{"id":10554,"date":"2013-10-25T01:12:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10554"},"modified":"2013-11-11T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:22:28","slug":"gageo-do-october-1921st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10554","title":{"rendered":"Gageo-do, October 19 – 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawn in by the charm of this remote island … I decided to spend a second weekend there. Excellent weather conditions meant very few birds of note on the island itself<\/p>\n

October 19th<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sea crossing produced about 4000~5000 Black-tailed Gulls<\/strong>, ~300 Mongolian Gulls<\/strong> near the outer islands along with ~150 Streaked Shearwaters<\/strong> ( in between the outer island chains … most prominently between Hatae and Sangtae islands). Very few birds of note on the island itself. A Pechora Pipit<\/strong> outside the pension, a few White<\/strong> and Yellow wagtails<\/strong> at the garbage dump, a Lanceolated Warbler<\/strong> and an Oriental Greenfinch<\/strong> at the quarry. Hiking up to the “pass”, an extremely skulking Yellow-breasted Bunting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

October 20th<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 12hr and 25km hike covering 2 and 3-gu along with the hilly trails of 1-gu. Cloudless blue skies and very few birds in the open. The long hike to 3-gu produced some thrushes though all of them were extremely reluctant to reveal themselves. Right after the “pass”, a presumed Siberian Thrush<\/strong> in thick cover. Lots of Japanese White-eyes<\/strong> along the road (mostly japonicus) along with a probable juvenile Black-throated Thrush<\/strong> (seen briefly along the break in the foliage). A few Eastern buzzards<\/strong> in the sky. A Dusky Thrush<\/strong> along a temporary road construction to 3-gu.<\/p>\n

October 21st<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quite a day … started relatively quietly at dawn. The first bird of note was a Dusky Warbler<\/strong> (whose call carried for quite some distance) at the base of the quarry. Slowly walking up to the top of the quarry revealed flocks of Brambling,<\/strong> Light-vented Bulbuls <\/strong>and a Rook<\/strong>. A Zitting Cisticola,<\/strong> an Oriental Reed Warbler<\/strong>, a few Stejnerger’s Stonechat<\/strong>. Descending towards the main village, lots of buntings in the terraced fields – Rustic Buntings, Little Buntings, Black-faced Buntings<\/strong> and Pallas’s Reed Buntings<\/strong>. A Japanese Quail<\/strong> was flushed at very close quarters along with 2 Far Eastern Larks.<\/strong> There were at least 5 Black-browed Reed Warblers<\/strong> in the bushes around the fields. However, the bird of the trip was a juvenile Steppe Eagle<\/strong> soaring over the main village affording some amazing views and pictures.<\/p>\n

On the return ferry, drifting in and out of sleep, ~50 Streaked Shearwaters<\/strong> and 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes<\/strong> along with the usual assemblage of gulls.<\/p>\n

\"Black-browed-Reed-Warbler_SC\"<\/a>Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong>\"IMG_1611\"<\/a>Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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