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

Daurian starling Short-eared Owl Crested serpent eagle Eurasian Hoopoe Javan pond heron

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

セジロタヒバリ飛来!! クイナ、ハシビロガモ到着 ジャワアカガシラサギ長逗留

今季もセジロタヒバリが複数、飛来しました。 昨年はムネアカタヒバリの群れの中に2羽を確認 。今回は頭上を飛ぶ鳴き声でセジロタヒバリの存在に気づき、5羽の群れが田んぼに降りたところを探索したところ2羽の姿を確認することができました。^^

セジロタヒバリを探しているとクイナも登場。警戒心が強く短時間の邂逅でしたがうれしいですね。

カモは数、種類とも増えつつあり、この日はハシビロガモを今季初確認しました。カモたちがやって来るころになるとジシギはハリオシギ、チュウジシギとも渡去してしまい、タシギだけがたくさん残っています。

7月下旬に飛来したジャワアカガシラサギはまだ滞在していました。多いときは3羽いましたが、今は1羽だけのようです。越冬モードなので来年2月ごろまでは滞在すると思います。

このほか、アオジとヨシゴイを確認。ソリハシセイタカシギは、友人の勤める施設の敷地内に入ったそうです。

Buff-bellied Pipit
Buff-bellied Pipit

Paddyfield Pipit seen again this season.

Buff-bellied Pipit
Buff-bellied Pipit

The Paddyfield Pipit, the most beautiful of the Anthus pipits, stands out well even from a distance.

Buff-bellied Pipit
Buff-bellied Pipit

The temperature was not high, but it was panting — apparently having just arrived.

Brown-cheeked Rail
Brown-cheeked Rail

While searching for Paddyfield Pipit, a crake appeared. The encounter lasted only a moment. ^^;

Javan Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron

A Javan Pond Heron that has been present for three months. It will likely stay on through the winter.

Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler

A juvenile female Northern Shoveler.

Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler

A juvenile male Northern Shoveler.

Eurasian Teal
Eurasian Teal

Common Teal are now being seen regularly in paddies and settling ponds.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

A Common Snipe in the undergrowth. All the snipe I found that day were Common Snipe, but with the rice and grass growing tall they are hard to pick out.

Categories: 魚類