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

There's still a little white down left. ^^

This is how they clamber out when leaving the nest.

The mother Ryukyu Scops Owl. She keeps watch over the fledged second chick from nearby. Unlike a Brown Hawk-Owl, she almost never goes right next to it.

It does have ear tufts, but compared to adults it's rounded all over. ^^