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

Kan-chan, the dominant bird at Nagura.

An individual that has been loitering around Kan-chan's territory lately. It's clearly intimidated by Kan-chan's threats. ^^;

This juvenile keeps hanging around the area no matter how many times it's chased off.

Could this be Kan-chan's partner?

This is the individual at Hakusui. It is pinning a small Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle under its foot.

Compared to other thrushes like Pale Thrush and Brown-headed Thrush, this one is considerably less wary.

A Brown Shrike caught a grasshopper.

It was searching for food in a distant rice field, turning over the soil.

A female Siberian Stonechat.

This Siberian Stonechat was nearly attacked by a Common Kestrel. ^^;

Male Daurian Redstart. This individual was at Sakieda Peninsula, not Ishizaki Peninsula. It shows no fear of people.

It seemed to spot something, but came up empty. ^^;