Bird news by Leslie Hurteau On June 10th, 2022, the Jeju Wildlife Research Center (제주야생동물연구센터) found a Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens on Mara Island, the most southern point of the ROK. This species has never been recorded in the Republic … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau As May started, Spring migration was in full swing, with many interesting birds showing up on Jeju. Early May involved a weekend trip to nearby Chuja Island, which had a fair number of migrants, highlight … read more
나일 무어스, 백승광, 이수영, 장량 . 연천군과의 계약에 따라, 우리는 6월 2, 3, 4, 5, 7일 닷새 동안 연천 임진강 생물권보전지역에서 번식하는 조류와 그 밖의 다양한 생물을 조사하였고, 그 결과는 매우 생산적이었다. 약 12킬로미터의 (무척이나 아름다운) 산길을 걷고, 두 강줄기의 … read more
Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young and Jang Ryang Under contract from Yeoncheon County, we conducted five very productive days of survey of breeding birds and other biodiversity in the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Subhojit Chakladar for part of 26th-28th). In addition to plentiful of enjoyable encounters with Korean breeding species (some of which like Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret, Tiger Shrike and Forest Wagtail breed on the island … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores) With a storm front expected to pass over the northern part of Yellow Sea on 25th evening, I decided to check out what the weather system might bring in on the … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar (with Dr Nial Moores, Andy Lee and Justin Lee) NOTE: This post was substantially modified following input from Prof. Per Alstrom between May 20th and 23rd. Peak of the spring migration on this island is … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau Spring migration started slowly in March down in Jeju Island, with waders showing up on coastal areas and in wetlands and reservoirs. Waders such as Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, and Great Knots began to show … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau A belated post on a fine day of birding on the east coast of Jeju Island on March 19th. The weather was rather stormy for most of the day, until clearing up a bit in … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar With an interesting weather system developing near the Shanghai coast, I was tempted to see what would the storm bring to an isolated island like Gageo as the winds sweep migrating birds across the Yellow … read more