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

Purple Swamphen Schrenck's little bittern Short-eared Owl Eurasian Hoopoe Forest Wagtail

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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シベリアツメナガセキレイ、タヒバリ、ムネアカタヒバリ

ツメナガセキレイ、ムネアカタヒバリ合わせて数十羽の群れの中にシベリアツメナガセキレイが1羽いました。今季はツメナガセキレイ、ムネアカタヒバリなどが少なくさみしい限りです。

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (beema), first-winter plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (taivana), first-winter plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

First-winter (Yellow) Citrine Wagtail.

Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail

First-winter Sykes's Wagtail.

Water Pipit
Water Pipit

A few Buff-bellied Pipits were mixed in.

Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

On Ishigaki and Okinawa, Red-throated Pipits are overwhelmingly more common than Buff-bellied Pipits.

Saker Falcon
Saker Falcon

While I was watching the shorebirds, a Peregrine Falcon showed up at its usual spot. It had its eye on a Eurasian Coot, but a light truck passed by and it flew off somewhere.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

First-winter Common Snipe.

Categories: 野鳥