{"id":17997,"date":"2016-05-09T20:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T11:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=17997"},"modified":"2016-05-10T06:55:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T21:55:32","slug":"may-5-6-eocheong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=17997","title":{"rendered":"May 5-6, Eocheong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

My last one-and-a-half days on the island:<\/p>\n

Friday May 5. Expected rain did not arrive, but fog began to roll in by mid morning. The morning boat nevertheless came and went, carrying away some birders and replacing them with a small crowd of bunting-seekers. That bird showed well, as did many of the birds of previous days. A Hawfinch<\/strong> was perhaps new (or newly seen), associating at times with the Chinese Grosbeaks<\/strong>. I glimpsed a Black-capped Kingfisher<\/strong> from the boardwalk and photographed a Common Kingfisher<\/strong> (a female this time) at a favorite perch. By the afternoon, the fog was quite dense, and there seemed to be little in the way of arrivals.<\/p>\n

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Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

\"bk<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

Somewhat surprisingly, the fog had quite disappeared by the morning of May 6. There was a Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong> behind the post office at dawn, and the Black Drongos<\/strong> had moved down into the village area. The Red-headed Bunting<\/strong> still showed, along with several Yellow-breasted<\/strong>, a Yellow,<\/strong> and a Chestnut-eared Bunting<\/strong>. At the boardwalk, a Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong>, the usual Yellow-browe<\/strong>d and Dusky Warblers<\/strong>, and then a mild surprise: the Paradise Flycatcher<\/strong> (of yet-undetermined species) reappeared after a day of no sightings, this time closer to the village (at the island’s perhaps largest tree).<\/p>\n

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Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

\"bk<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

\"bk<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps<\/em> \u00a9Robin Newlin (This bird is not \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0singing,\u00a0despite appearances: I think it was trying to re-orient a swallowed seed.)<\/p>\n

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Paradise Flycatcher sp<\/em>. \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

\"bk<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Paradise Flycatcher sp<\/em>. \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

\"bk<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Paradise Flycatcher sp<\/em>. \u00a9Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

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