{"id":11799,"date":"2014-03-02T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T06:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11799"},"modified":"2014-03-09T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T06:50:09","slug":"seogwipo-jeju-march-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11799","title":{"rendered":"Seogwipo, Jeju, March 1-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Bird News from Matt Poll<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>There were some unsolved avian riddles, as well as early signs of spring, on a rainy then sunny weekend.\u00a0 On the same hill where a Common Redpoll was seen two weeks ago, I encountered at least six\u00a0<b>Tristram\u2019s Buntings<\/b>skulking in the scrub.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never seen Tristram\u2019s in the winter &#8211; could they be early migrants?\u00a0 Also of note were<b>Japanese Bush Warblers<\/b>\u00a0in full song, and almost a dozen\u00a0<b>Long-tailed Tits<\/b>\u00a0(I\u2019m still unsure how to separate<i>trivirgatus<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>magnus<\/i>\u00a0Long-tailed Tits) in a nearby gully.\u00a0 Small groups of\u00a0<b>Olive-backed Pipits<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Grey-capped Greenfinch<\/b>\u00a0move through the woods and forest edge in several spots.<\/p>\n<p>In the city, I\u2019ve noticed a group of about a dozen\u00a0<b>White Wagtails<\/b>\u00a0noisily moving from the rooftops to one particular large roadside tree, daily just before dusk over the past week.\u00a0Do White Wagtails communally roost?<\/p>\n<p>In a park in town it seems like\u00a0<b>Mandarin Duck<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Spot-billed Duck<\/b>\u00a0(small numbers of Spot-billed do spend the summer on Jeju) numbers have thinned out considerably.\u00a0 Another sign of an early spring?\u00a0\u00a0<b>Grey Wagtails<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Red-flanked Bluetails<\/b>\u00a0can also be found in Seogwipo\u2019s parks.<\/p>\n<p><center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tristram's Bunting\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/03\/Tristrams-Bunting_MP.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Tristram&#8217;s Bunting<\/b>\u00a0<i>Emberiza tristrami<\/i>, \u00a9 Mathew Poll<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Japanese Bush Warbler\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/03\/Japanese-Bush-Warbler_MP.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Japanese Bush Warbler<\/b>\u00a0<i>Horornis diphone<\/i>, \u00a9 Mathew Poll<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Long-tailed Tit\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/03\/Long-tailed-Tit_MP.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Long-tailed Tit<\/b>\u00a0<i>Aegithalos caudatus<\/i>, \u00a9 Mathew Poll<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Olive-backed Pipit\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/03\/Olive-backed-Pipit_MP.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Olive-backed Pipit<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anthus hodgsoni<\/i>, \u00a9 Mathew Poll<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Matt Poll There were some unsolved avian riddles, as well as early signs of spring, on a rainy then sunny weekend.\u00a0 On the same hill where a Common Redpoll was seen two weeks ago, I encountered at &hellip; 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