2013년 새와 생명의 터 조류목록이 업데이트 되었습니다!
2013년 새와 생명의 터 조류목록이 업데이트 되었습니다! 2013년 5월에 조류목록이 개정된 이후로 6월까지 한 달 동안 여러가지 새로운 종들이 기록되었습니다. 이번 6월 업데이트에서는 이러한 변경사항들을 반영하였으며, 이외에도 세부적인 내용들이 몇가지 바뀌었으니 확인해주세요. 자세한 사항은 다음의 링크를 참조해주시기 바랍니다. 새와 생명의 … read more
Bird Sightings
Jeju Island, June 23
Bird news from Matt Poll and Mike Balfour It’s great to be back on Jeju, although a lot of construction/destruction has been going on over the past two years. At a site on Halla’s southern slope formerly home to Fairy … read more
Yongjeong, June 22
Bird News from Tim Edelsten New tourist maps show every inch of this island as either completed golf course, industrial park, or apartment complex. Thankfully in reality some of these sites are as yet undeveloped, but its obviously only a … read more
Common Rosefinch: A Request For Information
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 22 A new note by Dr. Nial Moores posted today on Common Rosefinch, including images of two stunning males digi-scoped (courtesy of Swaorvski Optik!) on Eocheong Island, in May 2011: http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Identification/ID_Notes/BK-ID-Common-Rosefinch.shtml Information on biometrics, plumage, … read more
East of the Nakdong, June 17 – 20
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
Various West Coast Locations, June 9 – 13
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
Yonaguni-jima Trip Report (April 12 – 17) and other rarity reports from Japan
Bird News from Yusuke Umegaki Yonaguni-jima (Okinawa Prefecture), an island which belongs to the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost island of Japan and is actually closer to Taiwan (only about 110km distant). Regarding geographical characteristics, many vagrants from South East … read more
East Nakdong, June 10
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
Goeje, June 1
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
Going Cuckoo: A Call For Information!
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