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