Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A short weekend trip to check out the status of the spring migration. All observations confined to the southern section of the island around the main village. Birds of note are as follows: 1. Streaked … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar Drawn in by the charm of this remote island … I decided to spend a second weekend there. Excellent weather conditions meant very few birds of note on the island itself October 19th The sea … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar October 12th A quick weekend trip (more of a dash rather!) to Gageo on the weekend under cloudless blue skies. The long ferry ride yielded 1 Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel and a handful of Streaked Shearwater. … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Jason Loghry September 7 Starting early from Mokpo harbor, we encountered few sea-birds enroute. Most notable were about Common Terns (~10), Streaked Shearwater (4) and Red-necked Phalarope (4). Once on the island, we found … read more
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 Subhojit Chakladar A quick weekend trip to Socheong to see what has changed from 2 weekends ago. The weather didn’t look “promising” with clear blue skies and gentle northerly winds but there were a few surprises. The … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar A quick trip to Deokjeok on Labor Day holiday to check out the status of migration. Starting from about 10:50am to 4pm surveying only a limited part of the island consisting of the hiking trail … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar with Jason Loghry Tempted by the news of wonderful observations from various regions of Busan, I decided to check out what it had to offer. Meeting up with Jason at dawn at the Busan station, … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar and Bradlee Sulentic April 20th Light overnight rain continuing till 9am. First bird of the day was a Red Rumped Swallow right outside the pension. The Red-billed Starling was spotted on the same tree near … read more
Bird News from Subhojit Chakladar Back to Socheong after 5 days. The ferry ride proved to be absolutely sterile in terms of sea-birds but the first hour on the island proved to be quite nice. Firsts for the spring included … read more