Birdwatching in Yambaru, Okinawa (September 11-13, 2025)

 Unlike when I visited in early summer, I did not hear the drumming of the Okinawa Woodpecker or the song of the Ruddy Kingfisher, but I did manage to encounter the Okinawa Rail, Okinawa Robin, and Okinawa Woodpecker.

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Robin

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Okinawa Rail

Birdwatching in Kin and Nago Rice Field (September 11-13, 2025)

 Perhaps because it was the autumn migration period, numerous shorebirds could be observed in the rice-field areas. Although the Long-toed Stint is usually seen alone on Honshū, on the most productive day around fifty individuals were spotted.

Personally, I was particularly delighted to find both the Pintail Snipe and Swinhoe's Snipe.

Wood Sandpiper

Zitting Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

snipe sp. (Swinhoe's?)

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Pacific Swallow

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint

Pintail Snipe

Pintail Snipe

Pintail Snipe

Pintail Snipe

Pintail Snipe

Red-necked Stint

Common Greenshank