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Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

2017年の鳥納めは、やんばるでリュウキュウオオコノハズク

Dec. 31, 2017
Japanese Scops Owl
Japanese Scops Owl

This is a Ryukyu Scops Owl living in the park, extremely tame. Even if I accidentally got as close as about two metres, it didn't flinch at all.

This individual treated me to a slightly muffled, descending call: "wok, wok, wok, woh". I wonder if, like the Ryukyu Scops Owl, the Ryukyu subspecies also has different calls between males and females?

Capture Data

Focal Length
600.0 mm
Aperture
F4.0
ISO
400
Exposure Time
1/250 sec
Altitude
Not set
Elevation
Not set
Date & Time Taken
Dec. 31, 2017, 12:28 a.m.(JST)
Original
2560 × 1706 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change
Photos tagged with this tag: Japanese Scops Owl