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

Chinese Pond Heron, juvenile. Moult is progressing.

Malayan Night Heron, juvenile. Around the face and on part of the wing coverts it is beginning to acquire adult plumage.

The crest of this Malayan Night Heron juvenile has a heart-shaped mark. ^^

A family of Bean Geese. The two birds on the left and right are adults; the two in the middle are juveniles.

Bean Geese gleaning fallen grain. The one on the left is an adult; the rest are juveniles.

Eurasian Teal, adult female (foreground) and juvenile.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Taiwanese form), first-winter plumage.

Well, here's a White Wagtail that looks a bit odd. First-winter plumage.

Same individual as above. A type that looks like the Taiwanese form of Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

The white uppertail coverts are intriguing. What could it be?

An ordinary White Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Red-throated Pipit, first-winter plumage.

Male Crimson Dove moulting into first-winter plumage.

Adult Crimson Dove. Still retaining much of the breeding plumage.

Male Black-winged Kite.

Female Black-winged Kite.

Female juvenile Common Kestrel.