\n The Winter Wrens<\/strong> have arrived in force on Geoje! I saw nine noisy and scrappy examples on one small stream, and it seemed like they were scuffling over prime habitat. A single female Greater Scaup<\/strong> has been seen on a saltwater canal near my apartment for about a week. Nearby, several hundred Spot-billed Duck<\/strong> and a dozen Eurasian Teal<\/strong> were feeding busily.<\/p>\n
Thursday 8th Sunday 11th Greater Scaup<\/strong> Aythya marila<\/em> Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n Winter Wren<\/strong> Troglodytes troglodytes<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n Eurasian Spoonbill<\/strong> Platalea leucorodia<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n Eyebrowed Thrush<\/strong> Turdus obscurus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Matt Poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bird news from Matt Poll Tuesday 6th The Winter Wrens have arrived in force on Geoje! I saw nine noisy and scrappy examples on one small stream, and it seemed like they were scuffling over prime habitat. A single female … 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-6765","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\/6765","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=6765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8328,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions\/8328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n After a chilly ride out to the west coast I spotted a lone Eurasian Spoonbill<\/strong> resting in a reedy lagoon in the company of two dozen Grey Heron<\/strong>. I found yet more Winter Wrens<\/strong> at three mountain stream sites, with 3-6 noisy individuals seen at each.<\/p>\n
\n After having a planned Saturday trip to a nearby offshore island scrapped by extremely high winds, it was good to get out and get a full day\u2019s birding in at \u2018Grey Bunting Mountain\u2019. On the way, I heard several Chinese Penduline Tits<\/strong> calling from a reedbed. Aside from the expected forest mix of tits and woodpeckers, with several Goldcrest<\/strong> mixed in, I spied my first Red-flanked Bluetail<\/strong> of the winter near the peak, a shy female tail-flicking near the trail. I noticed the Winter Wrens<\/strong> have spaced themselves a bit more sensibly along the stream. Soon after this, I heard a few thrushes calling from deeper in the woods, and their calls sounded a bit thin and different from the Pale Thrushes I encounter there regularly. I made my way to a remote gravesite fringed with fruiting berry trees and hunkered down. About 45 minutes later, six Eyebrowed Thrush<\/strong> returned and fed casually on the berries for about ten minutes. A special birding moment, and a real treat to watch!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/scaup3-640x300.jpg\")
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