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

Female juvenile Ferruginous Duck.

Male Eurasian Wigeon in breeding plumage.

Male Gadwall in breeding plumage and female in non-breeding plumage.

Female Northern Shoveler in non-breeding plumage.

Same individual as above. It gave me a nice view of its beautiful wing coverts.

Eurasian Curlew, first-winter plumage.

Four Eurasian Curlews arrived. All were juveniles.

The dark-morph Gray-faced Buzzard, now in its fourth year. No matter how many times I see a dark morph, it looks magnificent.

The Gray-faced Buzzard's front-facing expression is adorable. ^^

Crested Serpent Eagle juvenile. It didn't seem to be catching much prey.

Common Kestrel, male, first-winter plumage.

Peregrine Falcon juvenile. It was at the Black-winged Kite nesting site near my home. The Black-winged Kites that should have been breeding were nowhere to be seen.

A Eurasian Hoopoe resting on a branch. It was completely relaxed and stayed like that for a long time.

This is how it looked at first. Perhaps it had just arrived on migration — it would occasionally close its eyes and doze off. It seemed tired.

A Malayan Night Heron busy foraging at the forest edge. A beautiful individual.

On Ishigaki Island, White-browed Wagtails may actually outnumber White Wagtails. They certainly catch the eye.

More Daurian Redstarts overwintering this season than usual.