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

Daurian starling Forest Wagtail Pintail Snipe Purple Swamphen Black-winged Cuckooshrike

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

金武の田んぼの様子

数日前の金武の田んぼの様子です。ウズラシギやトウネン、ヒバリシギ、アカアシシギ、タカブシギなどがいます。ジシギは8月後半からチュウジシギが見られるようになって今月に入ってからはタシギも見られるようになってきました。

クロハラアジサシは、数羽の群れが滞在中。数が微妙に減ったり増えたりしています。入れ替わっているのかどうなのか。ハジロクロハラアジサシはいませんでした。

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

First confirmed on 27 August. This juvenile Common Snipe is my first photographed one of the season.

Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe

This is a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

I believe this is an adult Pin-tailed Snipe, but it never came out of the grass and I couldn't get confirmation. Provisionally Pin-tailed Snipe… ^^;

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Adult Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Common Redshank
Common Redshank

Adult Common Redshank. Also in the process of moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Red-necked Stint
Red-necked Stint

Adult Red-necked Stint. Moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Red-necked Stint
Red-necked Stint / Long-toed Stint

A Long-toed Stint chasing off a Red-necked Stint.

Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper, adult. Moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern

Also a Whiskered Tern. Moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Categories: 野鳥