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

Javan pond heron Crested serpent eagle Black-winged kite Pheasant-tailed jacana Ryukyu flycatcher

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

シロハラ

今年はツグミ、シロハラ、アカハラなどツグミの仲間が多いな。

渡ってきてかなりたつので、人を怖がらなくなってきた。^^

Pale Thrush
Pale Thrush

Gorging on earthworms in the soil. I'm always impressed watching it hunt prey it can't even see yet. ^^

Pale Thrush
Pale Thrush

Pale Thrush is a plain bird, but somehow it always makes me happy when a lot of them come through on migration. ^^

Categories: 野鳥

カンムリワシ幼鳥とサシバ

天気が安定しませんが、カンムリワシの幼鳥は元気にしてます。^^

サシバは、最近見る機会が減りました。

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

Sheltering in the shade of a tree in the rain.

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

A juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle sitting alone in an odd spot. A new individual, I wonder?

Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle

Heavy machinery is noisily crushing a scrapped vehicle, but it doesn't seem fazed in the slightest. ^^;

Grey-faced Buzzard
Grey-faced Buzzard

A Grey-faced Buzzard that has settled in the park.

Categories: 野鳥