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.
今日はサシバだけ。牧草刈りやキビ刈りやってるのに、カンムリワシはいない。
The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th primaries are missing.
A Grey-faced Buzzard on the perch reserved for Crested Serpent Eagles. If the owner notices, it's going to get a smacking. ^^;
昨年と同様、今年もカンムリワシの幼鳥は多めです。
A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle burst out of the undergrowth and landed on a branch directly overhead. I slipped away quietly so as not to startle it… ^^;
An adult Crested Serpent Eagle on a rock.
A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle perched on a snag in the wetland, watching for prey. Another juvenile was perched nearby as well.
The other juvenile. The first one was driven off by an adult, but this one ignored being sandwiched between two adults. ^^;
Scrambled by an adult, it just threatened back and wouldn't budge. A pretty nervy juvenile.
Returning the adult's threat calls with threats of its own!!
シロハラ多いなー。
When I'm photographing Crested Serpent Eagles, a Pale Thrush will sometimes appear, calling in alarm.
Another Pale Thrush on alert for the Crested Serpent Eagle.
あやぱにばまらしょうり びるぱにばしいだしょうり
しょんがつぬすとぅむでぃ ぐゎんじつぬあさぱな
あがるかいとびちぃけ てぃだばかめまいちぃけ
というわけで、今年もよろしくお願いします。
Sunset light would have been better, but here's a Ryukyu Robin caught in the evening sun. ^^
A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle running about energetically on New Year's Day.
It had caught a land crab.
First sunset of the year. ^^
まだまだ気温が高いので、あまり集まっていませんでした。
Even on a well-populated branch, around 20 individuals at most. ^^;
They take flight when approached.
When I open and close my hand, the Ideopsis similis moves its wings in time with it.
The wintering grounds are streams like this.
The trees growing here are larger than in other valleys. I wonder if they've been here a long time?