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.
13、14日と2000羽越えの渡りが観察できました!! 20日前後までは条件が良ければ見られるでしょう。
A juvenile crossed almost directly overhead. I noticed too late and only got a rear view… ^^;
Shooting at 600mm, so this is just a small part of the kettle.
The second kettle of the day. ^^
7羽のオオヒシクイが渡ってきています。^^
It was very wary and wouldn't let me get close, so cropped. ^^;
As long as I kept more than a paddy field's width away, it didn't get alarmed.
Winter plumage Javan Pond Heron.
A Black-winged Stilt that looks like it has bloodshot eyes. ^^ The most beautiful wader that comes through Ishigaki.
昨日からサシバの渡りが始まりました。本日は2000羽以上が渡りました。^^
It has migrated through again this year. ^^
I missed the largest flock, but was able to observe a passage of over 2,000 birds.
None of them flew close enough, so everything is heavily cropped… ^^;
An Osprey carrying a trevally also showed up. ^^ Something like a Goldenbanded Trevally, maybe?
水の中の大きなカニにアタック!! 水につかって食うのは嫌なようで、茂みの中に運んでからゆっくりと食っていました。^^
While I was photographing this Crested Serpent Eagle, I got a message from my mentor: "What are you doing? 1,700 Grey-faced Buzzards in 30 minutes." I headed straight out to watch the migration. ^^ It has a firm grip on a crab.
本土では珍鳥の部類に入るそうですが、石垣島ではよくいます。^^
It was following behind a tractor mixed in with Little Egrets. ^^;