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| Mara-do |
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| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica |
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| Rough seas |
On a blustery day filled with low scudding clouds and rough
seas, there was some interesting movement and turnover on Mara-do. Although most birds were perhaps sheltering
from the winds, and despite the fact that I only had an hour on the island, there
were some birds about. The feeling was
decidedly different from the previous week, with winter birds clearing out, and
more migrants and breeders moving through.
Notable on Jeju’s
nearby mainland were several Garganey
mixed in with Spot-billed Duck and Eurasian Teal. Also, Barn
Swallows have returned in force.
1. Black-crowned
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax; presumably the same
three individuals from last weekend
2. Peregrine
Falcon Falco peregrinus; one prowling the rocks where tired migrants often
shelter
3. Eurasian
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola; one flushed silently in front of me, flying straight
and low – noticeably larger than snipes, with large ‘kestrel-colored’ rump very
evident
4. Black-tailed
Gull Larus crassirostris
5. Pacific
Swift Apus Pacificus; at least 30
engaged in aerial ballet low over the island
6. Eurasian
Magpie Pica pica
7. Great Tit
Parus
major
8. Far
Eastern Skylark Alauda japonica
9. Barn
Swallow Hirundo Rustica
10.
Japanese
Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
11.
Japanese
White-eye Zosterops japonicus
12.
White-cheeked
Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
13.
White’s
Thrush Zoothera Aurea; one
spotted in the woods with a Pale Thrush
14.
Pale Thrush
Turdus pallidus
15.
Stejneger’s
Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri; one
in a grassy field
16.
Daurian
Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
17.
White
Wagtail Motacilla alba
18. Hawfinch Coccothraustes Coccothraustes; one seen on the rocks
19.
Grey-capped
Greenfinch Chloris sinica
20.
Yellow-throated
Bunting Emberiza
elegans
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