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

Pintail Snipe Daurian starling Black Bittern Schrenck's little bittern Black-winged Cuckooshrike

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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Common Hoopoe Appears on Christmas (video)

I went back to see the Common Hoopoe I had found while working the day before, and it was still there. It is in a residential estate, but the bird is so unwary that it may well decide to stay.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

A Eurasian Hoopoe foraging at the base of a tree planted inside a housing complex.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe

When residents passed by it fled up into the tree, but after a while it came back down and resumed its hearty feeding.

Categories: 野鳥