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

The second Buff-breasted Sandpiper of the season. Like yesterday's bird, this one was also a juvenile.

A front-on shot brings out the features of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper well.

Marsh Sandpiper in winter plumage.

Dunlin in winter plumage.

Little Stint in winter plumage.

There was a Wood Sandpiper with an injured left wing.

Black-bellied Tern, juvenile.

Northern Lapwing, juvenile.

This one also a juvenile.

A Crested Serpent Eagle in an elementary school playground. With the breeding season over, encounters with Crested Serpent Eagles have become more frequent.

A Crested Serpent Eagle on a forest road. This individual shows little wariness.

Common Kestrels and Peregrine Falcons have been increasing in number too. Every time a raptor flies through, the wagtail flocks get shuffled around. ^^;

First Pectoral Sandpiper of the season — a juvenile.

Pectoral Sandpiper.

It was a triple handicap — dark, distant, and strong wind — but I managed to get a photograph somehow.

A Temminck's Stint in the same rice field as the Pectoral Sandpiper.

Juvenile Garganey.

A Red-throated Pipit I finally managed to photograph.

Female White Wagtail. Mid-moult into winter plumage.

Is it a White-faced Wagtail or a Siberian Wagtail?

A Red-rumped Swallow resting on the ground to escape the strong wind.

A Barn Swallow resting on a farm road.

A Grey-streaked Flycatcher in front of my house.

Juvenile Pheasant-tailed Jacana. It showed no fear of the tractor and was snatching prey turned up by the fieldwork.

A Pheasant-tailed Jacana swimming in deep water.

The breeding season is over and chances to see Crested Serpent Eagles are increasing.

Two Lesser White-fronted Geese.

A Bean Goose associating with the Lesser White-fronted Geese. It seemed to be acting as lookout much of the time.

Greater White-fronted Geese in flight. A flock of twelve, adults and juveniles together.

Juvenile Yellow Bittern. Last year was an exceptionally good year for Yellow Bitterns, and this year I am also seeing them often.

A juvenile Common Snipe hiding along a paddy bund.

A flock of Black-winged Stilts was bathing in a rice field.

First Northern Shoveler of the season. Juvenile male.

Adult male Eurasian Wigeon in eclipse plumage.

Female Eurasian Wigeon in non-breeding plumage.

Juvenile (right) and adult White-rumped Sandpiper.

Long-toed Stint numbers have dropped compared to the peak of migration.

Red-necked Stint numbers are also declining.

Dunlin in winter plumage. Dunlin are currently staying in the rice fields and along the coast.

Swinhoe's Snipe have become much less numerous. It seems almost all the Pin-tailed Snipe have also moved on.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana moulting from juvenile into first-winter plumage.

It was walking around the paddies foraging.

After a while it disappeared into the grass. With bad weather likely to persist, it should stay around for some time.

Juvenile Common Snipe.

Almost all the snipe are Common Snipe. A few Swinhoe's Snipe remain but will depart before long.