Birds News from Jason Loghry Throughout the course of last week, I spent a few of my afternoons on the east bank of the Nakdong River. As many of you may know, the landscape has been subjected to numerous changes, … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 17th New today: 1. An English-language trip report by Mr. Philippe Malenfert to Heuksan Island (April 26th-May 9th) added to the Trip Reports page. http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Trip_Reports/BK-TR-Trip-Reports.shtml This particular report has some great observations (including Himalayan Swiftlet and the … read more
The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) (http://www.awsg.org.au) is a specialist body of BirdLife Australia, and one of the world’s leading bodies for shorebird research. The AWSG’s excellent and consistent contribution to the knowledge-base and conservation of shorebirds on this Flyway … read more
Selected Bird News from Drs. Rainer Ertel, Peter Berndt and Nial Moores A quick birding trip was taken along the west coast, visiting Seosan (June 9th and 10th, and again briefly on 12th); Heuksan Island and adjacent sea-areas (June 10th-12th); … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry Despite all the mosquito bites, this late afternoon was well-spent. First, I re-visited a site near the Nakdong River where recently I had observed Red-billed Starling. It turns out there are at least three breeding … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry with Lee Eunjae A short trip to Goeje turned out to be quite interesting. First birds of the day were two Ashy Minivet – or were they Ryukyu?! singing near the main road. Regretfully, I … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 7 A fascinating article with sound-recordings of all four of Korea’s cuculus cuckoo species, images of last week’s mystery cuckoo on Baekryeong, and an extra image of an “orange-headed cuckoo” (photographed by Dr. Choi Soon-Kyu … read more
Posted By Jason Loghry, Birds Korea, June 6 A new page has opened today on the Birds Korea’s websites, with lots of new information and images of birding hot-spot Baekryeong Island in Incheon: http://www.birdskorea.org/Habitats/Other/Baekryeongdo/BK-HA-Baekryeongdo.shtml The page already hosts a detailed … read more
On May 12th, students at Jeonnam Foreign Language High School held an event in celebration of 2013 World Migratory Bird Day. The event started in the morning with a lessons about migratory birds and habitat monitoring. In the afternoon, students … read more
Bird News from Yoshiki Watabe I stayed Tsuhima, Nagasaki Pref. Japan from 27th April to 3rd May 2013. Total number of species observed was 123 including introduced species. The daily number of species were 44 to 68. It was my … read more