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

Crested serpent eagle Ryukyu scops owl Black-winged Cuckooshrike Pintail Snipe Pied Avocet

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

春の使者シマアジ、単独のヒシクイ

石垣島の春のカモと言えば、シマアジ。オス2羽が小さな沈砂池で休憩していました。ヒシクイは北上組とみられる個体が単独で飛来。100羽近いガン類が島の上空を渡っていった目撃情報がありましたが、そのうちの脱落組なのでしょうか。

キンクロハジロは越冬組で生殖羽に変わってきています。オナガガモのメスはなぜか1羽だけカルガモの群れとともに行動。わたるタイミングを逸しているように感じます。

Two male Garganey. Their beautiful breeding plumage gives a real sense of spring.

A small Bean Goose. Tundra Bean Goose, perhaps?

Many Tufted Ducks are wintering at the dam, but for some reason this individual is wintering in a small sedimentation pond.

A single female Northern Pintail mixed in with a flock of Eastern Spot-billed Ducks.

Categories: 野鳥