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| Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis
diphone |
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| Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos
caudatus |
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| Olive-backed Pipit Anthus
hodgsoni |
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| Tristram's Bunting Emberiza
tristrami |
There were some unsolved avian
riddles, as well as early signs of spring, on a rainy then sunny weekend. On the same hill where a Common Redpoll was
seen two weeks ago, I encountered at least six Tristram’s Buntings skulking in the scrub. I’ve never seen Tristram’s in the winter - could
they be outlandishly early migrants? Also of note
were Japanese Bush Warblers in full
song, and almost a dozen Long-tailed
Tits (I’m still unsure how to separate trivirgatus
and magnus Long-tailed Tits) in a
nearby gully. Small groups of Olive-backed Pipits and Grey-capped Greenfinch moved through the
woods and forest edge in several spots.
In the city, I’ve noticed a group of about a dozen White Wagtails noisily moving from the rooftops to one particular
large roadside tree, daily just before dusk over the past week. Do White Wagtails communally roost?
In a park in town it seems like Mandarin
Duck and Spot-billed Duck (small
numbers of Spot-billed do spend the summer on Jeju) numbers have thinned out
considerably. Another sign of an early
spring? Grey Wagtails and Red-flanked
Bluetails can also be found in Seogwipo’s parks.
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