Thursday, December 27, 2012

Holiday birding on Geoje

Warbling (Japanese) White-eye Zosterops japonicus
Eastern Great Tit Parus minor 
female Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula ('griseiventris-type') 
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (rosacea)
Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope with 
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Common Gull Larus canus
Korean Water Deer Hydropotes inermis (check the fangs!)
  It's been a quiet week on the isle. Today I went back to 'Black Wood Pigeon Island' in hopes of a midwinter surprise, but it was quiet. Even a two-hour stakeout of 'The Glory Bowl' revealed no sign of Long-tailed Shrike or Light-vented Bulbul. A confiding flock of nearby Chinese Penduline Tits always makes my day.

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