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

Pied Avocet Schrenck's little bittern Emerald dove Ruddy Kingfisher Purple Swamphen

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

リュウキュウアオバズク営巣中

今日は二十四節気の一つ「小満」です。沖縄では梅雨のこの時期、小満から芒種までの期間を小満芒種(スーマンボースー)といい梅雨を表します。

良さげなキャンプ場があったので、車を降りて探索してみるとアオバズクがいました。

もう1羽を探したのですが、いないようなのでメスのアオバズクが抱卵中のようです。6月半ばには巣立ちして親子で並んだ姿が見られるのでしょうか。

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

I had been searching through the woodland, and when I happened to glance the other way, a Brown Hawk-Owl was watching me from a conspicuous branch. ^^;

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

A male Brown Hawk-Owl. Unlike the Oriental Scops Owl, Brown Hawk-Owls keep watch from an exposed spot while nesting.

Categories: 野鳥