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

I tracked down the second-ever Ring-necked Duck for Okinawa Prefecture among a flock of 600 Tufted Ducks. The distance was over 200 metres and branches and leaves limited the view, but after searching for about an hour I managed to find it. Once I knew which area it was floating in, I didn't lose it again and was able to watch it for over an hour.

Ring-necked Duck, male breeding plumage. Following a record on Miyako Island in 2023, this became the second record in the prefecture — a valuable sighting.

名古屋に行ったついでに鳥見を少々。クビワキンクロ、ヨシガモ×ヒドリガモの雑種が見られたのが最高でした!! それ以外も石垣島ではなかなか見ることのできないミコアイサやカンムリカイツブリなどを見ることができました。

A male Ring-necked Duck. I never expected to see a North American duck in Aichi Prefecture. The bird was about 200 metres away, though…