カンムリワシの狩り
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!!
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.
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!!
平田原の田んぼでジャワアカガシラサギ。
I thought a Chinese Pond Heron was perched on a branch, but it turned out to be a Javan Pond Heron.
The Javan Pond Heron appeared to be catching small insects in a field together with a flock of Eastern Cattle Egrets and others.
A Yellow Bittern in its camouflage pose, but with no reeds around it's completely exposed.
A Yellow Bittern targeting guppies.
The usual juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle. This one feels like it might make it through the winter. ^^
A Crested Serpent Eagle scattering herons.
A Common Kestrel with little wariness of people.
警戒心の薄そうなチョウゲンボウがいました。ミサゴは、ここ数日は毎日同じような場所で上空を通過しますが高い…。^^;
Successful hunt. It's holding a grasshopper in its bill. ^^
The Common Kestrel is fast off the mark.
A Crested Serpent Eagle on a banana plant.
A Crested Serpent Eagle in a pasture along a busy road.
An Osprey passed overhead.
カンムリワシの幼鳥3連発です。^^ それぞれの幼鳥に個性があって面白い。
A juvenile that's a bit skittish, but clumsy. ^^;
A friendly juvenile. Quite a capable hunter too. Everyone's favourite. ^^
A feisty juvenile. It chases after adults trying to steal their catch!!