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.
今日は天気わるかったなー。明日は、金環日蝕なんだけど晴れるのだろうか…。
Together with last year's individual. Shutter speed 1.3 seconds!! Yes, I got the aperture wrong….
Caught a cicada larva!!
Waited over an hour, but the male never showed….
今日もメスが甘え鳴きするもオスは餌を持ってこない…。
A Ruddy Kingfisher keeping a wary eye on the Besra.
Crop of the photo above. I wonder what it can see in those eyes….
It perched on a tree it never usually uses. What's going on?
求愛給餌まではいかなかったけど、必死に甘え鳴きをしていました。まだ、オスがその気じゃないのかなー。
The male keeps coming close but isn't bringing any food. The female is ready and waiting, though.
A Ryukyu Besra is nesting nearby, and the Ruddy Kingfisher flinches every time the Besra flies overhead.
Since the male isn't bringing food, she's out hunting on her own.
夜になるとめちゃくちゃ湿度が上がりました。霧もでてきていいふんいきでしたー。
ホタルの数は過去最高でした。辺り一面ホタルだらけ…。
You can probably make out the mist hanging in the air.
I focused on the scenery, so there aren't many fireflies in the photo — but all around it was incredible!!
たまにはシロハラクイナも。
As evening came on, White-breasted Waterhens appeared here and there.
Cropped.