Birds, Bugs and Other Critters
A collection of the creatures to be found, in nature as one travels the islands.
Okinawa has some rare and unique animals, as well as, migratory visitors.
This page will be continually updated, alphabetically, as discoveries are obtained.
BLACK REEF EGRET (Photo) Also: Pacific Reef Egret
BLUE ROCK THRUSH PREPS FOR A DATE (Photo Essay) + Looking for a Mate (GIF)
CHINESE BULBUL (Photo)
COCONUT CRAB (Photo from IeShima)
COCONUT CRAB (Photo from Sesoko Island)
Coconut Crab (Tsuken Jima)
COMMON KINGFISHER (Photo)
Common Moorhen (Photo)
Ducks in Flight (Photo)
EGRET, TIGER FISH AND THE TWO MINUTE BREAKFAST (Photo Essay)
Grey-faced Buzzard Eagle in Flight (Photo)
GREY-FACED BUZZARD EAGLES RETURN (Photo)
Grey Heron vs Osprey (Photo Essay)
Grey Wagtail (Photo)
Ground Gecko (Photo by Shawn Miller)
JAPANESE WHITE EYE (Photo)
JAPANESE PYGMY WOODPECKER (Photos)
KINGFISHER (Ten Quick Photos)
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (Photo)
MANTA RAY (Photo)
MONGOOSE (Photo)
OSPREY, FISH AND LICKIDDY SPLIT (Photos)
OSPREY IN FLIGHT (Photo)
OSPREY vs FISH (Photo Essay)
PACIFIC REEF EGRET (Photo Essay: Watch and Learn)
PRAYING MANTIS (Photo and What They Eat)
RED DRAGONFLY (Photo)
RUDDY TURNSTONE (Photo Essay)
RYUKYU ROBIN (Photo)
RYUKYU ROBIN: Motion GIF
RYUKYU FLYING FOX (Photo by Rusty Robertson)
SEAHORSE (Photo)
YANBARU KUINA (Photos of an ENDANGERED SPECIES)