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

Greater Scaup, juvenile male. A few first-winter feathers are just starting to come in.

Crimson Sunbirds in driving rain. Three birds across two locations.

Tufted Duck, juvenile female.

Crimson Sunbird, male (right) and female.

Crimson Sunbird, juvenile. A little more molt and the sex would be distinguishable, but in juvenile plumage it is not.

Five Crimson Sunbirds in the photo, but there was one more.

A Crimson Sunbird male stretching. The white area on the outer half of the tail feathers shows up well in flight.

Crimson Sunbird, female. Molting into winter plumage.

This female is also well into the molt. Four birds are in this shot alone. The individual at the far back is the sixth Crimson Sunbird. ^^

Caspian Tern, adult in winter plumage.

Three adult Caspian Terns.

Common Redshank, adult. Moulting from summer to winter plumage.

Common Greenshank moulting into winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint in winter plumage.

Common Snipe juvenile.

Also a Common Snipe juvenile.

Pacific Golden Plover, adult winter.

Ruddy Turnstone, winter plumage.

The Great Cormorant that appeared as a pair the other day had increased to three.

The two Dusky Thrushes I observed for the first time this season were both in first-winter plumage.

Common Kestrel, female juvenile.

The White Wagtail stood out, being noticeably larger than the Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Grey Wagtail.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail in winter plumage. A female, perhaps?

Eastern Yellow Wagtail moulting into winter plumage.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail first-winter plumage.

Grey Wagtail in winter plumage. The pale area is probably due to the tertials having been shed.

Crested Serpent Eagle and Eastern Yellow Wagtail. A bodyguard, perhaps? ^^