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

Purple Swamphen Black-winged Cuckooshrike Black-winged kite Ryukyu flycatcher Ryukyu scops owl

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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Pied Avocet, Oriental Pratincole, Northern Lapwing, Black-faced Spoonbill and others

Autumn migration on Ishigaki Island is winding down, but an out-of-season typhoon drove in a greater variety of birds.

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

A Pied Avocet arrived at a paddy field near the town centre.

Pied Avocet
Pied Avocet

Four Pied Avocets turned up at a different site from the individual above.

Oriental Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

The Oriental Pratincole looked quite exhausted.

Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing

Northern Lapwings confirmed at multiple sites. As in previous years, all are juveniles.

Black-faced Spoonbill
Black-faced Spoonbill

The Black-faced Spoonbill is moving around the island.

Gadwall
Gadwall

The first Mallards of the season arrived as a pair.

Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilts looking worn out from the strong wind.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank

A wintering Common Greenshank.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Common Snipe in wintering mode here and there.

Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot

Eurasian Coots, which usually concentrated at Shiromizu, have scattered around the island due to attacks from the Eastern Buzzard.

Categories: 野鳥