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

Black-winged Cuckooshrike Black-winged kite Javan pond heron Eurasian Hoopoe Forest Wagtail

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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ツバメチドリ夏羽飛来、シマアカモズ、タイワンハクセキレイなど

今季初のツバメチドリを確認しました。雨覆に多少冬羽が残っていますが、ほとんど夏羽になり美しい個体です。芝生の広場で小さな虫を捕まえていました。ツバメチドリはこれからどんどん増えるでしょう。

ツバメチドリと同じ芝生にタイワンハクセキレイが数羽のハクセキレイと群れていました。

小さな公園には、若いシマアカモズが1羽。越冬しているシロハラやウグイスもまだ残っています。越冬組を尻目にイソヒヨドリは巣材を集めて東屋に巣を作っていました。メスが巣材を運び、オスは近くで見張り番をしたりメスの姿が見えなくなると呼び戻すかのように美しい声でさえずっていました。

Oriental Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

A Oriental Pratincole almost fully in breeding plumage.

Oriental Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

From the front. The facial markings and red gape are the charming features.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

A White Wagtail moulting from first-winter into breeding plumage, together with several White Wagtails on the same lawn as the Oriental Pratincole.

Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike

A female Isabelline Shrike. An individual with little wariness.

Pale Thrush
Pale Thrush

A female Pale Thrush moulting from first-winter into breeding plumage.

Pale Thrush
Pale Thrush

An adult male Pale Thrush.

Blue Rock Thrush
Blue Rock Thrush

A female Blue Rock Thrush bringing nest material. It was carrying twigs and dead leaves up to the ceiling of a gazebo.

Categories: 野鳥