Saturday (3 May) I joined the taipei Wild Bird Society on their annual spring trip to Guishan (Turtle) Island. Birding was even slower this weekend with very few migrants despite the heavy constant rain. Great reports coming in from Matsu Islands, so I guess a lot of migrants have passed us already.
Highlights of this trip were a Lesser Frigatebird (not seen by me), perhaps 10 or more Yellow-browed Buntings, a Little Bunting, Black-faced Buntings, a single Brambling, lots of Brown-eared Bulbuls, Pacific Reef Heron, Peregrine Falcon, Olive-backed Pipits, Common Terns, Great Crested Terns, Red-necked Phalaropes (not seen by me), lots of Oriental Skylarks, a single Oriental Pratincole, Black-tailed Gull and a Striated Heron (which I don't see very often in Taiwan).
A few photos...including a couple more from last week.