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

Lesser Whistling Duck Asian koel Ryukyu flycatcher Collared Kingfisher Eurasian Hoopoe

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

タシギだらけでした

きょうは、7個体ほどジシギを撮影できました。一旦は、全く見なくなったチュウジシギが確認できたと思ったけどマスターの指摘によるとタシギのようだ…。^^; ジシギ識別の道のりはまだまだ長い。

こんなに綺麗にチュウジシギっていなくなっちゃうのね。今まで、漫然とジシギを見てたらか気付かなかった。

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Common Snipe. This individual always looks like a Swinhoe's Snipe to me.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Also Common Snipe. This type I wouldn't mistake.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Also Common Snipe.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Upper left and centre are Common Snipe; the one on the right is unidentified.

Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe

Looks like a Swinhoe's Snipe to me.

Categories: 野鳥

まだいたアメリカウズラシギ

先日のアメリカウズラシギ2羽 のうちの1羽はまだ滞在していました。

換羽の状態から先日と同じ個体と思われますが、もしかしたら新たに入った可能性もあります。目立つ特徴があれば、そのあたりも分かるのですが…。

レンタカーのバードウォッチャーがいたので教えてあげようとしたけど、探すペースの早い人で、私がアメリカウズラシギの写真を撮ってる間に、どんどん移動して追いつけなかった…。^^;

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, juvenile.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Mixed in with a flock of Wood Sandpipers, it didn't stand out. Nearly missed it. ^^;

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

It has prey pinched at the tip of its bill. It was plunging its bill into the mud at the bottom of the water and eating what looked like small tubifex worms or bloodworms.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

When Long-toed Stints or Wood Sandpipers came close, it drove them away.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

A textbook Buff-breasted Sandpiper. ^^

Categories: 野鳥