Little Bunting, Red-throated Pipit, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and others
Little Buntings are wintering here, but they bury themselves in the grass and are hard to photograph. Their call notes can be heard everywhere.
Red-throated Pipits also tend to stay hidden, but this flock came out into open ground and was easy to observe. The birds were in various stages of moult, which made for a good mix.
Wagtails included White Wagtail, Taiwanese White Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Grey Wagtail all together.
A fair number of Little Buntings are wintering in the rice paddies on the island, but they're difficult to photograph.
A Red-throated Pipit moulting into summer plumage.
Red-throated Pipit, first-winter plumage.
Preening calmly.
(Yellow-browed) Yellow Wagtail.
(Yellow-browed) Yellow Wagtail, first-winter to summer plumage.
Taiwan White Wagtail, first-winter to summer plumage.
White Wagtails were the most numerous.
A close flock of Red-throated Pipits. They were feeding on grass seeds.
Changing into summer plumage.
Red-throated Pipits offer plenty of variety in their moult — always interesting.