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

A European Greenfinch, photographed closer than the other day.

A different individual from the one above.

The European Greenfinches appeared to be picking up grass seeds while getting rained on.

Are all European Greenfinches this wary? I'd like to get a shot on a sunny day.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

White Wagtail (leucopsis), first-winter male.

White Wagtail, first-winter male.

White Wagtail (leucopsis), first-winter male.

(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, adult winter plumage.

(Yellow-browed) Eastern Yellow Wagtail, first-winter plumage.

Grey Wagtail, adult winter plumage.

Red-throated Pipits are also wintering here in good numbers.

The Eurasian Skylark is still lingering. It has already been a month since its arrival in November. Is it planning to stay through until spring?

Five Swan Geese. They are moving back and forth among several rice paddies.

Nankeen Night Heron, moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

A young Black-faced Spoonbill. This one is also coming up on nearly a month's stay.

Purple Heron, adult. Purple Herons — adults and juveniles alike — are encountered fairly often.

Two Pied Avocets. Both adult females.

Watching from close range, I could hear the sound of the bill slicing through the water — "jyak, jyak."

It had caught what looked like a small snail.

A Pied Avocet at a different location from the two above.

Common Redshank, juvenile (foreground) and adult.

Wintering Common Snipe. There were close to ten in the same paddy field.

Dunlin, adult winter plumage.

Common Greenshank, adult.

Male Pale-backed Pigeon. A little juvenile plumage remains, but mostly first-winter.

A female Pale-backed Pigeon. Moult is progressing in the same way as the male above.

A different female individual from the one above. Juvenile feathers remain in the primaries and coverts.

Ryukyu Green Pigeon moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage. The iris colour is also dull.

Dusky Thrush, first-winter plumage.