Birding in Okinawa Archives - seawildearth https://seawildearth.com/blog/category/birding-in-okinawa/ Wildlife and Landscape Imaging Adventures Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:06:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 46886990 They’re Baaaack! https://seawildearth.com/blog/ruddy-kingfisher-return-to-okinawa/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:17:49 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13575 Ruddy Kingfishers have now made their annual pilgrimage back to Okinawa. These diminutive birds are among the most exciting seasonal bird arrivals of spring and summer, bringing vivid color and unmistakable calls to the forests of the Ryukyu Islands.

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]]> 13575 Okinawa Woodpecker – One of the world’s rarest of bird species. https://seawildearth.com/blog/okinawa-woodpecker-one-of-the-worlds-rarest-of-bird-species/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:19:44 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13543 After many years of hoping to snag a decent photograph of this illusive bird, I finally landed on the jackpot, in avian terms. I was booked to lead a full day tour for some visitors from mainland Japan.

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]]> 13543 Photographing the Okinawa Rail https://seawildearth.com/blog/photographing-the-okinawa-rail/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:00:09 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13238 Photographing the Okinawa Rail has been one of the more rewarding and equally humbling challenges of my time on the island. The species—shy, elusive, and never in any rush to pose.

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]]> 13238 Collective Nouns in Nature https://seawildearth.com/blog/collective-nouns-in-nature/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:30:27 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13179 Language has long been a means of capturing the wonder of the natural world, and one of the most fascinating linguistic curiosities lies in the realm of collective nouns in nature.

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]]> 13179 Photographing Opportunistic Wildlife Behavior https://seawildearth.com/blog/photographing-opportunistic-wildlife-behavior/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:11:11 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13165 Every year, as the sugar cane harvest begins in Okinawa, a fascinating display of opportunistic wildlife behavior unfolds. Towering stalks of cane, standing undisturbed for months, are suddenly stripped away by the relentless grind of harvesting machinery.

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]]> 13165 Photographing the Black-faced Spoonbill in Okinawa https://seawildearth.com/blog/photographing-the-black-faced-spoonbill-in-okinawa/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:32:33 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13156 Photographing the Black-faced Spoonbill in Okinawa is a humbling experience—one that reminds me that every encounter with wildlife is a fleeting gift, one worth preserving for generations to come.

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