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.
先日見つけた竹富島のアオバズク見てきました。まだ、巣立ちはしていない模様。
先日、巣立ちした石垣島のアオバズク順調に育っています!!
Female Brown Hawk-Owl. Even handheld at 280mm with a shutter speed of 1/20 s, it's sharp.
Male Brown Hawk-Owl. Eyes like glass marbles.
Two of the three fledglings. The third appears to be developing a little more slowly.
One parent bird and three fledglings.
2時間ほどかかって羽化無事完了。
Beautiful, isn't it.
アカショウビンの営巣を見に行ったら偶然にもアオバズクの巣立ち直後の親子を発見!!近過ぎて600mmでは親子で撮影できず…。
夜、再確認にいったら3羽巣立っていましたが、昼間は2羽のヒナしか確認できませんでした…。
最近、フクロウづいてるなー。
Probably a female Ryukyu Scops Owl.
Probably a male Ryukyu Scops Owl.
Probably the earliest-hatched Ryukyu Scops Owl chick.
The latest-hatched Ryukyu Scops Owl chick. It didn't seem able to fly yet and was perched in a low tree (about 2 m up).
昨夜、無事に巣立ったコノハズクのヒナがいました。木のてっぺんに留まり眠そうです。
One of the two fledglings. Rounder and cuter than the parent.
昨夜からのコノハズク2羽が今夜巣立ちしました!!
Pre-fledging stretch!!
The Oriental Scops Owl looks round and clumsy, but as this photo shows, its wings are remarkably long relative to its body. In flight it is agile enough to be mistaken for a hawk. The surface of its feathers is also covered in fine, velvet-like plumage that lets it fly without making a sound.
The parent bird is the one in the middle, holding a gecko in its bill.