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

Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Sleeping Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

Swinhoe's Snipe.

Common Snipe.

It launched out to target a dragonfly. The Red-footed Falcon's hunt was over in an instant.

A Red-footed Falcon resting in a banyan tree in the middle of a field. It didn't flee even when the farmer stepped out of the vehicle.

The underwing is monotone. The area around the vent is tinged orange.

The upperparts of an adult male Red-footed Falcon are a beautiful blue-grey.

From the legs to the vent, the same vermillion as the feet. The talons are white.

A Red-footed Falcon that caught a mouse. It was far away. ^^;

The atmospheric shimmer had me churning out blurry shots one after another. ^^;

It spread its tail feathers. Does the tail have the same 12 feathers as the Common Kestrel?

Grey-faced Buzzard, adult male. It was threatening and driving off other Grey-faced Buzzards.

The Grey-faced Buzzard that was driven off by the individual above. There were quite a few Grey-faced Buzzards in the farmland. Passage migrants and wintering birds, perhaps?

An adult female Chinese Goshawk. When it appeared from the foot of Nago-dake, it flapped hard in the morning sunlight and soared high up into the sky.

An adult male Chinese Goshawk.

Chinese Sparrowhawk, juvenile. This year's young birds migrate alongside the adults.

Chinese Sparrowhawk, adult female.

Chinese Sparrowhawk, adult male. The upperparts are a beautiful blue-grey.

Chinese Sparrowhawk, adult female.

A Javan Pond Heron keeping a wary eye on the movements of a farmer.

A shiver in the light drizzle.

When I first spotted it, it appeared to be foraging for food, tucked into the patch of grass visible in the background. Its behaviour is no different from a Chinese Pond Heron. The Chinese Pond Heron I found the other day was extremely wary, but this Javan Pond Heron does not seem to be particularly so.

Asian Brown Flycatcher, first-winter plumage.

Juvenile Grey-streaked Flycatcher.

Also a juvenile.

Adult Grey-streaked Flycatcher.

Juvenile Grey-streaked Flycatcher.

Juvenile Brown Shrike.