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Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

Resident Birds Active, Spring Migration Beginning

March 10, 2025
Chinese Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron

A Chinese Pond Heron that has been lingering since last autumn. Still fully in winter plumage. About three birds are staying in the same paddy field, and none of them has advanced in moult.

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Camera
ILCE-1
Focal Length
840.0 mm
Aperture
F9.0
ISO
1250
Exposure Time
1/500 sec
Altitude
Not set
Elevation
6.2 m
Date & Time Taken
March 2, 2025, 3:51 p.m.(JST)
Original
2560 × 1706 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

March 2, 2025 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
25.0 / 21.8 ℃
Total precipitation
3.50 mm
Max wind speed
7.56 m/s
Photos tagged with this tag: Chinese Pond Heron