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

Lesser Whistling Duck Eurasian Hoopoe Ashy drongo Schrenck's little bittern Ryukyu flycatcher

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。

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant 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.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

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

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

This time it brought a grasshopper.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant 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