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

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GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR

Go where the birds are. The SHIMASOBA Tour launches.

We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.

Max. 3 guests 4 hours in the morning Beginners welcome
Check availability and book

リュウキュウアカショウビン

メスはどこも抱卵に入っているので見つかるのはオスばかり。先週から一斉に抱卵に入りました。

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

A male Ruddy Kingfisher paired with a different female from last year. They built their nest in a Formosan subterranean termite mound, but the entrance has broken open and the incubating female is in plain sight — I wonder if that's okay…

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

This one's mate, the female, also nested in a termite mound. About 10 m to the west of last year's site.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

He was every bit the male. I was worried this year because the birds were late to arrive on migration, but he came back to his usual territory. ^^

Categories: 野鳥

フクロウ日和

きょうは、アオバズクから始まり、出だしはよかったのですが、コノハズクが鳴き声すらしない…。もうだめかなと思ったら、念願のコノハズクも見つかりました。^^

Northern Boobook
Northern Boobook

It was perched in a nice spot. ^^

Northern Boobook
Northern Boobook

A recently fledged crow had wandered into this Brown Hawk-Owl's territory, and the Brown Hawk-Owl engaged in an aerial battle against several crows. In the end, it drove all the crows away. Raptors really are feisty.

Northern Boobook
Northern Boobook

Brown Hawk-Owls really suit the color green. ^^

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

I was almost ready to give up when I heard an Oriental Scops Owl calling!!

I searched in the direction of the call for a while but couldn't find it, and when I turned around to head home, it was right in front of me. ^^;

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

There was a Ruddy Kingfisher too.

Categories: 野鳥

アオバズクとリュウキュウコノハズク

北部に昼飯を食いにいったついでに撮ってきました。^^

Northern Boobook
Northern Boobook

Those glass-clear, transparent eyes are beautiful. ^^

Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

The rain stopped, so the Oriental Scops Owl came out too. ^^

There was another one, but it was in a state where only its backside was sticking out through the gaps in the Barringtonia racemosa leaves.

Categories: 野鳥