Tim Edelsten with Robin Newlin & Rob MacFie At Oksu today, the regular pre-migratory gathering of ducks made a spectacular sight as they swarmed in an ever tighter bunch toward sunset. Undoubted star of the occasion (seen quite distantly) was a male Baer’s Pochard-“type” (that seems to have … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten Very spring-like, a warm 12 degrees Celsius. On the regular berry trees (very heavily-laden this year), only Brown-eared Bulbuls were to be seen. There seems to have been an apparent total absence of finches, thrushes, waxwings … read more
WantChina Times 2014-10-27 Unregulated land reclamation has caused serious coastal erosion across the intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, threatening flocks of migratory birds and local environmental conditions, not to mention local residents’ daily lives, Shangahi’s China … read more
Hankyoreh Mar.24,2014 Speaking on hugely expensive project, Hans Helmut Bernhart says, “You can’t design nature, and you shouldn’t try” By Kim Jeong-su, environment correspondent Hans Helmut Bernhart, a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, is an expert … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten Today marked the first cold snap in what has been an exceptionally mild winter, with temperatures suddenly plunging to minus 13 Celsius. On the fruiting tree however there were only the usual suspects, including a pair … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten While out on a (non-birding) walk I bumped into a flock of about 70 Vinous-throated Parrotbill that were mobbing the neighbourhood cat. Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus, © Tim Edelsten Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus, © Tim … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten Most noteworthy offshore were 1600+ Great Crested Grebe idling in the bay, where also e.g. a close pair of Horned Grebe, a Harlequin, a Black-necked Grebe, four Ancient Murrelet and a Goldeneye. Unfortunately the murrelets … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten There were about 60 Pintail between Doksan and Anyang today. The males have already completed their moult – earlier than other wildfowl. Northern Pintail Anas acuta, © Tim Edelsten read more
I found these feathers on Socheong Island on May 26th 2010. I had found many feathers that year and all were quite easily identifiable- except for these: Note that the primaries have quite a distinctive shape: -and the (presumed) secondaries fade into … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten From my mountain watchpoint (which commands an excellent, almost 360-degree view for at least 20km in all directions), still a trickle of raptor migration evident. Over the course of two and a half hours around … read more