Birds News From Subhojit Chakladar A cloudless blue sky at dawn, (relatively) moderate temperatures and low winds – its the kind of day birders look forward to! After the brutal winter, it was an absolute pleasure to walk around the … read more
Bird News by Subhojit Chakladar I surveyed a part of the Uiwang Reservoir (Southern and Western edges) on foot. Though it was bright and sunny, the wind was quite strong, which made it somewhat difficult to photograph and observe the … read more
Bird News from Bradlee Sulentic Even though I’ve been a birder for less than 5 years, it is days like today that remind me of why I love birding. My companion for today’s outing was my beautiful six year old … read more
Belated Bird News from Malcolm Oxlade, Stephen Elliott, Andrew Ashworth, Christopher Straw and Nial Moores: February 19th-21st Song Do: yet another internationally important wetland being lost to “reclamation”. Image © Nial Moores/Birds Korea. February 21st, Cheorwon, National Arboretum, … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea Dr. Peter Prokosch (Left), Dr. Rob Sheldon (Centre) and Mr. Ju Yung-Ki (Right) at the Gomso Bay Saltmarsh and Tidal-flat Restoration Project area, March 14th 2012. Image © Nial Moores/Birds Korea. On March 14th, had the … read more
Birds Korea, March 2012 1. Introduction 1.1. Site Location Gomso /Jeulpo Bay (centred at approximately 35°35′ N, 126°36′ E), is located in Gochang and Buan counties, Jeollabuk Province to the south of “Saemangeum” on the Yellow Sea coast of … read more
Birds News by Jason Loghry with Ju Yong Ki and Tim Edelsten The night before last, it was very hard to sleep. I suspect all others reading this understand the excitement, anticipation, and even butterflies that come along with knowing … read more
Bird News from Ju Yung-Ki Surveying ongoing destruction of this once vast intertidal wetland, found a small group of White-naped Crane and one adult Siberian Crane. There were three different Siberian Cranes in the country late last year: is this … read more
Bird News by Bradlee Sulentic with Dr. Nial Moores, Ju Yong-ki Nim, Jason Loghry, Tim Edelsten, Matt Poll and Subhojit Chakladar Ancient Murrelets Synthliboramphus antiquus. Photo © Subhojit Chakladar. I had the opportunity to spend the weekend with six fellow … read more
On this recent birding trip with some of our members, we were asked what methods are useful for counting birds at various encounters. Low and behold eBird has just published the second installment of a two-part series on bird counting. … read more