Bird Watching in Japan & Asia

2025-08-05

Birdwatching in Yambaru, Okinawa (May 7-9, 2025)

I visited Yanbaru in Okinawa from 7 to 9 May to promote birdwatching tours from China. Okinawa was already in the rainy season, and the weather was unstable, but fortunately, there were no days when we couldn't go out due to rain, and we were able to successfully observe and photograph our target species, such as the Okinawa Rail, Okinawa Woodpecker, and Okinawa Robin.

Ryukyu Minivet

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Woodpecker

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Ruddy Kingfisher

Okinawa Rail

Blue Rock Thrush

2025-08-04

Birdwatching in Kiryu, Gunma

At the invitation of a friend, I went to the mountains of Gunma Prefecture to look for blue-and-white flycatchers. At the forest park we visited, several blue-and-white flycatchers had arrived in early May, and their calls could be heard everywhere. Perhaps because they had just arrived, the males had not yet established their territories, and we were able to see some of them at close range.

Eurasian Wren

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

2025-08-03

Birdwatching in Oku-Nikko (April 30, 2025)

I saw Japanese Robins in Okunikko last year, so I went looking for them in late April. Unfortunately, they had not yet arrived, so I was unable to confirm any Japanese Robins. However, I was able to see many Brown-headed Thrushes and Red-flanked Bluetails.