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Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

リュウキュウアカショウビンの求愛給餌

May 5, 2013
Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

The male is the one on the left with the chipped lower mandible; the female is on the right. It looks like she was being given a cicada larva. This pair has already mated and dug a nest hole, yet it seems they still do courtship feeding. ^^

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Focal Length
840.0 mm
Aperture
F5.6
ISO
1000
Exposure Time
1/125 sec
Altitude
98.0 m
Elevation
78.4 m
Date & Time Taken
May 5, 2013, 5:27 p.m.(JST)
Original
2560 × 1706 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

May 5, 2013 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
24.2 / 23.1 ℃
Total precipitation
0.00 mm
Max wind speed
9.03 m/s
Photos tagged with this tag: Ruddy Kingfisher