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

Black-winged kite Asian Glossy Starling Eurasian Hoopoe Daurian starling Black Bittern

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

オウチュウ、アカショウビン、アカアシシギ(動画あり)

今季もゴールデンウイークに合わせてオウチュウがやって来ました。石垣島の春は、たいていこの時季に飛来します。枝先に止まり、トンボやアブを見つけると空中で捕まえていました。

アカショウビンやカンムリワシ、アカガシラサギなども観察しました。

Black Drongo
Black Drongo

A Black Drongo perched at the tip of a thin branch, waiting for prey.

Black Drongo
Black Drongo

After catching a dragonfly, it returned to the same branch and swallowed it there.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A Ruddy Kingfisher that spotted something on the ground. It was an unwary individual and hunted several times right in front of me.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle hatched last year, in the process of moulting from juvenile to adult plumage.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle / Ringed / flagged bird

"Micchan," wearing a metal band on the left leg, waiting in ambush for prey in a field.

Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

Reef Herons in breeding plumage were encountered in rice paddies here and there. Quite a few seem to have come in.

Categories: 野鳥