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

Glossy Ibis Short-eared Owl Ryukyu scops owl Schrenck's little bittern Iriomote Tit

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

初公開!! ハリオシギの越冬!!(動画あり)

石垣島でのハリオシギの越冬を確実な記録として残すことができました。 このハリオシギは昨年11月に確認した個体 です。近くで工事が始まったのと、年末年始は仕事が忙しくてなかなか見に行くことができませんでしたが、同じ場所で越冬していました。

ハリオシギは2024年に2月下旬に観察 したりしていましたが、越冬の確固たる記録がとれないでいました。今回は11月から1月下旬まで確認できたことで越冬する確かな記録となりました。この個体は、このまま4月の春ハリオシギのシーズまで滞在してくれることを願うばかりです。

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

This Pin-tailed Snipe left a strong impression, so I've been able to identify it individually. You can tell at a glance. ^^ First-winter plumage.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

I was passing through for work and didn't have much time, but it gave me a bath scene.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

A Pin-tailed Snipe preening after bathing.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe / Pin-tailed Snipe

A Pin-tailed Snipe driving off a Common Snipe (right). The smaller-bodied Common Snipe loses out to both Pin-tailed and Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

The same Common Snipe as above. First-winter plumage. Around five Common Snipe are wintering here.

Common Snipe
Common Snipe

Common Snipe are wintering all over the island.

Long-toed Stint
Long-toed Stint

Temminck's Stint — many pass through, but almost none winter here.

Common Greenshank
Common Greenshank

A Common Greenshank with an injured wing. It may have difficulty migrating when spring comes.

Little Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plovers are wintering in flocks in the rice fields.

Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill

A Eurasian Spoonbill on an extended stay. It was fairly wary.

Categories: 野鳥