花と緑、遠浅の干潟と変化に富んだ海岸線、そして深い森…世界遺産にふさわしい豊かな自然の奄美大島。さて、鳥たちは・・
Flowers and greenery, shallow tidal flats and varied coastlines, and deep forest… Amami Oshima island certainly deserves to be a World Natural Heritage site. And as for the birds…
メジロ / White-eye
満開の寒緋桜に大喜び!
White-eyes overjoyed to get the scarlet cherry blossoms in full bloom!
ヒヨドリ / Brown-eared Bulbul
ヒヨドリはどこでも賑やかです
Brown-eared Bulbul were lively everywhere.
ルリカケス / Lidth’s Jay
青紫と赤褐色の羽衣がきれいな奄美の固有種。鹿児島の県鳥で国の天然記念物…う〜ん、なかなかの肩書きです
An endemic species of Amami with beautiful bluish purple and reddish-brown plumage. It is the prefectural bird of Kagoshima and a national natural treasure… Quite a title!
オーストンオオアカゲラ/ Subspecies of White-backed Woodpecker
大きくて黒っぽいキツツキ。ドラミングの破壊力はなかなかのもの
A large blackish woodpecker. The destructive power of drumming is quite impressive.
シロハラ / Pale Thrush
奄美で越冬中
Wintering in Amami