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.
牧草の刈り取りが始まると4羽のカンムリワシとチョウゲンボウが集まってきました。^^
Eating a mantis in mid-air.
A miss.
Fighting over prey.
The pasture is so wide that the Crested Serpent Eagle is far away… ^^;
Feathers in tatters.
Caught a Sakishima stream frog.
This individual was here yesterday too. It seemed to be the strongest one in the area.
やっぱり石垣島がいいな。
A Crested Serpent Eagle on the way home. It had a leg ring, but I couldn't make out any markings on it….
The most dominant Crested Serpent Eagle in this area. It was driving off the other two. ^^;
Chased into a sugarcane field after being threatened, only to be pursued and driven out.
たくましく育つ幼鳥。餌捕りも上手なもんです。
After eating its prey, it heads back to its favourite perch.
It was flying back and forth between the paddy ridges to catch crabs.
Crab caught!!
This might be a first for me photographically.
カンムリワシもそうだけど、ズグロミゾゴイも平気で食っていました。毒の影響はないのかなー?
Stabbing it in the throat with its sharp bill. ^^;
稲刈りの終わった田んぼでカニやらカエルやら捕まえていました。^^
A Crested Serpent Eagle against a background of white bokeh circles. It caught a crab!!
Gripping a large frog (probably a Cane Toad) firmly in both feet!!