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

The second chick of the Japanese Sparrowhawk. It was moving back and forth between the nest tree, a Sea Almond, and a nearby Ryukyu Pine.

The first chick. Growth is nearly the same as the second chick, but noticeably bolder in its movements.

First chick (right) and second chick.

Resting in the Sea Almond, perhaps to shelter from the rain.

There are large numbers of Large Brown Cicadas around, but it doesn't seem very interested. Before long it will start tracking moving things with its eyes and pouncing on leaves as if they were prey.

The only-child Brown Hawk-Owl made it through the typhoon and fledged safely. Hope it grows into a fine adult.

The parent birds were side by side keeping watch over the fledgling. Left is the female, right is the male Brown Hawk-Owl. You can just about tell the difference between the sexes. ^^

It was perched beside a walkway where people were passing in the rain with umbrellas and raincoats. Maybe it's not so frightened because it's been watching walkers go by since its time in the nest.

It was raining and very dark, but a modern lens at 400mm can still freeze the shot at something like 1/13 of a second.