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Featuring photos of wild birds and nature, mainly from Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki Island

Glossy Ibis Pintail Snipe Asian koel Purple Swamphen Ruddy Kingfisher

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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夏羽へ

田んぼでコチドリ、ツメナガセキレイ、ムネアカタヒバリなど。それぞれ夏羽に変わりつつあります。

写真は撮れませんでしたが、例の 変わり種のキガシラセキレイ も滞在中。どんな夏羽になるのか換羽が進むのが楽しみです。

Little Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover

A Little Ringed Plover still partly in winter plumage but moulting into breeding plumage. This individual was the most advanced in the flock.

Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

A Red-throated Pipit with just a few breeding-plumage feathers beginning to show.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

In a flock of several dozen Eastern Yellow Wagtails, the state of moult varied from bird to bird.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank

A Common Greenshank showing a few breeding-plumage feathers.

Categories: 野鳥

久しぶりの夜探でリュウキュウコノハズク

暖かい夜、後日予定する鳥類研究者の案内の下見を兼ね、久しぶりに林道のリュウキュウコノハズクを見てきました。今年は気温が高く、その影響か分かりませんが、コノハズクたちはオスとメスが追いかけっこをするなど繁殖期初期のような行動を見せていました。

8個体ほど確認したうち、特に警戒心の薄い個体をじっくり観察。オスとメスの鳴き交わしやコノハズク同士のいざこざなどがありました。

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

An extremely confiding individual that has taken up residence in the park. It was catching insects drawn to the light from my torch.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

A Ryukyu Scops Owl zeroing in on insects attracted to a car's headlights.

Elegant Scops Owl
Elegant Scops Owl

An individual in the Chinese tallow tree where Scops Owl fledglings perched during the fledging season. Could it be the parent of last year's fledglings , given the territory?

Categories: 野鳥