In a rice field near the Pied Avocet, a Red Turtle-Dove was gleaning fallen grain among Oriental Turtle-Doves. In the Yaeyamas, whenever you find a flock of Oriental Turtle-Doves, you always have to check for Red Turtle-Doves!!

There were two Pied Avocets. In separate fields.

When I lived on Ishigaki-jima, Purple Herons could be found any time, so I rarely bothered to photograph them. On the Okinawa mainland, however, they are very scarce, so I got a shot of an adult first.

Then I also got a juvenile Purple Heron.

A juvenile Malayan Night Heron foraging in the rain.

At Hirakubo, a soaking-wet juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle.

Isabelline Shrikes are also scarce on the Okinawa mainland.

Perhaps because of the strong winds in the morning, Black-headed Gulls were spending time with Eastern Cattle Egrets in the rice fields.

White-breasted Waterhen — I never see them at all on the Okinawa mainland, but there are plenty on Ishigaki-jima.

In a rice field, a Crested Serpent Eagle was eating a small turtle.