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

Ruddy Kingfisher, adult. They can still be seen until around the end of September, but numbers are steadily dropping.

Crested Serpent Eagle, female. She was drying her feathers after the rain.

Purple Heron, adult. Several recently fledged juveniles were also observed.

A juvenile Long-toed Stint.

A Black-winged Stilt moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

A juvenile Lesser Sand Plover.

A juvenile Wood Sandpiper in juvenile plumage.

A Common Redshank moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.

Marsh Sandpiper, almost fully in winter plumage.

Wood Sandpiper transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Common Greenshank transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Black-winged Stilt, adult male.

Common Sandpiper, late summer plumage.

Apparently involved in some kind of accident — the right leg is missing from mid-point down. Wood Sandpiper, late summer plumage.

Sanderling transitioning from summer to winter plumage. A shame we can't see that beautiful winter plumage on Ishigaki, as they don't overwinter here.

Ruddy Turnstone, adult male. Late summer plumage.

Ruddy Turnstone, female. Transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Red-necked Stint transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler preening after bathing. Transitioning from summer to winter plumage.

Terek Sandpiper, both individuals in late summer plumage.

Red-necked Stint, Terek Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, and Kentish Plover taking a midday rest.

Greater Sand Plover in winter plumage.

One Intermediate Egret among a flock of Little Egrets.

An adult female Ruddy Kingfisher on the forest road. This individual had been sitting on eggs for a long time, but they appear to have been infertile and no chicks hatched in the end.

An adult female Ruddy Kingfisher. I encountered three juveniles, but all were very wary and I couldn't get a decent photo of any of them… ^^;

It has been about a month since fledging, but there was still down remaining on the crown.

A juvenile Ryukyu Scops Owl. In appearance it had fully changed into first-winter plumage, but its call was still that of a juvenile.

A sibling of the individual above. This one also looks no different from an adult.

A juvenile Ruddy Kingfisher. Most have fledged, but at one spot the start seems to have been late and food is still being carried to chicks in the nest.

A juvenile Ryukyu Night Heron. Has moult started around the secondaries? I'm really not sure how moult progresses in Ryukyu Night Herons… ^^;

A female Japanese Paradise Flycatcher bringing a moth. The branch to the left of the nest had broken off. The one surviving chick was begging hard for food. It fledged safely the following morning.

A parent waiting after feeding for the chick to defecate. It then picked up the dropping and flew off.

First record of a Grey Wagtail this season. It was found on 10 August — exactly the same first-arrival date as last year.