Bird News from Robin Newlin
A brief morning visit to Dobongsan’s lower reaches. Weather hot and still. Outside Hwarangdae Subway Station, a Yellow-browed Warbler calling. At Dobongsan, only residents evident: a family of 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, 2 Oriental Turtle Doves, Brown-eared Bulbuls (heard), 3 Eurasian Magpies, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Eastern Great Tits, a small flock of Vinous-throated Parrotbills, a smaller flock of Eurasian Tree Sparrows, 2 young Daurian Redstarts, a Little Egret and a Striated Heron. Overhead, a single Grey Heron, a Eurasian Hobby and 3 Eastern Spot-billed Ducks. Representing the mammals, a Chipmunk and a Red Squirrel.
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Sinosuthera webbiana, © Robin Newlin
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus, © Robin Newlin
Little Egret Egretta garzetta, © Robin Newlin