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

Common Redshank, first-summer plumage.

Long-toed Stint, late summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, first-summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, first-winter plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe, male. First-summer plumage.

Whimbrel also passing through in small numbers.

A dozen or so Grey-tailed Tattlers lingering.

Distant Red-necked Stints. About four have stayed through the summer.

Around ten Greater Sand Plovers have arrived.

Bridled Terns and Little Terns are breeding. Common Greenshanks and Grey-tailed Tattlers are on the move.

A juvenile Ryukyu Least Bittern. The feathers are ragged — moult seems to be proceeding rapidly.

A juvenile Ryukyu Least Bittern that flew past right in front of me.

I went over to where the bird above had landed, and there it was. White down still remains on the head and tertials.

A different individual. White down also still remains on the head and tertials.

A juvenile Purple Heron. Encounters will become more frequent from here on.

A juvenile Ryukyu Night Heron. On its own now, catching tadpoles or something in a shallow puddle.

Eastern Cattle Egret, transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Intermediate Egret, summer plumage.

Ryukyu Scops Owl, female.

The male, paired with the bird above. Both birds are outside the nest, so fledging appears to be imminent.

Male Brown Hawk-Owl. Three recently fledged chicks are nearby.

A singing Ruddy Kingfisher. Most pairs have finished raising their young, but three pairs are still incubating.

A Ruddy Kingfisher looking ragged as its moult progresses and feathers fall out.