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

Schrenck's little bittern Ryukyu flycatcher Ruddy Kingfisher Black Bittern Iriomote Tit

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
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アオバズク親子、ツミは木陰で休憩

アオバズクは、巣立ち後3日目でやっと親子が並びました。しかし、翌日には親子共々姿が見えず。いつもなら1週間ぐらいは近くにいるのですが…。

会社の近くのツミは、昼間に見に行ったので見張りのメスしか撮れませんでした。巣立ったヒナたちは営巣木のコバテイシの葉の陰で休んでいて写真は撮れず。^^; そしてオスはやはり見つからない。寡婦で育て上げたのだろうか?

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

A Brown Hawk-Owl parent and fledgling side by side. The fledgling is on the left, the adult male on the right.

Japanese Sparrowhawk
Japanese Sparrowhawk

The Japanese Sparrowhawk female was keeping watch from her usual Ryukyu Pine. The chicks were napping in the shade of Terminalia leaves.

Near the Brown Hawk-Owl nest, a Broad-winged Mantis was attacking a Large Brown Cicada. The cicada's death cries rang out across the area.

Categories: 野鳥

真夜中のヤンバルクイナ3羽

随分低いところにヤンバルクイナが寝ていた。初列風切がほとんどないように見えるのでそれが原因か?

最初のヤンバルクイナを見つけてから立て続けに発見。50メートルおきに合わせて3羽が寝ていました。

巣立ったヒナを連れたリュウキュウオオコノハズクを確認しようと家族の餌場に出向いたのですが、空振りに終わりました。仕事を終わり、子どもを海で遊ばせ夕飯を食べさせ、洗い物をして風呂に入れて寝付かせつけてからの出発だったので現地到着が真夜中。出発が遅すぎました。^^;

Okinawa Rail
Okinawa Rail

An Okinawa Rail was roosting low to the ground. I wondered if it was injured. The primaries looked almost entirely absent.

Okinawa Rail
Okinawa Rail

This one was roosting high up in a Ryukyu Pine.

Okinawa Rail
Okinawa Rail

Today, from the first Okinawa Rail I found, there were three birds in total, spaced about 50 metres apart.

Categories: 野鳥