Birds Korea and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Geum Estuary & Saemangeum Under overcast skies with occasional rain showers, the main team visited the Geum Estuary – capturing some excellent footage of a Spoon-billed Sandpiper coming in at high tide: … read more
Birds Korea and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Gwangju AM; Geum Estuary PM Thanks to the generosity and hard work of Prof. Seong Ha-Cheol and his students and of course of the tireless Prof. Maria Lisak, a morning seminar on … read more
Birds Korea (Jason Loghry, Lee Jung-Kyu, Jeon Shi-Jin and Nial Moores) & CLO (Gerrit Vyn and Adam Sedgley): Nakdong Estuary Back out to the Nakdong Estuary under almost clear skies with a brisk northerly wind, whipping up waves … read more
Birds Korea (Jason Loghry, Lee Jung-Kyu, Jeon Shi-Jin and Nial Moores) & CLO (Gerrit Vyn and Adam Sedgley): Nakdong Estuary, October 3rd Birds Korea has for some time now been gathering material for a mini-documentary aiming to tell the story … read more
Birds Korea, September 30th 2013 Birds Korea is a legally-registered Korean NGO, working for the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Eco-region. We conduct scientific research, develop plans and designs and we conduct … read more
2013년 7월 1일 새와 생명의 터 ‘새와 생명의 터’ 블로그를 방문해보신 분들은 아마 홍콩 야생조류회의 비비안 후선생님이 시작하신 멋진 애니메이션 작업에 대해 알고 있을 것입니다. 후 선생님은 우선 넓적부리도요를 직접 디자인하고, 애니메이션용 그림으로 그렸습니다. 그런 다음 넓적부리도요의 이동 경로 상에 … read more
Birds Korea, July 1st, 2013 Most Birds Koreans and followers of the blog will already know about a wonderful animation project, initiated by the dynamic Ms. Vivian Fu of the Hong Kong Birdwatching Society. First, Ms. Fu designed and … read more
Jason Loghry, August 30th As part of ongoing research for Birds Korea on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper, six individuals (four post-breeding adults, one adult in non-breeding plumage, and one juvenile) were found during a two week survey (Aug 14-26) … read more
As described in the Birds Korea Preliminary Report on the “Anticipated Impacts of the Four Rivers Project on Waterbirds” published in 2010, the Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus is a globally Endangered and declining species that is ecologically dependent on rivers. … read more
A study published in Conservation Genetics Volume 12, Number 3, 839-844, DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0180-y looks at the genetics of the Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus, a species that winters on broad, shallow rivers in Republic of Korea. The full paper is … read more