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

Javan pond heron Eurasian Hoopoe Short-eared Owl Crested serpent eagle Ryukyu flycatcher

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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今季初のキセキレイ

今季初のキセキレイを2カ所で1羽ずつ確認。秋の渡りもここから加速していきます。

シギとチドリは、タカブシギ、アオアシシギ、コアオアシシギ、トウネン、タヒバリ、セイタカシギあたりが日替わりで入っていますが、数はまだまだ少なめです。

カンムリワシは子育てが終わった成鳥がちょこちょこ出るようになってきました。

Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail

A Grey Wagtail that caught a small insect. The yellow on the undertail-coverts is vivid — first-summer plumage, perhaps.

Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail

The first Grey Wagtail of the season arrived right after the typhoon.

Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

Waders seem to be turning over day by day. Wood Sandpiper is the most numerous.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle that has finished breeding. A juvenile is also showing up nearby.

Categories: 野鳥

ムラサキサギ子育て中

師匠に教えてもらったムラサキサギの営巣を見てきました。ムラサキサギの繁殖の詳細な記録はほとんどなく、貴重なものを見せてもらいました。

台風9号の影響が心配でしたが、無事にやり過ごしたようです。あと7週間程度で巣立ちでしょうか。

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

The flight feathers and other wing feathers still have a lot of growing to do.

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

When a crow passed over the nest, it struck a threat pose.

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

The other chick.

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

It was so hot that it kept its bill slightly open the whole time.

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

Purple Heron siblings. They were moving along the branches near the nest.

Purple Heron
Purple Heron

A Purple Heron chick regurgitating a pellet.

Categories: 野鳥