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

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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

Shorebirds along the Coast

Stopped to check the coast on my way past and scanned for sandpipers and plovers. The tide was wrong and everything was far off. ^^;

Great Knot
Great Knot

Great Knots arrived in a small flock.

Pacific Golden Plover
Pacific Golden Plover

About a dozen Pacific Golden Plovers.

Sanderling
Sanderling

A few Sanderlings have been staying.

Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone

The most numerous is the Ruddy Turnstone.

Black-tailed Gull
Black-tailed Gull

There was a Black-tailed Gull with an injured wing. Migration looks tough for that one.

Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail

While watching the waders and plovers, a flock of around 100 Sykes's Wagtails arrived from overhead. A few (Yellow-browed) Citrine Wagtails and Red-throated Pipits were mixed in as well.

Categories: 野鳥