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

Emerald dove Eurasian Hoopoe Pheasant-tailed jacana Crested serpent eagle Black 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

旅鳥、冬鳥が増えています

台風後も秋の渡りは順調に続いており、大浜海岸にはチュウシャクシギが30羽以上の群れでいました。1羽はフラッグをつけていました。ニュージーランド北島で装着されたと思われる個体です。その他、ソリハシシギやムナグロ、メダイチドリなどシギチがたくさんいました。

8月13日に今季初だったツメナガセキレイもかなり増え、そこらじゅうの芝生や田んぼにいます。シマアカモズも一気に増えました。その代わり、アカショウビンは渡りが進んでいるようで今日は1羽の姿もみませんでした。

Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail

Juvenile Eastern Yellow Wagtail (leucopsis).

Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail

Adult Eastern Yellow Wagtail (leucopsis).

Whimbrel
Whimbrel / Ringed / flagged bird

A flagged Whimbrel. White on the right, metal on the left — it was banded on the North Island of New Zealand.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern

Two Black-bellied Terns were resting in the paddy field.

Categories: 野鳥

今季2羽目のカンムリワシ幼鳥

今季2羽目となるカンムリワシ幼鳥が川平にいました。キシノウエトカゲを2匹捕まえて満足げでした。^^

昨年は、ここのカンムリワシは 3羽目の確認 でした。毎年、同じような順番でどの幼鳥も同じような場所に出てきます。

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

It caught a large Kishinoue's giant skink twice, but both times it was too close and I couldn't get a clear shot past the obstacles. This photo shows the bird after failing a third attempt, looking around curiously.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

An adult Crested Serpent Eagle perched several tens of metres from the juvenile above. Whether they are parent and child is unknown.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

The usual Crested Serpent Eagle on the Dakada forest road. Today there were no Ruddy Kingfishers to be found along the road.

Categories: 野鳥