A daily record.
Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

Ryukyu Scops Owl, Northern Boobook, Ruddy Kingfisher, Black-naped Tern

June 17, 2025
Ryukyu Scops Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl

The female is incubating, the male standing watch — a pair of Ryukyu Scops Owls. They took over the tree hollow where a Brown Hawk-Owl had nested last year… ^^;

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Camera
ILCE-1
Focal Length
400.0 mm
Aperture
F8.0
ISO
6400
Exposure Time
1/100 sec
Altitude
Not set
Elevation
22.9 m
Date & Time Taken
June 16, 2025, 4:12 p.m.(JST)
Original
2560 × 1706 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

June 16, 2025 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
30.1 / 27.8 ℃
Total precipitation
2.50 mm
Max wind speed
10.03 m/s
Photos tagged with this tag: Ryukyu Scops Owl