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

Got to see a Greenshank still in partial breeding plumage. ^^

Dragonflies were gathering in large numbers in the drainage channel to lay eggs. I wonder if the Common Greenshank eats dragonfly eggs too?

A few Black-winged Stilts turned up.

Most of the Pacific Golden Plovers were resting on the paddy bunds. They looked tired — perhaps just arrived from migration?

A Pacific Golden Plover was on the tidal flat on the north side of Sankaku Pond.

There was 1 Grey-tailed Tattler at Sankaku Pond and 2 more on the nearby tidal flat.

Two Black-winged Stilts at Sankaku Pond.

Two Common Redshanks at Sankaku Pond as well.

About 30 Long-toed Stints.

A Swinhoe's Snipe on the far bank of the pond.

A Grey Heron was pecking at a red-eared slider.

A Common Moorhen incubating eggs in the heat.

A young Zitting Cisticola, likely hatched this year.

A second bird perched on the same branch as the Zitting Cisticola above.

Afterward, the two flew off together.

A Land Crab heading toward the sea. It went in up to one or two metres offshore so I couldn't photograph it. Watching with a torch, a few seconds after entering the water it shook its body underwater and released its larvae. The water around the crab was blanketed in larvae, like a smokescreen.

Percnon guinotia.

Benkei crab.

Land hermit crabs were also heading to the sea to spawn.

A Sally-lightfoot crab releasing larvae at the water's edge, spreading its abdomen flap.

A Land Hermit Crab heading back to the hills after successfully releasing its larvae into the sea.

A Sesarma also making its way back to its burrow.

The chick that has been outside since yesterday now has its feather sheaths split open and is starting to look like a proper Ruddy Kingfisher. ^^

There was a squall a little while ago, but it seems to be getting through safely on the slope.

The parent watching over the chicks from close by.

It's such a dark spot with dense trees that I can't get the shots I'd like.

This Ruddy Kingfisher would fly off whenever someone walked past, but after a while it would come back, perch on the same branch, and watch over the chicks.

After a while the rain stopped.

Next year, please find a nest tree that's a little harder to break apart. ^^;