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

Asian koel Purple Swamphen Lesser Whistling Duck Collared Kingfisher Pheasant-tailed jacana

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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200 Roseate Terns arrive (with video)

After rough weather, around 200 Roseate Terns arrived. They took over the rocky reef where Black-naped Terns breed every year, and there was some skirmishing between them.

Black-naped Tern
Black-naped Tern / Roseate Tern

Lots of Roseate Terns on the rocky reef where Black-naped Terns always form their breeding colony.

Black-naped Tern
Black-naped Tern / Roseate Tern

This reef is not often used, but since the reef above is overflowing, there are also plenty of Roseate Terns here along with a few Black-naped Terns.

Pacific Reef Heron
Pacific Reef Heron

A recently fledged Pacific Reef Heron still has down feathers on its head. It was still being fed by a parent.

Categories: 野鳥