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

First Wood Sandpiper of the season. Summer plumage.

Also summer plumage.

Wood Sandpiper, summer plumage.

Black-winged Stilt, female, summer plumage.

Black-winged Stilt, male, summer plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe, female (left) and male.

Greater Painted-snipe, female, first-summer plumage.

Little Ringed Plover may also have been a first for the season. I've been busy lately and may have missed some records.

Ryukyu Little Bittern, male. Singing. It was moving between several spots within the area and singing at each one.

Breeding colour has come in.

The reef where Black-naped Terns form a colony every year. It is high tide, so the sea level is up.

An Osprey summering on the reef in the background.

A fledgling Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a rock.

The forest interior is dark — the light in this photo is about what it actually looks like. Without the call, finding one would be impossible.

A female Japanese Paradise Flycatcher putting effort into nest building.

Hoya blooming.