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

Little Whimbrel moulting from first-winter to first-summer plumage.

Adult Little Whimbrel moulting from winter to summer plumage.

When crows or people pass by, they take refuge in the sprouting sugarcane fields.

At first there was only one, but as I watched, another dropped out of the sky. ^^

Adult Little Whimbrel, seen from behind.

Little Whimbrels have been abundant in the Yaeyamas this season, even if Greater Sand Plovers were scarce. ^^

A Glossy Ibis preening.

Something startled it and it flew up.

The Glossy Ibis that had been startled into the air came back down in the same paddy.

A female Ryukyu Kingfisher. Her male partner was also in nearby brush.

A lone Oriental Pratincole. It looked tired — perhaps just arrived on migration.

A flock of Common Greenshanks. Every individual is in winter plumage.

Adult Curlew Sandpiper moulting from winter to summer plumage.

The Curlew Sandpipers were always moving around as a pair.

A Dunlin that caught a polychaete worm.

A Dunlin startled by a wave.

Aerial battle between Grey-tailed Tattlers. The adult is on the left, the juvenile on the right.

The adult (right) drives off the juvenile.

The adult appears to have won the fight over the feeding spot.

A charming Common Sandpiper. It walked over and sat down right in front of me.

Pectoral Sandpiper molting from winter to summer plumage.

Sanderling mostly in winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint mid-molt into summer plumage.

A flock of about ten Red-necked Stints feeding.

Pacific Golden Plover molting into summer plumage.

Lesser Sand Plover molting into summer plumage.

Female Kentish Plover. Molting from winter to summer plumage.

Walking through the paddies, gobbling up apple snails one after another. A great ally of the farmers. ^^

A Glossy Ibis peering out from between the rice stalks.

First Common Redshank of the season. Molting from first-winter to first-summer plumage.

Pure white Indian Peafowl. They are found in large numbers on Ishigaki Island, but are an introduced species.