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

Javan pond heron Daurian starling Emerald dove Ryukyu scops owl Lesser Whistling Duck

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

バライロムクドリ成鳥、カタグロトビ、キマユムシクイほか

昨日の幼鳥 に続き、この日はバライロムクドリの成鳥が現れました。鳴き声が聞けたのと冠羽が見えたのが最高でした。^^

オオムシクイ、コムシクイが多い中、キマユムシクイも確認できました。

最近は珍しい鳥でもなくなった石垣島のカタグロトビ。なれた個体も増えてきました。

ムクドリも一気に数を増やし、町中でも見るようになりました。

石垣島には冬鳥としてやってくるヨシゴイが今季は個体数が多く。河川や沈砂池で多くの個体が越冬しています。

今季初確認となったツグミは昨日までいなかったのに一気に増えていました。

Rosy Starling
Rosy Starling

Rosy Starling, adult winter plumage. The crest is just visible too.

Rosy Starling
Rosy Starling

It would drop down from the power line into a Strangler Fig, but the leaves kept getting in the way, so I ended up taking shot after shot like this… ^^;

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite

Black-winged Kite, immature. Almost identical to an adult, but there were a few juvenile feathers remaining in the wing coverts.

Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler

Among the leaf warblers seen on Ishigaki-jima, Yellow-browed Warbler is the only one that can be identified without hearing its call.

Yellow Bittern
Yellow Bittern

Yellow Bittern, juvenile. Beautiful juvenile plumage lit by the afternoon sun. Stunning.

Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike

Isabelline Shrike, first-winter plumage. It had caught what appeared to be a bee.

Dusky Thrush
Dusky Thrush

The first Dusky Thrush of the season. Numbers jumped all at once.

Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher / Black-tailed Godwit

Long-billed Dowitcher and Black-tailed Godwit. They had separated, then came back together again…

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

A juvenile Common Snipe in a paddy field after the rice harvest.

Categories: 野鳥