The Global Flyway Network published the GFN Bohai Report 2014. For several years the GFN undertakes a three months long field trip to the Bohai Bay in China and researches the northward migration of Red Knot Calidris canutus at the … read more
Birds Korea, July 4th The IUCN recently released a five-minute video introducing their Red List of threatened species, affectionately nicknamed the “Barometer of Life”. Helpful for understanding how the global Red List works and how it relates to conservation work … read more
“이전의 발생한 H5H1 HPAI에서와 같이 불균형적으로 야생 조류를 바이러스의 근원지와 확산의 원인으로 비난하는 것은 덜 효율적인 질병 통제 활동과 바이러스의 잠재적 확산으로 이어질 수 있습니다. …”
“Disproportionately blaming wild birds for the introduction and spread of the virus, as has happened during previous outbreaks of H5N1 HPAI, can lead to less focused disease control activities and potential spread of virus. …” read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, April 27th 2014 (edited April 29th) An image on the Surfbirds website dated April 22nd taken by Max Berlijn shows three Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri (two males, both with heads showing a hint of chestnut … read more
Posted on 17 April 2014, at the Korea Times website: Degradation of Korean rivers posing challenge to endangered bird, experts say. By Kim Young-jin “With a bright orange bill and exquisite, maze-like patterns on its flanks, the Scaly-sided Merganser is … read more
Nial Moores, April 20th 2014 The revised English-language Birds Korea Checklist is now online at: http://birdskorea.org/Birds/Checklist/BK-CL-Checklist-Apr-2014.shtml The Korean language version is also available of course, at: http://www.birdskorea.or.kr/Birds/Checklist/BK-CL-Checklist-Apr-2014.shtml As stated in the introduction: “The Birds Korea 2014 Checklist contains more than … read more
봄이 절정인 때에, 지천에서 색이 한껏 오른 꽃잎을 틔우는 나무처럼 새와생명의터 웹사이트에는 오랜 시간과 열정을 쏟은 ‘새와생명의터 2014 대한민국 조류목록‘을 선보였습니다. 마무리를 지을 때 쯤이면 발목을 잡는(특히 발표가 늦어진 기록들 ;; ) 소식을 다시 넣어 재 정열을 하느라 조류목록을 … read more
기사 출처: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2987683&cloc=joongangdaily (2014년 4월 10일자) 글: 사라 킴 기자, 강찬수 기자 Researchers observe rare bird species in the North 연구원들 북에서 희귀조류를 관찰하다 국제연합 아시아태평양 경제사회위원회와 함께 생태연구팀은 머지않아 멸종 취기에 처하게 될 지구상 위기종을 비롯한 111종의 조류를 북한의 … read more
Birds Korea, April 14th 2014 With this post, a short background note on the Birds Korea blog, and a request for advice and input. Thanks to our members and supporters, Birds Korea is now almost ten years old. Our English-language … read more
From the Joongang Daily, April 10: “An ecological survey team with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap) has discovered some 111 bird species in North Korea’s Rason region, including several globally threatened species and … read more