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

Pied Avocet Daurian starling Pintail Snipe Ashy drongo Ryukyu scops owl

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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カンムリワシ、チョウゲンボウほか

隙間時間に鳥見。カンムリワシは活発で成鳥、幼鳥とも出会いは多いです。チョウゲンボウもあちこちで越冬中。

漁港にはウミネコが2羽いました。釣り人のエサを狙っているようでした。

タゲリの群れがあちこちに入りました。一番大きな群れは十数羽。サトウキビ畑の堆肥には毎日、ギンムクドリやツグミがやってきます。

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle eating a habu.

Common Kestrel
Common Kestrel

The familiar Common Kestrel.

Black-tailed Gull
Black-tailed Gull

Black-tailed Gulls at the fishing port. First-summer (left) and adult summer plumage. Black-tailed Gulls moult as fast as Kentish Plovers, don't they.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

A Common Snipe in the grass. Someone was calling it a Swinhoe's Snipe, but it's a Common Snipe.

Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing

Northern Lapwing, male. Moulting into first-summer plumage.

Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing

Northern Lapwing, female. Also transitioning into first-summer plumage.

White-shouldered Starling
White-shouldered Starling

Rosy Starling on cattle dung. It has made this a favourite feeding spot and turns up almost every day.

Dusky Thrush
Dusky Thrush

Dusky Thrush, first-winter plumage.

Categories: 野鳥