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

Daurian starling Ryukyu flycatcher Black Bittern Schrenck's little bittern Pied Avocet

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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Ashy Drongo Settles In

The Ashy Drongo from the other day appears to be in full wintering mode — when I went back to check a week later it was still in exactly the same spot.

Crested Serpent Eagles are very active on the farmland and I regularly come across pairs. Along the coast, Siberian Sand Plovers, Kentish Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, Common Greenshanks, Grey-tailed Tattlers and Common Sandpipers are all wintering.

Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo

The White-bellied Drongo was in exactly the same spot as a week ago. It was predating something in the order Hymenoptera. I hope it stays until spring.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle in a field near town. I'm seeing them here and there.

Lesser Sand Plover
Lesser Sand Plover

Lesser Sand Plovers and Kentish Plovers are wintering at the river mouth and along the coast.

Grey Plover
Grey Plover

Grey Plovers are wintering in higher numbers than usual this season.

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