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

Ryukyu scops owl Black-winged Cuckooshrike Black-winged kite Asian koel Schrenck's little bittern

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

リュウキュウコノハズク明日こそ巣立ちか

今夜も巣立ちしませんでした。^^; 3羽ヒナがいるようです。

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

The top one is the first chick, the bottom the second. The third shows up occasionally but hasn't come up to the top yet.

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

It brought cicada larvae about three times. It catches them as they emerge from the ground to moult.

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

This time it brought a grasshopper.

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

The mother Oriental Scops Owl. She was perched in a different spot from usual, so I thought she had fledged overnight — but not yet.

Categories: 野鳥