A Eurasian Hoopoe was in the part of the field where compost had been spread. The colour matched the ground so well I nearly missed it… ^^;

This one was inside an agricultural greenhouse with only the crumbling frame still standing. Of all places!!

I would normally have walked past without looking, but this time I was searching quite thoroughly because I was determined to find one — and it paid off. Hoopoe number two.

The third Eurasian Hoopoe was found at Sakieda. It was on a footpath covered in dead leaves. I had hoped to photograph a hoopoe on a nice green lawn, but every background this time round was brown. ^^;

A car passed and startled it, and it flew up into a nearby Chinaberry tree.

A Eurasian Hoopoe eating a cockroach.

A Eurasian Hoopoe eating a white cockroach. Freshly moulted, perhaps?

In the field where compost was piled there was a Eurasian Hoopoe and a Grey-headed Lapwing. The lapwing seemed to be watching for a chance to steal the hoopoe's prey, but when it moved to attack, the hoopoe darted quickly into the trees. The video below shows that moment.

There were large numbers of Daurian Redstarts. It seems we hit the timing of a flock passing through Ishigaki Island.

A male Daurian Redstart. I have no idea how many Daurian Redstarts I saw in total that day. ^^;