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

Black Bittern Ryukyu scops owl Daurian starling Collared Kingfisher Asian koel

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

ハイイロガン5羽、ヒシクイ、オオヒシクイ

ハイイロガン5羽滞在中。オオヒシクイ、ヒシクイとともにいます。ハイイロガン5羽という群れは 2年前に沖縄本島北部 で見て以来でした。

Bean Goose
Bean Goose / Greylag Goose / Tundra Bean Goose

Five Greylag Geese with a Tundra Bean Goose (right) and a Bean Goose (third from right). The Bean Goose is of the small type, so possibly the tundra form. All adults. The individual thought to be a Lesser White-fronted Goose appears to have separated from the flock.

Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose

Two Grey-lag Geese — this was back at the end of last year when there were only the two of them.

Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose

Grey-lag Geese in the rain. They made it through the new year. I wonder how long they'll stay.

Categories: 野鳥

真っ白シロガシラ

ずいぶん白い鳥が飛んだなぁと思ったら真っ白なシロガシラでした。アルビノかと思いましたが、写真に撮って見てみると少し色素が残っているようです。最初はシロガシラ? ウグイス? セキレイ? と迷いましたが「地ビール、地ビール」の鳴き声でシロガシラと相成りました。

写真を撮っているとすぐにほかのシロガシラ10羽ほどが合流。オオムラサキシキブやカポックの熟した実を食っていました。

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

A beautiful leucistic Chinese Bulbul.

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

In the evening light it feels more lutino than albino.

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

A Chinese Bulbul in flight. Still white!!

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

Eating the berries of Callicarpa shikokiana. There's also a normal Chinese Bulbul in the lower left.

Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul

This is a normal Chinese Bulbul, eating Schefflera berries.

Categories: 野鳥