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

Pintail Snipe Schrenck's little bittern Eurasian Hoopoe Emerald dove Ryukyu flycatcher

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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リュウキュウキビタキ、アカショウビン、ベニバトなど(動画あり)

田んぼを回っていると林縁部からリュウキュウキビタキの鳴き声。探してみるとオス個体がさえずっていました。なぜか田んぼの灌木にも移動していました。

久しぶりにバンナ公園を訪れるとリュウキュウアカショウビンに複数個体出会えました。オスが目立つので、すでに抱卵に入っているペアが多いのかもしれません。

ベニバトも1羽確認。渡ってきたばかりで疲れているのか、電線に止まったまま時折、目をつぶっていました。

夕方の田んぼではリュウキュウツミが農道におりてきょろきょろしています。観察していると茂みに逃げ込んだスズメを狙っているようでした。

Ryukyu Flycatcher
Ryukyu Flycatcher

A singing male Ryukyu Narcissus Flycatcher.

Ryukyu Flycatcher
Ryukyu Flycatcher

Same individual as above. 2cy, perhaps?

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A Ruddy Kingfisher at Banna Park, perched on one of its favourite thick Mucuna vines.

Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove

A Red Turtle-Dove looking tired.

Ryukyu Sparrowhawk
Ryukyu Sparrowhawk

A male Ryukyu Sparrowhawk targeting a Eurasian Tree Sparrow that had fled into the bushes.

Ryukyu Sparrowhawk
Ryukyu Sparrowhawk

A young individual that turns up regularly in this rice paddy, completely unafraid of people. It appears often in the mornings and evenings.

Hybrid
Hybrid

The hybrid duck that has been here since February last year. The moult seems to have progressed and there is some change in appearance. Could this be its breeding plumage?

Categories: 野鳥