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

A Crested Serpent Eagle soaked to the skin in the rain. Afterwards it caught a snake and vanished into the forest.

A male Ruddy Kingfisher. Also completely drenched.

I didn't see the female Ruddy Kingfisher, so she may have started incubating.

With the rain falling, the Ruddy Kingfisher was noticeably less wary than usual.

Sex is not entirely clear, but this is probably a female Brown Hawk-Owl. The male was nearby, but leaves were blocking him and I could only see half his body.

A female Oriental Scops Owl. The male was nearby too, but he was perched in a cluttered spot and only visible as a silhouette.

The Oriental Scops Owls will probably use this tree hollow. Clinging to the entrance are a moth with charming polka-dot markings and an Aomiokatagaishi — a land snail with a beautiful emerald-green shell — an unusual land mollusc that has an operculum. ^^

A Japanese White-eye in the middle of nest building. Once the chicks hatch, I'll show them to the kids. ^^

A Brown-eared Bulbul raising young plants itself right in front of you like this. It seems to be trying to draw attention away from the nest.

A female Ruddy Kingfisher in the park.

This is a male Ruddy Kingfisher from a different location.

A female Ruddy Kingfisher on a forest road. She's almost always on her favourite branch. This is an individually identified bird.

This Ruddy Kingfisher is in the park — my first photograph of this individual. Probably a male.

I was able to see a Ryukyu Scops Owl in daylight for the first time in a while. A male.

The tree hollow where it was perched is believed to be the nest.

In the woodland where the Oriental Scops Owl raises its young, Ruddy Kingfishers, Brown Hawk-Owls, and Japanese Paradise Flycatchers also nest every year.

This is the female Oriental Scops Owl paired with the individual above. She can be distinguished from the owl above by her darker ear tufts. She was peering out from the nest tree.