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| Red-flanked Bluetail Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus - they were EVERYWHERE on Sunday |
Mara-do
1. Streaked
Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas;
one seen from the ferry
2. Bar-tailed
Godwit Limosa lapponica; two groups of roughly 10 seen heading towards
Jeju
3. Red-necked
Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius; 11
from the ferry between Mara and Gapa
4. Black-tailed
Gull Larus crassirostris
5. Pacific
Swift Apus Pacificus
6. Eurasian
Magpie Pica pica
7. Great Tit
Parus major
8. Far
Eastern Skylark Alauda japonica
9. Barn
Swallow Hirundo Rustica
10.
Japanese
Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
11.
Japanese
White-eye Zosterops japonicus
12.
Pale
Thrush Turdus pallidus
13.
Brown-headed
Thrush Turdus chrysolaus; several
skulking in the woods
14.
Dusky
Thrush Turdus eunomus
15.
Red-flanked
Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus; at
least 20, mostly females
16.
Stejneger’s
Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri;
numbers up to almost a dozen
17.
Blue Rock
Thrush Monticola solitarius
18.
White
Wagtail Motacilla alba
19.
Buff-bellied
Pipit Anthus rubescens
20.
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla; the most
numerous migrant on Mara, over 40 seen
21.
Grey-capped
Greenfinch Chloris sinica
22.
Yellow-throated
Bunting Emberiza elegans
Back on southwestern Jeju, I encountered groups of 12-20 Red-flanked Bluetails at 4 different patches
of coastal woods. There were more males
in the mix compared to Mara, and they were all feeding on sunny paths at forest
edges. Also notable on ‘mainland Jeju',
one Japanese Quail, and a group of
shorebirds made up of nine Kentish
Plover, two Dunlin, and one Red-necked Stint. Nearby, another Brown-headed Thrush was heard, and a White’s Thrush and personata Black-faced Bunting were seen.
On Saturday April 5th, in spite of a full day of
birding in the hills, the most notable birds were encountered before I got out
of bed - two groups of Ashy Minivets
flew past my window during the early morning, heading towards Halla Mountain.
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