A daily record.
Featuring photos of wild birds and nature, mainly from Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki Island

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GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR

Go where the birds are. The SHIMASOBA Tour launches.

We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.

Max. 3 guests 4 hours in the morning Beginners welcome
Check availability and book

2ペアのリュウキュウアカショウビン(動画あり)

小雨の中、アカショウビンは元気にえさ取り、求愛給餌をしていました。^^

抱卵に入るペアが増えているようで、だんだん観察がしづらくなっています。

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

When it rains the colours of the trees become vivid.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

The two were together, never quite close but never far apart.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

There seems to be plenty of prey up in the trees — it kept looking upward.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A male Ruddy Kingfisher. The pair from above.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

I thought this female had started incubating, but there she was. What's going on?

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

After a good fill of Ruddy Kingfishers I spotted this one on my way to see the fireflies. It was 19:00, too dark to get the shutter speed up. This pair will probably still be doing courtship feeding for a while. ^^

Categories: 野鳥