A daily journal.
Mainly introducing wild birds of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, through photos.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Summer Plumage, Red Collared Dove, Whiskered Tern, Black-headed Gull

One Pheasant-tailed Jacana arrived. Summer records of Pheasant-tailed Jacana fall roughly between late May and the end of June.

A Red Collared Dove also turned up — numbers have been low this season. Two years ago was a banner year, with flocks of twenty-plus birds coming through, but last autumn and this season have been quiet.

The Whiskered Tern peak seems to have passed, but birds are still trickling through. An out-of-season Black-headed Gull was also noted. It appears to be a different individual from last week's bird.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Pheasant-tailed Jacana, first-summer plumage.

Eurasian Collared Dove

Crimson Dove, male. First-summer, perhaps.

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern, winter plumage. It was catching grasshoppers.

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull in a rice paddy. Second-winter plumage.

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