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

An adult female Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. This individual had been sitting on eggs for a long time, but they appear to have been infertile and no chicks hatched in the end.

An adult female Ruddy Kingfisher. I encountered three juveniles, but all were very wary and I couldn't get a decent photo of any of them… ^^;

It has been about a month since fledging, but there was still down remaining on the crown.

A juvenile Long-toed Stint.

A Black-winged Stilt moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

A juvenile Lesser Sand Plover.

A juvenile Wood Sandpiper in juvenile plumage.

A Common Redshank moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Marsh Sandpiper, almost fully in winter plumage.

Wood Sandpiper transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Common Greenshank transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Black-winged Stilt, adult male.

Common Sandpiper, late summer plumage.

Apparently involved in some kind of accident — the right leg is missing from mid-point down. Wood Sandpiper, late summer plumage.

Sanderling transitioning from summer to winter plumage. A shame we can't see that beautiful winter plumage on Ishigaki, as they don't overwinter here.

Ruddy Turnstone, adult male. Late summer plumage.

Ruddy Turnstone, female. Transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler preening after bathing. Transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Terek Sandpiper, both individuals in late summer plumage.

Red-necked Stint, Terek Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, and Kentish Plover taking a midday rest.

Greater Sand Plover in winter plumage.

One Intermediate Egret among a flock of Little Egrets.

Ruddy Kingfisher, adult. They can still be seen until around the end of September, but numbers are steadily dropping.

Crested Serpent Eagle, female. She was drying her feathers after the rain.

Purple Heron, adult. Several recently fledged juveniles were also observed.