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

Red-throated Pipit, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Amur Stonechat, and more

Small birds are building in number. Red-throated Pipit and Eastern Yellow Wagtail can be seen everywhere.

Red-throated Pipit

Red-throated Pipit numbers are steadily increasing.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, winter plumage. Large flocks move around in units of 100 birds.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Siberian Stonechat

A female Siberian Stonechat. Two were in the same paddy field and occasionally squabbled.

Grey-faced Buzzard

I went to check the paddy field where a dark-morph Grey-faced Buzzard that has been wintering on Ishigaki-jima for five consecutive years as of last year comes to, but it hadn't arrived yet. There was a juvenile in its place.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle eating a turtle.

Categories: 野鳥