Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar, Bradlee Sulentic and Jason Loghry Starting at the crack of dawn amidst heavy rain, we reached Seosan lake A just as the rain had abated and a nice breeze brought some respite from the humidity. … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten My survey continued on foot this afternoon, in sweltering summer heat that has not yet been broken by rain. June is definitely the quietest month birdwise in this country, and today only 35 species, although … read more
Bird News from Jason Loghry and Mike Friel Starting out early on Saturday from near Jinju, we went to the Goseong Ruddy Kingfisher site, where it had recently been seen by MF. There was no sign of it this time, … read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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