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

Schrenck's little bittern Black-winged kite Pintail Snipe Javan pond heron Ryukyu scops owl

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

コハクチョウ飛来 アカガシラサギ越冬中

約2年ぶりにコハクチョウが飛来しました。前回は春になるまで滞在したけど、今回はいつまでいるのか。警戒心はほとんどないので、長逗留してくれるとうれしいですね。

カンムリワシの動きが繁殖期を前に活発になっています。鳴き交わす声や縄張り上空を飛翔する姿をよく目にするようになりました。

アカガシラサギは複数箇所で越冬中。草むらに入ると同化して見つけにくいです。

オオバンが11月に入り、一気に増えました。一昨年はオオノスリによく襲われていました。今季はチュウヒ、ハイイロチュウヒ、ハヤブサが滞在しているのでオオバンにとっては気の抜けない越冬になりそうです。

シギはアオアシシギやコアオアシシギ、セイタカシギ、ヒバリシギ、タシギ、タカブシギあたりが滞在中です。

今季初のオカヨシガモを確認。ダムにはキンクロハジロやヒドリガモも増えてきました。

Tundra Swan
Tundra Swan

Tundra Swan for the first time in two years. It doesn't seem particularly wary.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle perched beside a waterway, hunting for prey.

Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

The number of Chinese Pond Herons goes up and down. There were 2 that day, but 5 were recorded the following day.

Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

Chinese Pond Herons flushed by a raptor.

Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot

Common Coots suddenly increased to several dozen.

Marsh Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank moving from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank moving from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Common Snipe in wintering mode.

Gadwall
Gadwall

First Eurasian Wigeon of the season. All males in eclipse. The individual on the right is mid-transition into breeding plumage.

Japanese Cormorant
Japanese Cormorant

A Great Cormorant came running toward me along the waterway. ^^

Categories: 野鳥