Birding News from Robin Newlin A morning at the mountain yielded 3 or 4 calling Yellow-browed Warblers, 2 Eurasian Nuthatches, calling Eurasian Jays, scattered Marsh and Great Tits, a male Mugimaki Flycatcher high in a tree, a Rufous-tailed Robin much … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Im Kwang Wan A morning only poking around rice fields at Paju yielded about 20 snipe, made (more) difficult by distance and poor lighting: most appeared to be Commons while 3 or 4 looked … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin The need to change trains at Maseok was serendipitous: a Ruddy Kingfisher first heard then seen (!) from the subway platform when it flew across the green village valley. At the Eastern Tawny Owl site, … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A morning trip to a popular resort area collared a juvenile Northern Scops Owl, Grey-headed and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Black-naped Orioles, Great, Marsh, and Long-tailed Tits, an Eastern Crowned Warbler, Eurasian Nuthatches and several Dollarbirds. … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin An intriguing wind forecast sent me out to Socheong; the same and then shifting winds brought strengthening worries over fog, and sent me scurrying back to the mainland. Still, the visit was enjoyable, even if … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Dr. Shim Kyu-Sik A visited to a wooded riverside area yielded 4 Mandarin Ducks perched high in the trees, a Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, a Eurasian Nuthatch, a calling Oriental Scops Owl, and 1 adult and … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin, often with Nial Moores and Tim Edelsten Since my 5 days on the island fall within the period Dr. Moores’ stay, and to avoid redundancy, the following account lists a few highlights and then gives … read more