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

Purple Swamphen Javan pond heron Iriomote Tit Collared Kingfisher Pheasant-tailed jacana

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

タカサゴモズ、カンムリワシ幼鳥、カタグロトビほか

知人が石垣島に鳥見に来るので下見。

タカサゴモズ、カンムリワシ幼鳥、カタグロトビ、ヤツガシラ、ハチジョウツグミ 、アオシギ、暗色型サシバ、キガシラセキレイ、シマアカモズ、ズグロミゾゴイ、ムラサキサギ、ツクシガモ、コノハズクなど確認。

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike

The beautiful Long-tailed Shrike is wintering successfully.

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike

It was perching in the windbreaks around the fields and on the sprinklers, hunting for prey.

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike

The beautiful back of a Long-tailed Shrike.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle was in a paddy field being prepared for planting.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle in a paddy field in the same area as the bird above. They seemed to have no interest in each other.

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite

These days Black-winged Kites can be seen in paddies and fields all over Ishigaki Island come morning and evening.

Ruddy Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck

A Common Shelduck that has been staying since last year. It was resting with Eurasian Wigeons and Northern Shovelers.

Categories: 野鳥