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

Grey Plover, juvenile. There were two of them.

A Great Cormorant landed in the distance.

First Tufted Duck of the season. Appears to be a male in eclipse plumage.

A Greater White-fronted Goose, adult, staying on its own. Plenty of food available after the rice harvest.

Northern Lapwing in a flock of nine. All were juveniles.

Black-crowned Night Heron, juvenile. An individual with little wariness.

Eastern Cattle Egret and Intermediate Egret roosting in the mangroves. Not visible in the photo, but Little Egret and Great Egret were also present.

Taiwan Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

White Wagtail, male, first-winter plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Grey Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Buff-bellied Pipit, first-winter plumage.

Buff-bellied Pipit, adult winter plumage.

Red-throated Pipit, transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Red-throated Pipit, first-winter plumage.

Brambling, adult female, winter plumage.

Eurasian Skylark, juvenile.

Eurasian Skylark (foreground) and Buff-bellied Pipit.

Two Eurasian Skylarks.

A pale-coloured Eurasian Skylark. Could it be from the continent?

Eurasian Skylark juvenile.

Tail feathers and primaries of a Eurasian Skylark.

Looking at the tail feathers like this, T4 through T6 show white. According to the references I have on hand, T4 has almost no white, so I wonder if this falls within individual variation.