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

Oriental Pratincoles wheeling over the rice paddies.

Oriental Pratincoles resting in a harvested rice paddy. In full breeding plumage, of course.

I looked up and saw one had soared high into the sky — and it had caught a grasshopper. I was surprised enough that a grasshopper was flying at that height, but the eyesight of the Oriental Pratincole that spotted and caught it was equally astonishing.

A male (foreground) and female Emerald Dove were foraging on the forest road.

A female Emerald Dove. She was not particularly wary, but the light was extremely dim and the shot came out blurred… ^^;

Among the Oriental Turtle Doves in the rice paddy, a single female Ruddy-breasted Seedsnipe had joined them — wait, I mean a female Little Button-quail... Actually, a single female Ruddy-breasted Crake... Let me correct that: one female Crimson Sunbird... No — a single female Red Turtle Dove had flown in among the Oriental Turtle Doves in the paddy. The Red Turtle Dove was incredibly far away and this is about the best shot I managed… ^^;

A male Oriental Scops Owl keeping watch over the nest from a tree. Of the three nests I found this season, this one is in the easiest spot to observe.