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

Common Redshank, first-summer plumage.

Long-toed Stint, late summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, first-summer plumage.

Common Greenshank, first-winter plumage.

Greater Painted-snipe, male. First-summer plumage.

Whimbrel also passing through in small numbers.

A dozen or so Grey-tailed Tattlers lingering.

Distant Red-necked Stints. About four have stayed through the summer.

Around ten Greater Sand Plovers have arrived.

Bridled Terns and Little Terns are breeding. Common Greenshanks and Grey-tailed Tattlers are on the move.

A Little Tern nest abandoned after a single egg was laid.

Among the flock driven off the beach, there were banded individuals.

A Little Tern catching fish at the beach.

Little Tern in summer plumage (left) and first-summer plumage.

It was a flock of about 70. I hope they find a new nesting site…

They were alarm-calling and mobbing beachgoers, but most of the nests had been crushed by heavy machinery, and no one paid the Little Terns any attention.

Fledgling Brown Hawk-Owls perched on the nest tree.

A fledgling Ruddy Kingfisher confirmed on two consecutive days.

Same individual as above.

The parent of the chick above.

The seventh Ryukyu Scops Owl nest of the season.

Only the male was keeping watch outside, so fledging still appears to be some time away.

Up in the hills, the Hoya flowers are increasing.

A fledgling Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a rock.

The forest interior is dark — the light in this photo is about what it actually looks like. Without the call, finding one would be impossible.

A female Japanese Paradise Flycatcher putting effort into nest building.

Hoya blooming.

The reef where Black-naped Terns form a colony every year. It is high tide, so the sea level is up.

An Osprey summering on the reef in the background.