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

Purple Swamphen Eurasian Hoopoe Ashy drongo Pintail Snipe Glossy Ibis

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

ハジロクロハラアジサシ、ツバメチドリなど

田んぼにハジロクロハラアジサシが飛来していました。畔にはツバメチドリやクロハラアジサシ、ムナグロなど。

ハジロクロハラアジサシはあまりほとんど地上には降りずに田んぼの上を飛び回りながら昆虫を捕食していました。

ツバメチドリは12羽が飛来。こちらは田んぼや畔などでゆっくり休んでいるようでした。

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

White-winged Tern, juvenile. It has its bill open — must be the heat.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

The colour of the hindcrown and back of a White-winged Tern.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

It took flight in search of prey.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

White-winged Tern in flight. It was airborne and circling for most of the time.

Oriental Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole, juvenile.

Oriental Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole, adult, non-breeding plumage.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern / Oriental Pratincole / Pacific Golden Plover

Oriental Pratincoles, a Black Tern, and Pacific Golden Plovers resting on a paddy bund.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern

Black Tern, juvenile. To the right of the juvenile is the carcass of an adult Black Tern.

Categories: 野鳥

ソリハシセイタカシギ、オグロシギ、コアオアシシギなど

今季初のソリハシセイタカシギを確認しました。セイタカシギの群れと一緒に行動していました。一度は農作業の車がドアを閉める音に驚いていなくなりましたが、再び戻ってきました。

今季3羽目のオグロシギや増えてきたキアシシギ幼鳥、アカアシシギ、ウズラシギ、ハマシギ、コアオアシシギなどものんびり過ごしていました。田んぼでは、シギとチドリの入れ替わりが激しく、個体数も日によって増減がありますが、そこそこの種類がそこそこの数で見られます。

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet, female. Possibly first-winter plumage.

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

The Pied Avocet was associating with the Black-winged Stilts.

Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit, female. Transitioning from breeding to non-breeding plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler
Grey-tailed Tattler

Grey-tailed Tattler moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Marsh Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank in winter plumage.

Common Redshank
Common Redshank / Swinhoe's Snipe

Swinhoe's Snipe (foreground) and Common Redshank.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper, adult. Moulting from summer to winter plumage.

Dunlin
Dunlin

Dunlin moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Categories: 野鳥