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Featuring photos of wild birds and nature, mainly from Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki Island

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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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アオバズク繁殖スタート、ハジロクロハラアジサシ6羽飛来、キタツメナガセキレイ登場

リュウキュウアオバズクが繁殖に入りました。このアオバズクが繁殖する場所は、営巣木が朽ちて倒れたりして毎年のように、子育てする営巣木を変えています。それでも繁殖は成功し、例年、2羽か3羽のヒナが巣立っています。

田んぼには、ハジロクロハラアジサシ6羽の群れが現れました。少し荒天だったので、島に避難してきたようです。全て夏羽で、美しい姿が拝めました。

近くにはキタツメナガセキレイもやってきました。かなり久しぶりとなる飛来です。翌日には、いなくなっていました。

シギたちは概ね渡ってしまって寂しい限りですが、ハリオシギはなんとか1羽だけ残っていました。

Brown Hawk-Owl
Brown Hawk-Owl

A male Japanese Scops Owl. I've had a long acquaintance with this individual.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

White-winged Terns in breeding plumage were flying back and forth over the paddies, picking off prey.

White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern

Six White-winged Terns — all in breeding plumage. Wonderful to see them all matching like that. ^^

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

A first encounter in a long while with an Eastern Yellow Wagtail. It still appeared to be in winter plumage.

Pin-tailed Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe

Only this one Pin-tailed Snipe remained of the snipe. We'll have to wait until late August for snipe again.

Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpipers were so numerous I barely paid them any mind, but as the migration season winds down, their numbers have thinned.

Categories: 野鳥