A two day-one night trip on Mara Island in later September proved to be a very successful birding trip. Mid-September to Mid-October can usually be pretty good for the more colourful and charismatic migrants, like flycatchers, orioles, dollarbirds, and some thrushes. This particular trip had two stand-out birds: Amur Paradise Flycatcher (my first time seeing one, and perhaps first record for Jeju), and Ashy Drongo (a rare vagrant). The last time I saw an Ashy Drongo was May 2021, so certainly happy to see that one. The weather was not so great, with intermittent heavy rains and generally high humid temepratures, but the fantastic birds made up for it.
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher |
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| Blue Rock-thrush |
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| Dark-sided Flycatcher |
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| Asian Brown Flycatcher |
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| Amur Paradise Flycatcher: note the prominent demarcation between the dark blueish head and more light grey chest, different than the Black Paradise flycatcher where this line is absent and it's darker overall. |
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| Amur Paradise Flycatcher, posing nicely. |
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| Radde's Warbler |
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| Zitting Cisticola living life on the edge |
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| Brown Shrike |
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| Blue-and-white Flycatcher |
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| Black-naped Oriole |
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| Eastern Crowned Warbler |
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| Ashy Drongo |
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