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

The second Siberian Wagtail of the season. Last month's bird was in winter plumage, but this one was in breeding plumage.

Citrine Wagtail in breeding plumage.

(Yellow-browed) Wagtail in breeding plumage.

Curlew Sandpiper in breeding plumage. Beautiful frosted patterning.

Curlew Sandpiper retaining a little winter plumage.

Curlew Sandpiper retaining much of its winter plumage.

Dunlin in winter plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe, female in summer plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe, male in summer plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe female (foreground) and male. They appeared to have paired up.

Always a pleasure to find a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in spring.

Three Sharp-tailed Sandpipers in all.

The third Little Stint of the season.

Hoping for a Little Stint in full summer plumage to turn up.

A Temminck's Stint slow to moult, still in winter plumage.

This one appeared to have injured its left leg.

Long-toed Stint moulting from winter to summer plumage.

Marsh Sandpiper in summer plumage. I think this grey-toned summer plumage is the most beautiful of the lot.

Greenshank showing a little summer plumage coming through.

Pectoral Sandpipers confirmed in numbers running into the dozens. This individual was flagged, but I couldn't read the code….

The moult stages of Pacific Golden Plovers were richly varied as well.

Pin-tailed Snipe having a stretch.

I thought this was the same individual as above, but it seems they had swapped at some point. Also a Pin-tailed Snipe. It was foraging in the grass along a paddy bund.

Another Pin-tailed Snipe. It was threatened by a White-breasted Waterhen and came out into the open briefly, but quickly retreated back into the grass.

This Common Snipe had a swollen joint.

Purple Heron with a little winter plumage still remaining."

A Javan Pond Heron in full breeding plumage.