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

Asian koel Pheasant-tailed jacana Daurian starling Asian Glossy Starling Collared Kingfisher

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

ソリハシセイタカシギ、クロツラヘラサギ、カンムリワシ幼鳥など

干潟遠くにソリハシセイタカシギ。長いこと滞在中です。休耕田にはサギに混じってクロツラヘラサギ。

カンムリワシ幼鳥は成鳥に追われながら島内の農地を転々としています。夜、コノハズクの営巣地を回っていたらリュウキュウマツで寝るカンムリワシの幼鳥に出会いました。

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

A distant Pied Avocet.

Black-faced Spoonbill
Black-faced Spoonbill

A young Black-faced Spoonbill.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle on a sprinkler in a sugarcane field.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

This juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle was found while I was checking on Ryukyu Scops Owl breeding.

A Western Osprey that comes to bathe in the same paddy field almost every evening.

Categories: 野鳥