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

Glossy Ibis Ashy drongo Lesser Whistling Duck Crested serpent eagle Eurasian Hoopoe

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
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ハチジョウツグミ、アカガシラサギ、カンムリワシ幼鳥

そろそろ渡ってしまうので久しぶりに越冬中のハチジョウツグミを見てきました。相変わらずの警戒心のなさでした。

アカガシラサギはここ数日で複数羽を確認しましたが、どれも警戒心が強い。この個体は比較的落ち着いて観察できました。

カンムリワシの幼鳥を田んぼで確認。 一昨日の個体 とは別のようです。

Naumann's Thrush
Naumann's Thrush

Naumann's Thrush, first-winter. With Naumann's Thrush, sex is difficult to determine.

Naumann's Thrush
Naumann's Thrush

Naumann's Thrush from behind. Throughout the winter it has not moved at all, keeping to a very small area.

Naumann's Thrush
Naumann's Thrush

A passing walker startled it and it fled up into a branch.

Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

A Chinese Pond Heron that had caught a dragonfly nymph.

Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

The Chinese Pond Heron was working its way along a paddy bund, searching for prey.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle foraging in a paddy field where rice-planting was underway.

Great Egret
Great Egret

The Great Egret was catching tiny aquatic insects. The prey was so small I could not make out what it was eating.

Categories: 野鳥