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

Pied Avocet Glossy Ibis Pheasant-tailed jacana Ruddy Kingfisher Ashy drongo

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

豊崎干潟のヘラサギ、クロツラヘラサギ

三角池のツクシガモとソリハシセイタカシギはいなくなったようです。

豊崎干潟ではヘラサギ、クロツラヘラサギが休んだり、採餌したりしていました。上空にはミサゴが舞っていました。

Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill

A Eurasian Spoonbill making bold attacks on a school of fish.

Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill

Some black feathers remain and the eye has a reddish tinge, so this is a juvenile.

Black-faced Spoonbill
Black-faced Spoonbill / Eurasian Spoonbill

A flock of Eurasian Spoonbills and Black-faced Spoonbills resting together.

Osprey
Osprey

840mm handheld with the 600mm f/4 and 1.4x extender. Light as the new 600 is, you can't hold that length for long… ^^;

Osprey
Osprey

An Osprey quartering back and forth over the Toyosaki tidal flats in search of prey.

Categories: 野鳥