on the ice.
Aerial combat between Steller's Sea Eagles. Talons fully extended.
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野鳥
タンチョウなど
鶴居村、阿寒町でタンチョウ。
It was bitterly cold….
Big, aren't they.
A White-tailed Eagle came to steal food from the Red-crowned Cranes.
Black Kites also came after the food, but the sheer presence of the White-tailed Eagles seemed to keep them from getting much.
It looks like the avian flu has died down — this time, the swans were no longer being chased off by snowmobiles.
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野鳥