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

Ruddy Kingfisher Black-winged Cuckooshrike Emerald dove Collared Kingfisher Purple Swamphen

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

コアジサシまた受難

今年は台風の襲来もなく、コアジサシの繁殖が順調に推移すると期待していたのですが、なかなかうまくいかないものです。 6月初旬はPAC3配備でコアジサシ、シロチドリが営巣放棄 。今回は、ビーチオープン前の整備で営巣放棄してしまいました…。

コアジサシは、環境省のレッドリストで絶滅危惧 II 類に指定されているほか、日豪の二国間渡り鳥条約の「絶滅のおそれのある野生動植物の種の保存に関する法律」で国際希少野生動植物種に位置付けられているのですが、この扱いです。

Little Tern
Little Tern

A Little Tern nest abandoned after a single egg was laid.

Little Tern
Little Tern / Ringed / flagged bird

Among the flock driven off the beach, there were banded individuals.

Little Tern
Little Tern

A Little Tern catching fish at the beach.

Little Tern
Little Tern

Little Tern in summer plumage (left) and first-summer plumage.

Little Tern
Little Tern

It was a flock of about 70. I hope they find a new nesting site…

Little Tern
Little Tern

They were alarm-calling and mobbing beachgoers, but most of the nests had been crushed by heavy machinery, and no one paid the Little Terns any attention.

Categories: 野鳥