February on Amami Ōshima is a little early in the season for observing endemic species, and at the Amami Nature Observation Forest—which I visit regularly—there were still few birdsong to be heard. It was just the time when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and I could see small, deep pink cherry blossoms—slightly different from those on Honshū—here and there. A Varied Tit with an unusually long beak, a rather odd-looking specimen, was visiting the cherry blossoms.
The breeding season for resident birds had already begun, and I was able to observe the nests of Lidth’s Jay and Ryukyu Green-pigeon.
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| Lidth's Jay |
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| Lidth's Jay |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Varied Tit |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Ryukyu Green-pigeon |
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| Amami Woodpecker |
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| Amami Woodpecker |
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| Amami Woodpecker |
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| Amami Woodpecker |
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| Ryukyu Robin |
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| Ryukyu Robin |
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| Lidth's Jay |
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| Ryukyu Scops-owl |
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| Ryukyu Scops-owl |
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| Ryukyu Scops-owl |
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