Bird News from Tim Edelsten
Despite the rain, stiff breeze and dark clouds, a pelagic, venturing some 20km off the coast of Gyeongsangnam Province was enjoyable for the sight of Streaked Shearwaters effortlessly lancing past the boat, with 400 or so over a three-hour period. One of them, (presumably in moult?) – showed an unusual upperwing pattern – photographed below. Also present a handful of Black-headed Gull, three Mongolian Gull and one Saunders’s Gull. Bizarrely, far offshore, an inexperienced juvenile Eurasian Hobby struggled through the inclement weather.
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas, © Tim Edelsten
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas, © Tim Edelsten
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo, © Tim Edelsten