Bird News from Robin Newlin and Dr. Shim Kyu-Sik A full and productive day around Hwaseong’s reclamation area of reeds, channels, lake, scrub—and, unfortunately, ever-increasing industrial construction. Highlights were Korea’s smallest and largest owls, an encouraging number of storks, and … read more
Birds Korea Scaly-sided Merganser Winter Monitoring Project Jason Loghry, November 21, 2013 We’re very happy to report 36 Scaly-sided Mergansers (as well as 67 Mandarin Duck) were observed on November 16, as part of an “initial” survey kick-starting this winter’s … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin An afternoon only at the Sumeokwan: Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1. Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus 1. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos kizuki 2. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus 2. Greater Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 1. Bull-headed … read more
Sunny Yun, November 19, 2013 Sunny International Home School “If each student picks one species of bird that occurs here in Korea, studies it and shares what they find with others, wouldn’t they start to care about and love these … read more
Nial Moores PhD, November 19th 2013 The winter of 2012/ 2013 was remarkable, with an irruption of Varied Tit Poecile varius starting in late August; followed by waves of Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula and Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa in … read more
Bird News from Patrick Blake I spent a pleasant, though cold, morning at the Gwangjuho Lake Eco-park in Chunghyo-dong, Gwangju. The water levels have been brought down, exposing a lot of the shoreline, which attracted quite a few wagtails … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores After survey visits in March and May, a late autumn survey was conducted on one half-day (November 1st) and ten full days between November 2nd and 12th on Baekryeong Island, Ongjin County. Although this period … read more
Birds News from Patrick Blake, Melanie Proteau Blake, Bradlee Sulentic, and Jason Loghry Our birding party focused on the Korean National Arboretum, spending the bulk of the day scouring the grounds for migrants. Our spirits (not to mention our clothes, … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin 21st From the ferry (intermittent outside access) a few Streaked Shearwaters. On the island, little evidence of incoming or newly-arrived birds. Two Bull-headed Shrikes. Several Stejneger’s Stonechats. Three Black-browed Reed Warblers. Seven White-cheeked and one … read more
Jason Loghry, November 7, 2013 Birds Korea Last month, Birds Koreans spent several days with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology team at Saemangeum. We found many migratory shorebirds still feeding near some of the non-natural tidal creeks, species such as … read more