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

Black Bittern Pied Avocet Black-winged kite Schrenck's little bittern Asian koel

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

タカサゴモズ、ヤツガシラ、カンムリワシ幼鳥、メボソムシクイなど

沖縄本島からの友人と石垣島内を巡りバードウオッチング。

行方不明になっていたタカサゴモズを再発見。獲物を求めて広い範囲を飛び回っていました。スポッターさんに場所をお知らせ済みなので、タカサゴモズを見たい方はお問い合わせください。^^

ヤツガシラもまだまだ滞在中。警戒心もなく撮り放題の個体です。

カンムリワシの幼鳥は、田んぼでオオヒキガエルを捕まえていた。

石垣島など八重山ではコムシクイとメボソムシクイが少数越冬しています。ズグロミゾゴイを撮影していると「ジッ、ジッ」とメボソムシクイの地鳴きが聞こえてきました。双眼鏡で声の方角を探してみるとメボソムシクイを発見。ちょこまか動き回りますが、なんとか写真に収めることもできました。^^

ジョウビタキはなぜかヤツガシラの砂浴びを見学。小さな虫が飛び出すのでも狙っているのか?

ズグロミゾゴイは県道沿いを呑気に歩いていました。交通事故に遭わないか心配です。

友人は、トラツグミやハチジョウツグミ 、アカハラ、シロハラ、美しいシマアカモズのオス、カモやシギ、チドリなどもバッチリ撮影できて「石垣島は鳥だらけだ!!」と大変喜んでくれているようでした。

ほかにもアオシギとブラックサシバが昨年から引き続き滞在中です。^^

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike

Rediscovered the Long-tailed Shrike that had gone missing. ^^

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

A Eurasian Hoopoe dust-bathing.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

Dust-bathing seems to be a moment of pure bliss for the Hoopoe.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

Even between bouts of dust-bathing, the ever-hungry Hoopoe was plunging its long bill into the ground and catching cockroaches.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

It tossed the prey into the air and swallowed it whole.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle that caught a Cane Toad. An individual with dark eyes.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

With a tractor working nearby approaching, the juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle gripped the frog in its talons and flew off.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

It landed just a short distance from where it had been.

Japanese Leaf Warbler
Japanese Leaf Warbler

A wintering Japanese Leaf Warbler. I could identify it because I heard it call.

Japanese Leaf Warbler
Japanese Leaf Warbler

The Japanese Leaf Warbler moves quickly, so I only managed to get a few shots.

Malayan Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron

A Malayan Night Heron walking along the footpath.

Daurian Redstart
Daurian Redstart

A wintering Daurian Redstart. The numbers of wintering Daurian Redstarts and thrushes can vary considerably from year to year, but this season there are quite a few. Scaly Thrushes are numerous too.

Categories: 野鳥