{"id":11834,"date":"2014-03-25T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11834"},"modified":"2014-03-25T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T05:35:37","slug":"jeju-march-22-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11834","title":{"rendered":"Jeju, March 22-23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mara-do, Jeju, March 22<\/p>\n

Bird News from Matt Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Largely the same feeling today on Mara when compared with last Saturday. The Oriental Plovers were missed, and a few new birds were noted, like Black-crowned Night Heron<\/strong>, Hoopoe<\/strong>, Eurasian Wren<\/strong>, Chinese Grosbeak<\/strong> and Eurasian Siskin<\/strong>. Distressingly, a large orange cat was seen prowling in the woods, the first time I\u2019ve observed this. One can only imagine how many exhausted migrants this cat will kill in the coming weeks and months.
\n1.\tGreat Crested Grebe<\/strong> Podiceps cristatus<\/em>
\n2.\tBlack-crowned Night Heron<\/strong> Nycticorax nycticorax<\/em>; three seen circling before settling in the tallest trees on the island
\n3.\tPeregrine Falcon<\/strong> Falco peregrinus<\/em>
\n4.\tBlack-tailed Gull<\/strong> Larus crassirostris<\/em>
\n5.\tAncient Murrelet<\/strong> Synthliboramphus antiquus<\/em>
\n6.\tHoopoe<\/strong> Upupa epops<\/em>
\n7.\tEurasian Magpie<\/strong> Pica pica<\/em>
\n8.\tGreat Tit<\/strong> Parus major<\/em>
\n9.\tFar Eastern Skylark<\/strong> Alauda japonica<\/em>
\n10.\tBarn Swallow<\/strong> Hirundo Rustica<\/em>
\n11.\tJapanese Bush Warbler<\/strong> Horornis diphone<\/em>
\n12.\tJapanese White-eye<\/strong> Zosterops japonicus<\/em>
\n13.\tEurasian Wren<\/strong> Troglodytes troglodytes<\/em>; one briefly seen at the edge of the woods
\n14.\tDusky Thrush<\/strong> Turdus eunomus<\/em>
\n15.\tDaurian Redstart<\/strong> Phoenicurus auroreus<\/em>
\n16.\tBlue Rock Thrush<\/strong> Monticola solitarius<\/em>
\n17.\tEurasian Tree Sparrow<\/strong> Passer montanus<\/em>; 30+ in the village
\n18.\tWhite Wagtail<\/strong> Motacilla alba<\/em>
\n19.\tChinese Grosbeak<\/strong> Eophona migratoria<\/em>; a flock of 12+ was restlessly roaming the island
\n20.\tGrey-capped Greenfinch<\/strong> Chloris sinica<\/em>
\n21.\tEurasian Siskin<\/strong> Carduelis spinus<\/em>; one heard
\n22.\tMeadow Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza cioides<\/em>; one individual with mostly black (as opposed to brown) head pattern \u2013 darkest I\u2019ve seen on Jeju…
\n23.\tYellow-throated Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza elegans<\/em>; 20+ in the woods<\/p>\n

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Meadow Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza cioides<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n

Jeju north coast, March 23<\/p>\n

Bird News from Matt Poll with Mike Balfour<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday saw calm and warm weather after a windy and smoggy week on Jeju. Definite signs of spring movement noted, with some birds seemingly early. We saw a total of 61 species today, at parks in Jeju City, at Hado, and Seongsan. In Jeju City, a crisp Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong> was a real treat to watch as it perched in a tree. Three Chinese Grosbeaks<\/strong> and plentiful Pale Thrush<\/strong> were also noted in this park.
\n Near Seongsan, we stopped to look at gulls, and were surprised to see a Saunders\u2019s Gull<\/strong> in summer plumage gracefully wheeling low to the water (a personal Jeju first). Very high overhead, three Cinereous Vultures<\/strong> circled on a thermal – probably Jeju\u2019s strangely resident vultures.
\n At Hado, we were glad to see seemingly healthy numbers and diversity of waterfowl, in spite of disruptive spraying and other showy\/dubious AI countermeasures. The Black-faced Spoonbills<\/strong> that regularly overwinter at Hado, however, have stayed away, and some can be found near Seongsan at a far less ideal site located next to a new walking trail. A new viewing platform has been built much closer to the reservoir at Hado, and worryingly, a picnic gazebo \u2013 right at the water\u2019s edge.
\n Also at Hado, two more relatively dark-faced Meadow Buntings were seen. I\u2019ve seen plenty of Meadow Buntings<\/strong> on Jeju over the years, but never with such dark facial markings. They also seemed to make a more \u2018tingy\u2019 insect-like call than I\u2019m used to. How closely related to Japanese ciopsis<\/em> Meadow Buntings are Jeju\u2019s Meadow Buntings? Read Dr. Nial Moores\u2019 excellent ID notes here: http:\/\/www.birdskorea.org\/Birds\/Identification\/ID_Notes\/BK-ID-Meadow-Bunting.shtml<\/a> <\/p>\n

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New structures at Hado. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n

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Saunders’s Gull<\/strong> Chroicocephalus saundersi<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n

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Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong> Turdus hortulorum<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n

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Meadow Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza cioides<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n

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Common Redshank<\/strong> Tringa totanus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mara-do, Jeju, March 22 Bird News from Matt Poll Largely the same feeling today on Mara when compared with last Saturday. The Oriental Plovers were missed, and a few new birds were noted, like Black-crowned Night Heron, Hoopoe, Eurasian Wren, … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-sightings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11834"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11838,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions\/11838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}