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| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax
nycticorax looking haggard |
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| Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor - a Gageo first? |
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| Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus - in winter plumage still |
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| Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica |
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| Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis |
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| Black Paradise Flycatcher (Japanese Paradise Flycatcher) Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
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| Red-billed Starling (Silky Starling) Spodiopsar sericeus |
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| Tristram's Bunting Emberiza
tristrami |
Trying hard to catch up! Here's my report from the birdathon on May 11th:
Hazy sun and very hot
– the long hike to 2-Gu village at midday was probably a bad idea! Some new arrivals like Black-Faced Spoonbill
at mossy slab (a Gageo first?), a Black Paradise Flycatcher, Lesser Cuckoo, Goldcrest,
as well as at least a dozen new Mugimaki Flycatchers on the way to 2-Gu
village, a new arrival of Brown Shrikes, and a sizeable group of Yellow Wagtails
at 2-Gu cliffs were good signs of migration on Gageo. I recorded 69 species today which was my
second highest total on Gageo, and probably a result of yesterday’s drizzle.
1. Black-faced Spoonbill – 1 at mossy slab (apparently a Gageo first)
2. Black-crowned Night Heron – 1 exhausted
individual near quarry
3. Chinese Pond Heron – 2 including one still in
winter plumage
4. Eastern Cattle Egret – 8
5. Grey Heron – 5
6. Intermediate Egret – 12
7. Temminck’s Cormorant – 3
8. Western Osprey – 1 in 1-Gu harbour
9. Eurasian Sparrowhawk – 1
10.
Peregrine Falcon – 1
11.
Greater Sand Plover -1 at mossy slab
12.
Latham’s Snipe -2
13.
Marsh Sandpiper – 1 near quarry
14.
Terek Sandpiper – 1
15.
Common Sandpiper – 3
16.
Black-tailed Gull - 6
17.
Black Wood Pigeon – 2 in hills above 1-Gu
18.
Oriental Turtle Dove – 1
19.
Lesser Cuckoo – 1 heard from 1-Gu hills
20.
Common Cuckoo – 1 heard from 1-Gu hills
21.
Oriental Scops Owl – 1 heard from 1-Gu hills
22.
Pacific Swift – 12 +
23.
Oriental Dollarbird – 3
24.
Black-capped Kingfisher – 1 near trash tip
25.
Ashy Minivet – 5
26.
Brown Shrike – 6 spread out around 1-Gu,
probably new in
27. Black (Japanese) Paradise Flycatcher -1 rufous-mantled
male just above 1-Gu village
28.
Eurasian Magpie – 3 around 1-Gu village
29.
Japanese Waxwing – 2 at gully
30.
Varied Tit – 1 on the road to 2-Gu
31.
Light-vented Bulbul – 4
32.
Brown-eared Bulbul – 10
33.
Sand Martin -1 in 2-Gu
34.
Barn Swallow – 40+
35.
Red-rumped Swallow – 30+
36.
Japanese Bush Warbler – 8 heard
37.
Asian Stubtail – 1
38.
Dusky Warbler – 1
39.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 6
40.
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler – 4
41.
Eastern Crowned Warbler – 4
42.
Oriental Reed Warbler –4
43.
Japanese White-eye – 6
44.
Goldcrest – 1 at ‘big halfway tree’ on road to
2-Gu
45.
Red-billed Starling – 1
46.
Brown-headed Thrush – 1
47.
Siberian Blue Robin -1
48.
Rufous-tailed Robin – 2
49.
Stejneger’s Stonechat – 2
50.
Blue Rock Thrush – 4
51.
Grey-streaked Flycatcher – 11
52.
Asian Brown Flycatcher – 20+
53.
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher – 2
54.
Narcissus Flycatcher – 7
55.
Mugimaki Flycatcher – perhaps 12 (males and
females) on the road to 2-Gu, probably fresh in
56.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 40+, including a group
of perhaps 30 at 2-Gu village cliffs
57.
Grey Wagtail – 9
58.
White Wagtail – 3
59.
Richard’s Pipit – 4
60.
Olive-backed Pipit – 5
61.
Red-throated Pipit – 2
62.
Brambling – 1 in 2-Gu
63.
Chinese Grosbeak – 7 around gully
64.
Eurasian Siskin – 65+ including one
interestingly marked with a bright orange chin
65.
Tristram’s Bunting – 7
66.
Little Bunting – 3 in 2-Gu
67.
Chestnut Bunting – 1 in 2-Gu
68.
Yellow Bunting – 1 in 2-Gu
69.
Black-faced Bunting – 20+
