Protecting Japanese white-eye chicks with a parasol “Feeling like a bird parent” Chatan’s Mr. Yonaha, looking forward to baby birds fledging

Protecting Japanese white-eye chicks with a parasol “Feeling like a bird parent” Chatan’s Mr. Yonaha, looking forward to baby birds fledging

The Japanese white-eye who has returned to the nest with food for the babies (May 28, Chatan, Chatan Town)


May 29, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

Chatan – A Japanese white-eye built its nest in Zenkei Yonaha’s satsuma orange tree in Chatan, Chatan Town. Three baby birds had hatched by May 27. Yonaha uses a parasol or branches to cover and protect the nest while the parents are off searching for food. “I worry about the nest every day because of the heavy rain during rainy season,” he says, sounding like a parent bird himself.

According to Yonaha, the nest was completed in early May. Peeking into the nest revealed three eggs. The eggs hatched on May 23, 24, and 27th, one egg each day. Occasionally, the peep-peep of the chicks’ songs can be heard from the nest.

With the tree’s lush foliage, it can be difficult to see what is going on in the nest. Yonaha tries to create a safe environment for the baby birds when the parents are away, for example by securing branches that seem likely to snap. Yonaha says, “Once in a while you can see the chicks. They’re very cute. I want them to grow up safely.” He is looking forward to seeing the baby birds leave the nest.

 

Zenkei Yonaha smiles as he watches over the Japanese white-eye chicks in the nest built in the satsuma orange tree in his garden (May 28, Chatan, Chatan Town)

(English translation by T&CT and Ellen Huntley)

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