Bird News from Matt Poll On May 9th I spotted and photographed an odd-looking minivet that looked good for a Ryukyu Minivet. After having the images looked at by several experts with experience of the species in Japan, the bird … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll A heavy snowfall overnight painted a bright new landscape around my local patch, and there was plenty of interesting bird activity, with close to 60 species seen. I saw a few personal Geoje firsts, some … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores, Mike Friel, Jason Loghry, and Matt Poll It was a great day of birding with friends new and old, and close to 75 species seen. A frigid, windy dawn and several great species awaited us … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll I had a weekend filled with interesting birds in my own patch, as the weather started to finally get frosty. On Saturday I went back to the Light-vented Bulbul spot and saw a pair of … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis. Photo © Matt Poll. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis. Photo © Matt Poll. Another interesting afternoon of birding on Geoje. I headed out to the east coast to look for a Long-tailed … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll Japanese Robin Erithacus akahige. Photo © Matt Poll. I spent a wonderful few hours of crisp birding in a quiet valley near Gohyeon. The valley has been quite productive for birds over the … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll Tuesday 6th The Winter Wrens have arrived in force on Geoje! I saw nine noisy and scrappy examples on one small stream, and it seemed like they were scuffling over prime habitat. A single female … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll It’s starting to feel like late fall in Korea, with crisp temperatures at night. It’s also been a fruitful week of birding on Geoje, with over 60 species seen. The ducks of winter have started … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll There was plenty of early morning bird action at a quiet stream in a valley near town. A group of about twenty Japanese White-eye was joined by a mixed bag of Great, Varied, and Long-tailed … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll A walk through the fields near my apartment yielded some interesting birds this morning. Aside from the steadily decreasing numbers of Spot-billed Ducks, notable were several dozen Buff-bellied Pipits noisily foraging in the rice fields. … read more