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

Juvenile Eastern Yellow Wagtail (leucopsis).

Adult Eastern Yellow Wagtail (leucopsis).

A flagged Whimbrel. White on the right, metal on the left — it was banded on the North Island of New Zealand.

Two Black-bellied Terns were resting in the paddy field.

First juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle of the season. It was in much the same spot as last year's juvenile.

It was hunting in response to the sound of frogs calling.

At high tide, three Far Eastern Curlews were resting in the paddy fields.

The Whimbrel was also taking a break in the paddy fields until the tide went out.

Once the tide started dropping, they moved to the coast and were already catching crabs. The paddy fields have no view of the sea — can they really sense the tides with an accurate internal clock?

The Whimbrel also moved to the coast as soon as the tide began to ebb.

A juvenile Isabelline Shrike. First of the season for me.

It caught a grasshopper.

A lovely juvenile Black-tailed Godwit.

The four birds were always moving together.

Still in the middle of their journey — they'll be heading on to Africa or Australia.

A Curlew Sandpiper had also come down to the same paddy field.

The Common Kingfisher here is very wary too — heavy crop required… ^^;