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

Ashy drongo Black Bittern Asian koel 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

今季初のソリハシセイタカシギ

今季初めてのソリハシセイタカシギを確認しました!! ポイントに到着して双眼鏡で覗くと最初に視界に飛び込んできました。運がいいな。^^ 帰り道、もう一度寄ってみると同じ場所で一生懸命に餌探し。渡ってきて腹減ってるんだろうね。

越冬してくれるといいなー。

ほかには、コアオアシシギやアカアシシギ、ヒバリシギ、コガモなどなど。

アメリカウズラシギらしきのもいたのですが、写真を消してしまった…。ショック。^^;

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

First Pied Avocet of the season found. Spotted it on the very first look after arriving at the spot.

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

It was eating large numbers of small gastropods, aquatic insects and the like.

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

On the way back in the evening, it was still foraging in the same spot.

Categories: 野鳥

畑でバードウオッチング。ミフウズラほか

最近、ミフウズラを見る機会が多く、ミフウズラはどれぐらい生息しているのか気になって、1000m × 500m ぐらいの畑の農道を見回ってきました。双眼鏡は使わずに目視だけで探したらなんと12羽にめぐり合うことができました!! 相当数が生息しているはず。

石垣島では、なかなか見つからないミフウズラですが、沖縄本島には本当にたくさんのミフウズラがいます!! 繁殖シーズンの初夏に回れば子連れのミフウズラを見られるかもしれませんね。来年の楽しみにとっておきます。

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail

Female Barred Buttonquail. She had a male in tow behind her. As everyone knows, Barred Buttonquail are polyandrous.

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail

A male Barred Buttonquail. He was trotting off away from me, so I used my secret technique to make the bird stop and turn this way. ^^ Most species will freeze for a moment and look over, but it doesn't work a second time on the same individual. ^^;

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail

Another male Barred Buttonquail. His head feathers are in the middle of moulting.

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

Lately, Light-vented Bulbuls have often been moving around in flocks. A group of a dozen or so was feeding on grass seeds.

Osprey
Osprey

Ospreys are turning up more often too. Wintering birds may have started to arrive. During the wintering season on Okinawa Island, you can sometimes see a kettle of around ten Ospreys. ^^

Categories: 野鳥