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

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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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Crested Serpent Eagle, Common Kestrel and others

A quick burst of birdwatching in a spare moment. Crested Serpent Eagles are active and encounters with both adults and juveniles are frequent. Common Kestrels are wintering all over the place.

Two Black-tailed Gulls were at the fishing harbour, apparently eyeing up bait from the anglers.

Northern Lapwing flocks have appeared in various locations. The largest was over ten birds. Red-billed Starlings and Dusky Thrushes come to the compost heaps in the sugarcane fields every day.

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