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

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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

ニシオジロビタキとジョウビタキ、シロハラ、部分白化のスズメ

仕事の移動中に小さな公園でコーヒーを飲んで休憩していると何やら見慣れないヒタキ。

コサメビタキやエゾビタキの季節はとっくに終わっているし、飛び方も違う。常に持参している双眼鏡でのぞいてみるとオジロビタキかニシオジロビタキ? しかし、しっかり見たことは今までなく自信がない。コサメビタキの渡りが遅い個体か?

こんな時はツイッターです。カメラの画面を撮影し、投稿してみると詳しい4人の方から「ニシオジロビタキっぽい」との反応がありました。しかし、しっかりした写真を撮ろうにもシロハラがそのニシオジロビタキらしき小鳥を追い回してどんどん逃げる。しまいには藪に逃げ込んでしまいそれ以降、現れることはありませんでした…。^^;

しかし、気になりますので近いうちに探しに行って証拠を撮ってきたいと思います。

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher

Provisionally Taiga Flycatcher.

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher

Judging by the uppertail coverts and tail feathers, it does look like a Taiga Flycatcher.

Pale Thrush
Pale Thrush

The Pale Thrush seemed to take a dislike to the Taiga Flycatcher and kept chasing it off. It doesn't bother the Daurian Redstart or the Japanese Bush Warbler, yet for some reason it only attacks the Taiga Flycatcher. As a result I couldn't get a decent shot of the Taiga Flycatcher… ^^;

Daurian Redstart
Daurian Redstart

There was also a female Daurian Redstart. The third individual this season.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

A partially leucistic Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Sand-bathing after a water bath. Doesn't it get covered in sand?

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

It was eating Eulalia grass seeds.

Categories: 野鳥