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

Eurasian Hoopoe Ryukyu scops owl Forest Wagtail Pheasant-tailed jacana Emerald dove

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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セジロタヒバリに数時間費やし、ベニバトを撮り忘れ

ツメナガセキレイとタヒバリ系の入り混じった30羽ほどの群れの中からセジロタヒバリらしき鳴き声が聞こえます。白黒つけてやろうと数時間粘って超警戒心の強い群れが近づいてくるのを待ちました。結局セジロタヒバリは撮れずでしたが、時間を費やしすぎて、すぐ近くのベニバト2羽を撮り忘れた。オスとメスがそれぞれ1羽ずついました。

暑さで大気が揺らぎますが、何とか識別できそうな距離に来たのでそれらしい個体を撮影。しかし、写真を確認するとほとんどムネアカタヒバリのように見える。

しかし、その中で1羽はセジロタヒバリっぽいドキッとする個体。しかし、顔つきなどムネアカタヒバリです。やはり鳴き声で探さないとセジロタヒバリなど潜行性の高い種類は探すの大変です。

昨日から増え出したジョウビタキは、さらに増えていて、あちこちで確認できた。ほかの小鳥も期待しましたが、マヒワを数羽見ただけで終わった…。

ジャワアカガシラサギはいつものところにいた。狭いエリアなのに、ほぼ毎日同じ場所にいる。よほど気に入っているのか?

Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

Harsh image due to backlight and heavy cropping. A Red-throated Pipit that looked like a Buff-bellied Pipit. Raptors were lurking around the paddies, so all the birds were extremely wary and difficult.

Daurian Redstart
Daurian Redstart

Male Daurian Redstart. Beautiful.

Daurian Redstart
Daurian Redstart

A confiding individual that even showed me its back.

Buff-bellied Pipit
Buff-bellied Pipit

A female was nearby too.

Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

Red-throated Pipit in winter plumage. There were over a dozen. The rest are juvenile Yellow Wagtails (taivana).

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Almost all the Yellow Wagtails were juvenile taivana.

Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

A male Red-throated Pipit in mid-moult, with some red still remaining on the face.

Categories: 野鳥

再撮影ベニバトといつものジャワアカガシラサギ

昨日、撮影し忘れたベニバト を撮ってきました。昨日とは打って変わって猛禽が多くて鳥が隠れがち。ベニバトもキジバトも茂みからなかなか出てきてくれません。ベニバトも昨日は2羽いたのですが、今日見つけられたのは1羽のみ。

ジャワアカガシラサギはいつもの場所にいました。ジャワアカガシラサギはこの水路ともう少し離れた草地のどちらかに必ずいます。何かに驚いて逃げた時は、ねぐらの林まで飛びますがそこは、通路から中を見ることはできない。

エゾビタキもまだ多少残っています。ハクセキレイも10月中旬に入って以来、どんどん増えてきています。

Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove

The male Pale-backed Dove (right) moulting into first-winter plumage. It is noticeably smaller than the Oriental Turtle Dove on the left. Yesterday I thought they were an adult male and adult female, but it seems it was an adult male and a juvenile. Both the Pale-backed Dove and the Oriental Turtle Dove would not come out, wary of raptors such as Japanese Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, and Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Javan Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron

Javan Pond Heron at the usual spot. Its range is narrower than when it was first found.

Javan Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron

Javan Pond Heron with an earthworm it had caught.

Javan Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron

The Javan Pond Heron is not very wary and keeps coming closer and closer.

White Wagtail
White Wagtail

Male White Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Grey-streaked Flycatcher
Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Adult Grey-streaked Flycatcher. Numbers are down, but I'm still getting encounters.

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