{"id":17254,"date":"2015-12-05T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=17254"},"modified":"2015-12-06T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T01:16:56","slug":"paldang-december-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=17254","title":{"rendered":"Paldang, December 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

A return trip to Paldang found much of the same birds as last week’s visit; waterfowl numbers seemed somewhat reduced, or perhaps just more spread out (today I covered a smaller area). The pair of Scaly-sided Mergansers<\/strong> was still present, as were scattered groups of Whooper Swans<\/strong>, good numbers of Common Goldeneyes<\/strong>, Goosanders<\/strong>, Spot-billed Ducks<\/strong>, Gadwalls<\/strong>, and Mallards<\/strong>; at various times, skeins of Bean Geese<\/strong> flew over. <\/p>\n

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Whooper Swan<\/strong> Cygnus cygnus<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Welcoming committee<\/strong> Canis lupus familiaris<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

Taking leave of the swans, I made it past the resident puppy gang (not without paying a toll of cracker bits) and down-river toward the channel islands. Two White-tailed Sea Eagles<\/strong> were present; usually sitting quietly on rocks, occasionally mobbed by magpies or crows, sometimes taking to the air. At one point the Steller’s Sea Eagle<\/strong> flew in, raucously calling, to chase the White-tail; they both flew off and inland in an almost companionable manner.<\/p>\n

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White-tailed Sea Eagle<\/strong> Haliaeetus albicilla<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Steller’s Sea Eagle<\/strong> Haliaeetus pelagicus<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Common Goldeneye<\/strong> Bucephela clangula<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

Passerines were represented by such quality as Japanese Wagtails<\/strong>, Grey-capped Greenfinches<\/strong>, two Bramblings<\/strong>, two Daurian Redstarts<\/strong>, Eurasian Tree Sparrows<\/strong>, Vinous-throated Parrotbills<\/strong>, and a couple of Buff-bellied Pipits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/strong> Passer Montanus<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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