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

The fifth individual this year, a juvenile. I wanted to photograph it in flight, but it seemed a bit weak — could only get about a metre off the ground and couldn't land on a branch… It walked up the mountain slope on foot and made its way up into the trees by climbing branch to branch. One to keep an eye on.

The first individual I found this year. It's always near the utaki. The utaki is off-limits, so I shot from the road.

I think this is an Oriental Scops Owl hatched this year. It didn't seem able to call properly yet — the call was strange. ^^; It was startled whenever the adult male called. ^^;

100% crop at ISO 5000, shutter speed 1/30 sec. I hear the 7D Mark II has improved high-ISO performance — it would be great if it's usable up to around ISO 5000. Wonder how it actually holds up?

The only light was an LED street lamp.

Foraging without paying the slightest attention to people jogging past.

The Daurian Redstart was catching small insects on the ground.

Harsh backlight… ^^; It was 27°C and hot today, so resting in the shade of a tree.

It was eating mulberries and catching insects on the ground. It arrived from migration not long ago, so it's quite wary.

The Dusky Thrush isn't particularly wary, but this individual was being chased by a Pale Thrush and I couldn't get a decent shot…

Heading into the grass toward its prey.

The wings were clipped at the edge of the frame, so I cropped in heavily. ^^;

A running Crested Serpent Eagle. ^^

It seemed to be searching for crabs in the mangrove forest.

The Malayan Night Heron finds earthworms in the ground with remarkable accuracy.

An Blue Rock Thrush on the same perch tree as a Grey-faced Buzzard.

The two on either side are males; the two in the middle are females.

It was relaxed, stretching and so on.

After coming ashore and preening, the female fell asleep.

Nearby was a flock of Eurasian Coots.