2022 Winter Birds on Jeju: East Coast 2

 A second set of photos of birds seen during various trips to the Jeju east coast this winter.

Harlequin Duck, one individual found by a visiting friend. I was pretty excited to tick this one on Jeju as I didn't get any photoso of the ones I saw in Gangwon-do a couple years ago.

Long-tailed Shrike. I saw this one at the same spot back in September, which made me wonder if it's the same individual, or just a coincidence.

Pacific Reef Heron; I got surprisingly close to this one while it was fishing.

Carrion Crow, an uncommon bird on Jeju.

Male Red-breasted Merganser

Leucistic Eastern Spot-billed duck

Caspian Tern hiding behind the reeds.

Caspian Tern peeking out a bit from the rock.

Caspian Tern after I accidentaly flushed it. Luckily it landed back in its original spot after a bit of flying.

Presumed female Canvasback with male and female Common Pochards. More on that Canvasback in another post.

Greater Spotted Eagle, seen flying over Hado wetland briefly. This was a bird long on my list and it felt satisfying finally getting nice good looks at one.

2022 Winter Birds on Jeju: East Coast 1

 I took a few trips to the east coast this winter, as it's truly the best spot for winter birds on Jeju. The best place for ducks, gulls, seabirds, and even eagles it seems.

Pelagic Cormorant, fairly common in low numbers along Jeju coast in winter.

Osprey are also rather common on Jeju in winter, as well as spring and fall.

Peregrine Falcons are a resident bird on Jeju, and usually at least one is seen during a birdwatching trip.

Falcated Ducks, male and female. Lots were seen this winter.

Female Common Goldeneye.

Female Red-breasted Merganser, stretching her wings.

Black-faced Spoonbill, a regular wintering bird on Jeju. Probably one of the only places in Korea to see them regularly in winter.

Grey Herons.

Saunders' Gull

Temminck's Cormorant

Kentish Plover

Buff-bellied Pipit, an asian subspecies of American Pipit.

Grey Heron with a fine catch (Barred Knifejaw, Oplegnathus fasciatus) 

2021 Sept and Oct: Winter Ducks Returning

 The winter ducks have been slowly trickling back into parts of Jeju over the past few weeks. Here's a few from various waterbodies on the island.

Gadwall / 알락오리 / Mareca strepera

Tufted Duck / 댕기흰죽지 / Aythya fuligula

Tufted Duck / 댕기흰죽지 / Aythya fuligula

Eurasian Wigeon / 붉은머리오리 / Mareca penelope

Northern Pintail or Gadwall?

2021-10-13 Hallim, Jeju-do

A quick visit to Northwestern Jeju this afternoon, it was nice to drop by cause it's such a productive spot. 

Black-browed Reed Warbler / 쇠개개비

Black-winged Stilt / 장다리물떼새

The first surprise was a Black-browed Reed Warbler, the first one I've seen on Jeju and the first one I've seen in over a year. There was still a Black-winged Stilt hanging around, as well as a few Wood Sandpipers. 

Grey Heron / 왜가리

Osprey / 물수리

Plenty of Common Snipe around, and more ducks are rolling in. A bit of a treat was watching two Osprey doing a bit of acrobatics in the sky over the coast.

Eastern Spot-billed Duck / 흰뺨검둥오리

Eurasian Green Winged Teal / 쇠오리