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

Pheasant-tailed jacana Pintail Snipe Javan pond heron Purple Swamphen Daurian starling

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

アカショウビン、キンバト、カタグロトビなど(動画あり)

毎日、雨が続く石垣島です。今月は雨の降らない日はほとんどなく、日照時間も例年の40%以下な異常事態となっています。

雨が小降りになった隙をついて少しだけ鳥見。

アカショウビンは抱卵に入っているペアがほとんどとなっているようです。

カタグロトビは同じサトウキビ畑に3羽。昨年生まれの若い個体は比較的近くで観察できました。

キンバトは新居近くで毎日、オス個体が現れます。雨が降ると電線や枯れ木にチュウダイズアカアオバトがたくさん並びます。

石垣島で当たり年なハジロクロハラアジサシはクロハラアジサシの群れに1羽。牧草地でバッタを捕まえています。

海岸のシギ、チドリも渡りが終わり寂しい限りですが、メダイチドリやキョウジョシギなどが少し滞在中です。

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A male Ruddy Kingfisher. This is the individual I see every day on my commute. It's along a busy prefectural road, so I worry about it being hit by traffic.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A Ruddy Kingfisher in the scrubby woodland adjoining my new home. The moment it coughed up a pellet.

Emerald Dove
Emerald Dove

Also seen every day near the new house — a Emerald Dove. A male.

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite

A young Black-winged Kite. Some juvenile feathers remain.

Ryukyu Green Pigeon
Ryukyu Green Pigeon

A Whistling Green Pigeon perched on a dead tree. They tend to appear on dead trees and power lines when it rains.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

A White-winged Tern in summer plumage flying around a pasture.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

It was wheeling sharply to snatch grasshoppers and other prey.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

This season I lost count of how many White-winged Terns I photographed — that many individuals were seen.

Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone / Lesser Sand Plover

Oriental Plover and Ruddy Turnstone. The spring migration is over and the coast has gone quiet, but the autumn migration will begin in July.

Categories: 野鳥