Miyake jima

[Joyce Takamine]

We are on the ferry heading back to Tokyo at a snails pace because of Trump. So we do not know   

When we will be able to dock.

We were on the island from about 5:30 to 13;30..  it took about an hour for Phil and Jun to get the cars. We basically birded a nature center and got most of the birds there.  Drove to a coastal spot for grasshopper warbler and wood pigeon and tried to do pelagic birding but it was too windy so we went back to the nature center and got a couple of birds that we missed earlier.   Tried to do some pelagic from the ferry  but did not see much  variety.