Daily Archives: 16/04/2015

Suncheon Area, March 14 – April 8

Bird News from Matt Poll

On March 14th Jason Loghry came to town, and we visited a small temple in the hills near Jirisan.  We found three gorgeous Hill Pigeons roosting in the temple eaves, two Brown Dippers, and a dingy Great Spotted Woodpecker ground feeding on a pine cone.

Japanese Waxwings were seen several times in March.  On March 20th, I saw ten in a quick flyby on the river that leads to the bay, with two more seen nearby, the next day.  On March 27th, seven were spotted in the company of some Dusky and Naumann’s Thrushes, at the sterile/baffling Suncheon Bay Gardens.  I later got good looks at a diminutive tailless Long-tailed Tit.

On the morning of March 24th, Suncheon Bay’s Hooded Crane numbers were down in the low 400s (from a personal high count of more than 800 in mid-February), and I saw my first Barn Swallows of the year.  Soon after, two Chestnut-eared Buntings were seen near the entrance to the touristy area.  Five days later, while on a walk to the bay along the river, I spotted a Wood Sandpiper pacing a small flooded field, and got great looks at a confiding Japanese Wagtail.   Near the bay, an oiled Red-throated Diver was paddling aimlessly on a small artificial pond.

On April 2nd, in a large field near the park, I encountered four Stejneger’s Stonechat (my first of the year), a Hen Harrier, and small groups of Chinese Penduline Tit, as well as Pallas’s and Common Reed Bunting still.  On the 8th, small numbers of Intermediate Egret and Common Sandpiper were seen along the river, probably fresh in, while Barn Swallow numbers swelled daily.  A Chestnut-eared Bunting and several Little Buntings were also seen.  On an early morning trip to Bay on April 10th, the highlight came when I surprised a Eurasian Bittern at close range in a quiet reedy pond, and it hesitantly flushed, showing its spectacular tiger-stripe pattern well.

pigeon2

Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris © Matt Poll

 

pigeon1

Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris  © Matt Poll

chestnut

Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata  © Matt Poll

common reed

Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus  © Matt Poll

j wagtail

Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis  © Matt Poll

varied

Varied Tit Sittiparus varius  © Matt Poll

peck

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dedrocopos major  © Matt Poll

loon

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata  © Matt Poll

long tailed 2

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus  © Matt Poll

개꿩 조사를 도와주세요: AWSG를 도와주세요

오늘 새만금 도요물떼새 모니터링(2006-2008)에서 새와 생명의 터의 파트너로서 활동하였던 호주 물떼새 연구 그룹(Australasian Wader Studies Group; AWSG)으로부터 멋진 연락을 받았습니다. AWSG는 우리가 위치한 철새 이동경로에서 오랜 기간 도요물떼새 보전 연구의 선구적인 단체로서 활동해왔습니다. 그리고 이곳에서는 현재 대한민국을 거쳐가거나 월동지로서 이용하는 … read more

심각한 위기종 검은머리촉새의 남아있는 몽골 개체군들을 찾는데 자원봉사자 분들의 도움이 필요합니다

오늘(4월 8일) BirdLife의 Simba Chan 님이 보내주신 공지입니다: 심각한 위기종 검은머리촉새의 남아있는 몽골 개체군들을 찾는데 자원봉사자 분들의 도움이 필요합니다. 검은머리촉새 Emberiza aureola는 서식지 전반에 걸쳐서 그 개체수가 매우 심각하게 감소하고 있으며, 최근에 IUCN에서는 이 종을 심각한 위기종(EN)으로 분류하였습니다. 이들은 한때 … read more

첫번째 공지: 탐조대회 2015

제 5차 새와 생명의 터 탐조대회가 5월 2일 토요일부터 5월 10일 일요일 사이에 개최될 예정입니다. 세계 이동철새의 날(5월 9-10일)에 대한 축하를 겸하여, 저희는 이전에 발간한 선구적인 보고서 “조류 현황”의 국문판을 발간하고, 러시아에서 9월에 개최되는 멸종위기종 호사비오리에 대한 국제 워크샵에 새와 … read more