Gangneung bimble

Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus 

Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus (juvenile begging)

Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus

Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis

Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Dunlins foraging

Tiger Keelback Rhabdophis tigrinus

Asian Comma Polygonia c-aureum

A fine spot for an odeng/Maxim lunch

The tripod crew waiting for a Purple Heron (from several days ago) to reappear

  Ahh, the opiation of jetlag – perfect excuse to wake in the pre-dawn murk to beat the bushes of one’s new patch. How much I’ve forgotten – each new song and call had to percolate through the musty corridors of the ‘Korean bird sounds’ compartment of my brain before I figured it out. It was summerhot, my legs are smashed, but it was all worth it. Almost cracked 50 on the day. Hey, I didn’t spot any buntings or woodpeckers.
  The squawky cloud of Red-billed Starlings was an eyebrow-raiser, especially the begging juvenile birds in tow. The day ended all hot and delirious with a group of pipits mixed in with wagtails at the far end of a stubbly field, showing strong brows and warm orange-y underparts, but not sounding like Richard’s…Blyth’s? Probably not (leaning towards Richard's...with some Red-throated mixed in). One of the rare moments when I mutter “I wish I had been carrying a scope on my 7-hour walk.”

Gangneung (Namdae River-Songjeong Beach-Gyeongpo Lake-farm fields west of the lake), October 7, 2018
Little Grebe-3
Great Crested Grebe-5
Temminck’s Cormorant-35+
Black-crowned Night Heron-2 heard pre-dawn from my backyard
Striated Heron-1
Great Egret-6
Intermediate Egret-7
Little Egret-5
Grey Heron-12
Eurasian Spoonbill-1
Greater White-fronted Goose-29
Mandarin Duck-2
Mallard-2
Eastern Spot-billed Duck-120+
Eurasian Teal-2
Pochard-6
Greater Scaup-16
Eurasian Kestrel-1
Ring-necked Pheasant-1
Moorhen-2 young birds
Dunlin-3
Common Sandpiper-2 along the river
Black-tailed Gull-90+
Black-headed Gull-6
Vega Gull-4
Oriental Turtle Dove-17
Common Kingfisher-3
Barn Swallow-9
Eastern Yellow Wagtail-2
White Wagtail-2
Japanese Wagtail-3
Pipit sp.-10ish
Brown-eared Bulbul-20+
Bull-headed Shrike-5
Daurian Redstart-8
Blue Rock Thrush-4
Dusky Thrush-2
Oriental Reed Warbler-2
Arctic Warbler-4
Vinous-throated Parrotbill-25+
Great Tit-12+
Oriental Greenfinch-9
Tree Sparrow-400+
Red-billed Starling-70+ in two locations (52 in the main group, including several juveniles seen begging)
Eurasian Magpie-13
Large-billed Crow-6