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

Lesser Whistling Duck Daurian starling Pied Avocet Black Bittern Black-winged Cuckooshrike

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
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ヒタキ類、ムシクイ類

数日前から何度もコウライウグイスが現れているエリアで鳥探し。肝心のコウライウグイスは見つけられませんでしたが、コムシクイ、センダイムシクイ、サメビタキ、エゾビタキが多く現れました。

Grey-streaked Flycatcher
Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Grey-streaked Flycatchers moving through in numbers during the Chinese Sparrowhawk season.

Dark-sided Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher near the summit of the mountain.

Dark-sided Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher

Also Asian Brown Flycatcher. On Ishigakijima almost all of them are Grey-streaked Flycatcher, with Asian Brown and Dark-sided very rarely seen, but this year I've been finding quite a few.

Arctic Warbler
Arctic Warbler

While waiting for Black-naped Oriole, a Lesser Whitethroat appeared.

Eastern Crowned Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler

Following the Lesser Whitethroat above, an Eastern Crowned Warbler also appeared.

Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Found a female Blue-and-white Flycatcher deep in the bushes. There were about three Blue-and-white Flycatchers in total.

Ishigaki Tit
Ishigaki Tit

An Ishigaki Tit also appeared, hunting for prey.

Categories: 野鳥