Gageo Island, April 13 -16

April 16:
A Tree Pipit was observed when I was birding at Haneul Park.
It was with an Olive-backed Pipit and I was able to make a direct comparison, its supercilium was unclear, nearly absent ear coverts, with very narrow streaking on its flanks.
Also, the color was relatively murky, giving a dirty impression. Alongside this bird, Siberian Rubythroat, Grey Thrush, and Chinese Blackbird were also recorded at a nearby small pine forest.

April 15:
I climbed Doksil Mountain to Shinseon Peak from the early morning. I was around the areas of 2-Gu village and the beach-side road where villagers are raising their goats.
There were a relatively high number of birds, and they were easy to find. When I moved to 1-Gu, I found a Grey Bush Chat at the grassland of Haneul Park.
Following the news from Mr. Go Kyeong-Nam, who I met on the island, I found a Thick-billed Warbler, Chestnut-flanked White-eye, and Eurasian Wryneck on the same day.

April 14:
Although, I was mainly climbing a mountain… there were lots of Asian Stubtail and thrushes, with the Black Woodpigeon singing at various places.
A female Ashy Minivet was observed on a beach-side road from Shinseon-bong to Hangri Village and a Greater Short-toed Lark when I was going to Seomdeung Peninsula.

April 13:
About 20 Streaked Sheawater were observed from the ferry going to Heuksan island. I started birding right away upon arrival. Interestingly, Narcissus Flycatcher were seen very often.

Species list:

1. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
2. Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
3. Temminck’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
4. Great Egret Ardea modesta
5. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
6. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
7. Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
8. Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
9. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
10. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
11. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
12. Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
13. Vega Gull Larus vegae
14. Mongolian Gull *Larus mongolicus
15. Black Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
16. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
17. Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
18. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
19. Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
20. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
21. Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
22. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
23. White Wagtail Motacilla alba ocularis
24. Black-backed Wagtail Motacilla alba
25. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
26. Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
27. Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
28. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
29. Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
30. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
31. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
32. Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
33. Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
34. Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
35. Stejneger’s Stonechat Phoenicurus auroreus
36. Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
37. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
38. White’s Thrush Zoothera aurea
39. Grey Thrush Turdus cardis
40. Blackbird Turdus merula
41. Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
42. Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
43. Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
44. Korean Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
45. Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis borealis
46. Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
47. Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
48. Eastern Crowned Willow Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
49. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris
50. Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
51. Blue-and-White Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
52. Eastern Great Tit Parus minor
53. Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
54. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
55. Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
56. Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
57. Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica personata
58. Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
59. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
60. Brambling Coelebs montifringilla
61. Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
62. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
63. White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus