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

Iriomote Tit Crested serpent eagle Ryukyu flycatcher Forest Wagtail 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

今季初のマミジロツメナガセキレイ、ハリオシギ

キセキレイから遅れること約2週間でマミジロツメナガセキレイを初確認しました。一夜にしてまとまった数が渡ってきたようです。

ハリオシギとチュウジシギも順調に渡っているようで、全てではありませんが識別できる個体を見ていてもメンバーは入れ替わっているようです。

イソシギも幼鳥が増え出しました。

Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail

First Eastern Yellow Wagtail of the season — adult. The juveniles come later.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

Juvenile Pin-tailed Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe

Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe

Juvenile Swinhoe's Snipe.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

I'd been waiting for this one to come out, thinking it might be a Pin-tailed Snipe, but it was too wary and never showed itself... ^^;

Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper

Juvenile Common Sandpiper. Might have been my first juvenile of the season?

Categories: 野鳥