Birds from a long hot summer

 

Black Wood Pigeon town

A reliable spot for Greater Spotted Eagles...

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

Young Brown-eared Bulbuls Hypsipetes amaurotis waiting for food

Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra

Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis parent with food

Me first!

Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone

Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha

  It has been record-breakingly hot and humid here on Jeju over the past month. Water levels are at dangerously low levels across the island, and farmers are suffering. As for birds, I've seen a decent array of young birds in different stages of fledging, when I'm not blinded by sweat. Young Pheasants are bigger than pigeons already, and I've been watching juvenile Brown-eared Bulbuls grow at an impressive rate.
  A few weeks ago I spotted two Black Wood Pigeons clacking through a nice-looking stretch of coastal forest, but they've remained elusive since then.
  In my ramblings around my old stomping grounds, I've been disturbed by some of the habitat loss that has occurred over the past two years, more on this soon.