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

Found a Pin-tailed Snipe juvenile among the many Swinhoe's Snipe.

Same individual as above. It was foraging on the slope of a paddy bund.

I was watching a Pin-tailed Snipe when a male Greater Painted-snipe came charging in.

Thanks to the Greater Painted-snipe, I got a shot of the tail feathers. Pin-tailed Snipe has the most tail feathers of any bird.

An adult male Greater Painted-snipe, looking proud after driving off the Pin-tailed Snipe.

A Pin-tailed Snipe showing off its trademark needle-like tail feathers to intimidate a Black-winged Stilt. This one is also a juvenile.

Pin-tailed Snipe (right) and Swinhoe's Snipe — the same individual as above — both showing their tail feathers at the same time. Seeing two together like this is really quite rare.

The third Pin-tailed Snipe of the day. Also a juvenile. It barely came out of the grass, so this was the best I could do. ^^;

First Common Snipe of the season. It was a juvenile.

A typical juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.

Also a juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe, but not the typical type.

Same individual as above.

This one is a typical juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.

Same individual as above. An easygoing bird that didn't flinch even when a farmer walked right past it.

A Javan Pond Heron that caught two tadpoles.

A different individual from the one above. This one was also eating tadpoles.

The Chinese Pond Heron was walking along a paddy bund catching what appeared to be grasshoppers.

First Ruff of the season, a juvenile. Judging by the size, probably a female.

Most of the Long-toed Stints present this season are juveniles, though there are a few adults as well.

Black-winged Stilt, first-winter plumage.

Wood Sandpiper, late first-summer plumage.

An Eastern Spot-billed Duck whose bill doesn't close properly — perhaps it had some kind of accident. It did seem to be managing to feed.