Crested serpent eagle, and etc.カンムリワシほか

This is the third installment of the Okinawa prefecture trip series. 

As you may know, Japan is an island nation lying off the east coast of Asia. It has the general shape of a crescent and extends 3,000 km from tip to tip.

Iriomote and Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture is located close to the westernmost point of Japan.

In Japan, fifteen bird species were designated as the special national treasure that was including a Crested serpent eagle.

Iriomote Island and Ishigaki Island are known as the habitat of Crested serpent eagle which is designated as a special national treasure species in Japan.　

The population of Crested serpent eagle is estimated at approximate 180 including both islands, according to Wikipedia.                            
A Crested serpent eagle, observed one in mangrove forest 

 A Japanese white eye with Fountain Tree flower

 A purple heron,may be not adult

                                   

  the distance to destination Tokyo from Ishigakijima

White-Breasted waterhen, and etc.シロハラクナ他

This is the second installment of the Okinawa prefecture trip series.

This time's images are taken at Ishigaki island and Iriomote island where is located southwest of Okinawa.

 A  Green hank,at along the mangrove forest

                                     A White-Breasted water-hen

                                     A yellow wagtail

                                     Light-vented-bulbuls

                                     Drunk tree flower　

                                     Hibiscus flower

                                      Bongainvillea flower 

              Fountain Tree flower　　　　　　　　　　　　　

                                     A Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger   

                                     Rice Paper butterfly

                                      A African monarch

                                     A  Rice Paper butterfly

A Heritiera littoralis; estimated to be 400 years old　　

Blue rock thrush,Isohiyodori,イソヒヨドリ

Blue rock thrush, As Japanese name isohiyodori, Blue rock thrush is a wild bird that I sometimes see in my residential area, but in Japan, many of them are often seen in the along rocks the seacoast of the Southwest Islands.

It is said that the Japanese name of this wild bird was named after the name of Brown-eared bulbul  because it resembles the Bulbul.And it inhabits almost of them along rocks the seacoast.

I will upload an individual taken in the early morning of December 16 when I traveled to Okinawa Prefecture about 1,560 km away from Tokyo.