Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Drawn in by the charm of this remote island … I decided to spend a second weekend there. Excellent weather conditions meant very few birds of note on the island itself October 19th The sea … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar October 12th A quick weekend trip (more of a dash rather!) to Gageo on the weekend under cloudless blue skies. The long ferry ride yielded 1 Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel and a handful of Streaked Shearwater. … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Jason Loghry September 7 Starting early from Mokpo harbor, we encountered few sea-birds enroute. Most notable were about Common Terns (~10), Streaked Shearwater (4) and Red-necked Phalarope (4). Once on the island, we found … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar, Bradlee Sulentic and Jason Loghry Starting at the crack of dawn amidst heavy rain, we reached Seosan lake A just as the rain had abated and a nice breeze brought some respite from the humidity. … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip to Socheong to see what has changed from 2 weekends ago. The weather didn’t look “promising” with clear blue skies and gentle northerly winds but there were a few surprises. The … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick trip to Deokjeok on Labor Day holiday to check out the status of migration. Starting from about 10:50am to 4pm surveying only a limited part of the island consisting of the hiking trail … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar with Jason Loghry Tempted by the news of wonderful observations from various regions of Busan, I decided to check out what it had to offer. Meeting up with Jason at dawn at the Busan station, … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar and Bradlee Sulentic April 20th Light overnight rain continuing till 9am. First bird of the day was a Red Rumped Swallow right outside the pension. The Red-billed Starling was spotted on the same tree near … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Back to Socheong after 5 days. The ferry ride proved to be absolutely sterile in terms of sea-birds but the first hour on the island proved to be quite nice. Firsts for the spring included … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick dash to Socheong on the weekend to resume birding after almost a month. Very windy (rough seas) meant no chance of observing from the ferry. On the island, the first day was rather … read more