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

Forest Wagtail Crested serpent eagle Ruddy Kingfisher Asian Glossy Starling Pintail Snipe

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

海岸林でアカショウビンとアオバズク

海岸林でリュウキュウアカショウビンとリュウキュウアオバズクが営巣準備に入っていました。

アカショウビンは、求愛給餌をしたり朽ち木に巣穴を掘ったりしていました。アオバズクはカップルで同じ枝に仲良く止まっていた。おそらくこの2羽が止まっている正面にあった樹洞を巣にすると決めているのでしょう。

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

Ryukyu Kingfisher, male.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

It coughed up a pellet. It contained beetle elytra and the like.

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

A Brown Hawk-Owl pair preparing to nest. The male is on the right, the female on the left. They appear to have been roosting together for about ten days already.

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

With this Brown Hawk-Owl pair, the male seemed to be the calmer of the two.

Categories: 野鳥

コノハズク、アオバズク恋の季節

リュウキュウコノハズクたちにも恋の季節がやってきたようであちこちで、カップルになろうとさえずりが聞こえます。姿を見せてくれた個体は全てオスでした。鳴き声はオスもメスも数え切れないぐらい聞こえてきます。やっぱり八重山のコノハズクの生息密度は濃い!!

リュウキュウアオバズクは、すでにペアになっているものやまだ1羽で狩りに精を出す個体などいろいろいます。

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

A Ryukyu Scops Owl, male. It was calling persistently, trying to attract a female.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

Also a male. It was singing from inside a solitary tree in a car park. Nearby, several other males were also calling through the dark, competing for females.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

This one wasn't singing, but presumed to be a male Ryukyu Scops Owl.

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

A pair of Brown Hawk-Owls. Male on the left, female on the right.

Categories: 植物