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.
師匠から連絡があり、コミミズクを。しばらく見ているともう1羽コミミズクが現れました!!
It had been pushed aside by a Purple Heron. Apparently it has many natural enemies, including harriers and falcons.
A Short-eared Owl hiding in the grass. The bill scar distinguishes it from the individual above.
さむーい本土に較べると石垣島は暖かいねー。^^ さっそく、カンムリワシを撮ってきました。本日は4個体。
Once again, Crested Serpent Eagles are nice to photograph up close.
It caught a mantis.
Hearing the call of this area's resident bird, it gets excited and raises its crest.
The resident of this area appears. It has a leg ring because it was once taken into care.
A Crested Serpent Eagle pushed off to the far end.
実家に帰ったついでにチュウヒを見てきました。ハイイロチュウヒはきれいです。 あいにく、チュウヒが遠かったのと、途中で曇ってしまいましたが…。
Even after heavy cropping, this is the size I got. ^^;
A male and female Hen Harrier were playing with each other.
Two Hen Harriers together — not something you often see on Ishigaki.
イヌワシ、クマタカを見にいくも、両方とも一瞬見られただけ…。^^;
The weather was fine and warm, but the Golden Eagle never showed…
No Mountain Hawk-Eagle either…
On the second day the weather turned bad — snow at the summit….
またまた、出勤前にカンムリワシ。^^
A fierce face, but this is a female. ^^
It was catching frogs flushed out by the rice harvest.
This one had caught a grasshopper.
It was too far to one edge of the frame, so I cropped vertically. ^^;