Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Starting on the New Chinese/Lunar New Year day in a rain soaked Sokcho, both the lakes in the city were unbelievably void of bird life. With a constant drizzle, strong winds and ominous clouds over … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A few hours along the Namhan river in Chungju produced some good (and predictable) birds. The long staying (and much photographed) Great Grey Shrike and Red-Crested Pochard provided the first new birds this year for … chungju
A few hours on this island walking along the forested hillside, some farmlands and the MTB course. The hiking trails were completely free of the usual hiking crowd that descends on the island during other times of the year on … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Following a great map from Ha Jung Moon, I found a Long-eared Owl (after some searching) …. close to the trunk (and hence easy to miss). Other species seen in a few hours of afternoon … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip to Gageo over calm seas. List of selected birds observed. 1. Pomarine Skua – At least 4 skuas observed from the boat from Mokpo …. one of them being close enough … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Early morning (well … 8:30am is not so early actually) at a popular tourist resort with Robin Newlin, who showed me the juvenile Northern Scops Owl. The fledgling was getting attention of all the birders … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Unremarkable weather and rather few birds in evidence (especially compared to the wonderful rarities spotted last weekend). The highlight of the trip was a Large Hawk Cuckoo, a bird quite rare in Korea. It was … read more
Gageo-do, May 1-3 Even though I have birded for a couple of years in Korea, this was my first birdathon. To that end, I had planned carefully to stay ahead of the holiday crowds and emergency at work. What I … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A day trip to Weiyon-do under overcast but unremarkable conditions. As expected, very few birds in evidence, perhaps partly due to multiple ongoing constructions. Hardly any birds worth mentioning for the first hour. Close to … read more
Bird new from Subhojit Chakladar with Robin Newlin The regular weekend dash to Gageo to check out what the migration has brought forth. The sea crossing under overcast and increasingly windy conditions produced half a dozen Ancient Murrelet and 2 … read more