On 13 May 2025 I took the Ishigaki - Yonaguni ferry mainly to find some subtropical seabirds I had no luck seeing before. Here is an incomplete list of my records for that day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2025-05-13&user_id=housecrows
When I add Japan as a region to search in, I see only 4 of those records. I understand that these four probably fall within the perimeters of a certain landmass, even though the record was made out on open sea.
What I do not understand yet is that the other records show the location as tied to Japan (**
Community Curated:** Ryukyu Islands, JP) but they will not show in the Japan records.
It seems to me to be useful to show the link that has already been established…or am i overlooking something?
The waters the ferry travels through are no doubt partially international waters, but that’s it; no other country’s waters will have been touched, other than Japan’s.
Sorry for reopening a variation on an earlier topic about bird records taken on the Tokyo Islands ferries.
Hope to hear from devs, cheers,
Gerben
