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

Dunlin, first-winter plumage.

It was picking up tiny insects from the bottom of the ditch.

Red-necked Stint, juvenile.

Common Snipe. The large numbers seen last week had thinned out considerably — I found only two birds.

Another Common Snipe.

Common Sandpiper, adult. Transitioning from breeding plumage to non-breeding plumage.

Garganey, juvenile.

Northern Pintail, adult female.

Northern Shoveler, adult male.

Northern Shoveler, juvenile male.

Eurasian Wigeon, female.

Grey-faced Buzzard adult (right) and Chinese Sparrowhawk adult, a rendezvous.

A group of two Grey-faced Buzzard adults and a Chinese Sparrowhawk juvenile. The larger ones are the Grey-faced Buzzards.

Japanese Sparrowhawk juvenile. Whenever a Chinese Sparrowhawk or Grey-faced Buzzard flew overhead, it seemed to mistake them for intruders on its territory and furiously chased them off. ^^;

When I took the shots I thought I'd got Grey-faced Buzzard, Chinese Sparrowhawk, and Japanese Sparrowhawk together, but looking carefully at the photos it's a Grey-faced Buzzard adult, a Chinese Sparrowhawk adult, and a Chinese Sparrowhawk juvenile. ^^;

A kettle of several dozen raptors. Most were Chinese Sparrowhawks, with about two Grey-faced Buzzards mixed in.

Common Snipe, confident ID.

Another Common Snipe.

Common Snipe again.

Yet another Common Snipe.

It's turned into a complete Common Snipe fest.

Same individual as above.

Little Stint juvenile. I think this individual shows the features of Little Stint very well.

Left: Little Stint juvenile; right: Red-necked Stint juvenile.

Little Stint from the front.

Little Stint, juvenile.

Red-necked Stint, winter plumage.