Jason Loghry, July 13th 2012 It is very exciting to see these beautiful chicks freshly hatched and moving around. And inspiring and hopeful to know much hard work, great effort, and love is being shared to keep the spotlight on … read more
Talking Naturally Podcast TN92: “A conversation with Nial Moores, Director of Birds Korea, about waterbirds and the IUCN’s recently released report titled “IUCN situation analysis on East and Southeast Asian intertidal habitats, with particular reference to the Yellow Sea (including … read more
Nial Moores, July 10th 2012 Ramsar Convention conferences always provide an important public focus for wetland conservation activities. And during the past week, two major resources have been made available online. The first, a report on South-east and East Asian … read more
From WMBD: “Over 250 events in a record 78 countries celebrated and raised awareness about migratory birds for World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on 12-13 May 2012, making it the most successful of the seven held since the campaign’s inception … read more
By attending Dr. Nial Moores’ lecture, “Of Birds and People,” I had the opportunity to experience Dr. Moores’ amicable charisma as he outlined the primary concerns facing South Korea’s approach to sustainability and the impact of human development on biodiversity … read more
Bird news from Jason Loghry later joined by Shane and Yoli Park Despite the rain, I had an early start on Saturday. Although it wasn’t the safest condition for a bike ride, I couldn’t resist continuing my search for crakes … read more
Bird News from Mike Friel I went early to a temple site and within minutes, at 7:25am, the first Ruddy Kingfisher I have seen in Korea wheeled up to an overhanging branch nearby, as if to check out the intruder. … read more
Nial Moores, June 28th Recent years have seen some late June and July additions to the ROK national list, including the nation’s only records of Bridled Tern (found by Kang hee-Man on July 10th 2006 on Jeju Island: see … read more
by Jason Loghry On June 16th, I was invited to join a group of 70 elementary school students for a one day eco-camp at the beautiful Hwapo Wetland in Halim-myeon, Gimhae. We were joined by a group of seven eco-guides, … read more
Bird News from Betty Slade, David Cole and Nial Moores (joined by Jason Loghry on June 24th). Although mid-late June is NOT the best time for birding in the ROK, an enjoyable eight days in the field took us … read more