Field Identification

Nial Moores, August 23, 2015 Below are a few digiscoped images of American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus taken between August 9th and 15th, 2015, in Nova Scotia, eastern Canada (and for comparison a few gull images from Korea). Most of … read more

Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, July 14th 2015 As described in the previous post (which looked at the 1996 record of Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor), there are at least 50 revisions to consider making to the 2014 Birds Korea Checklist.   … read more

Nial Moores, July 7th/ 8th 2015  (with much essential input from Peter Pyle and Tristan McKee, in December and again in July 2015) Revisiting a potential first for Korea (and Asia?)  in the hope of more comments! At dusk on … read more

나일 무어스 박사, 새와 생명의 터, 5월 29일; 2015년 6월 2일 수정 “짖는 뻐꾸기” Cuculus sp. 백령도, 2014년 5월 28일 © Nial Moores. 갈색 이마, 옆구리에는 줄무늬가 강하지만 배와 엉덩이에는 거의 없다는 점에 주목합시다 (사진에서 초록빛이 도는 부분은 잎의 반사광 때문입니다). … read more

Dr. Nial Moores, May 28th 2015 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus. Baekryeong Island, May 15 2015 © Nial Moores Korea is probably the best place in the world to enjoy the full variation shown by Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus, especially … read more

Nial Moores, 2015년 4월 14일 4월 11일, 밝고 따뜻한 날씨에 다섯 명의 새와 생명의 터 회원들(Jason Loghry, 하정문, Robin Newlin, 서해민, Nial Moores)로 이뤄진 팀이 배를 타고 낙동강 하구 바깥쪽을 확인했습니다. 가장 흥미로웠던(적어도 제게는!) 것은 약 100마리 정도의 줄무늬노랑발갈매기 Larus … read more

Nial Moores, April 14th 2015 On April 11th, in very bright and reasonably calm conditions a team of five Birds Koreans (Jason Loghry, Ha Jung Mun, Robin Newlin, Seo Hae-Min and NM) checked the outer part of the Nakdong Estuary … read more