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Birds News by Jason Loghry<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a beautiful clear-skied morning. There was very little wind. Dozens of Eastern Great Tits<\/strong> were singing and calling from the trees. Scattered near the park entrance were 5 Pale Thrushes<\/strong> fossicking through the leaf litter. I sat and watched but as people began to pour in, I quickly searched out a quiet undisturbed patch. I made it to the gully and near the stream I found a Japanese Robin<\/strong>. This was only the second time for me to see this species (was also my target species for the day), so it was very exciting. I sat quietly and watched it move curiously and cautiously up and down the stream bed. A flurry of birds were about. Most were more tits and some Yellow-throated Buntings<\/strong>. In the distance on a stone, sat a flycatcher, a personal first of the season. It was an Asian Brown Flycatcher<\/strong>. I lost sight of the Japanese Robin, but then a Winter Wren<\/strong> suddenly took the stage. Up the gully was a Black-faced Bunting<\/strong> feeding near the stream. It was a personata<\/em><\/strong>, and gorgeous. Just above it in a tree was warbler<\/strong>. It was distant, so I placed my scope on it. At that moment, a group of visitors noisily scurried near the tree and the bird was flushed. Not to be bothered, I shrugged my shoulders and smiled at the morning. It was a lovely day. <\/p>\n

I did my rounds throughout Taejongdae. The wind picked up in the afternoon. I noticed 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawks<\/strong> circling above me. I came across some Japanese White-eyes<\/strong>, and more tits. Near the seaside were many Black-tailed Gulls<\/strong> and a few Black-headed Gulls<\/strong>. I saw a pair of Eurasian Spoonbills<\/strong> in flight following the southern coastline. At the distant lighthouse there was a line of about 200+ Loons<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

As the wind became very strong, I headed back to the gully. Walking along the stream I found a Tristram’s Bunting<\/strong> feeding. Birds around me suddenly flew up and a Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong> perched up on a tree above the me. Putting the scope on it I saw that it had a Black-faced Bunting<\/strong>, personata<\/strong><\/em>. Could it have been the same bird I had seen just a few hours earlier? Leaving the gully I passed a stunning Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong> feeding in the leaves. On the way out of the park I spotted a White’s Thrush<\/strong>, an Eastern Buzzard<\/strong>, and 3 Black Kites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus<\/em>. Digiscoped Image \u00a9 Jason Loghry<\/center><\/strong><\/p>\n