Crested Kingfisher, ヤマセミ and Ryukyu Ashy Minivet, リュウキュウサンショウクイ

Whenever I pass this point I briefly stop to look at the river to see who's there. I sometimes see the adult birds, but they hardly ever hang around. To my surprise a young bird was perched at a branch, watching all that moved in the water below. Another one sat on a stone. So... there was a nest after all.

Crested Kingfisher, ヤマセミ

A Ryukyu Minivet, リュウキュウサンショウクイ frequently brought caterpillars to a place in the bush. A fledgling had fallen out of the nest it seemed. I could not see the baby, but heard its brothers and sisters higher up.

Below a 4cm sized Japanese Tree Frog アマガエル with a TINY INCHI WINCHI spider on its back