Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Birds Korea, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation) with Minjae Baek (EAAFP Communication Officer) A great re-union with Minjae Baek, now communication officer at the EAAFP, for a day-long survey of Han River Estuary, from Munsusan area to … read more
Bird news and photos by Leslie Hurteau October on Jeju began with a lot of excitement, with a Chestnut-flanked White-eye found in a local city park in Jeju City. At least one individual was there, but two were seen and … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Kim Eojin (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4L9YtF2G0) and Park Cheong Un (October 24) and Subhojit Chakladar (October 26-27). All images below © Nial Moores Two weeks on Baengnyeong Island, with a typical autumn total of only 148 … read more
Circling Cinereous Vultures and White-naped Cranes over the inner border, skeins of geese heading south, Hill Pigeons, flocks of buntings (but still very few finches), and an internationally important count of 52 Scaly-sided Merganser…combined with a wonderfully positive education program … read more
Bird news and photos by Leslie Hurteau. Fall migration started with a slow trickle of interesting species in late August here in Jeju City. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Grey-backed Thrush, and Black Paradise Flycatchers were expected and found. as September began, the … read more
Happy to use part of the holiday for a short visit of Siam wetland and Hangang Estuary after a long long summer hiatus. Too many bicyclists in the more Southern part – the “pyongwha-nuri-gil”, a bicycle lane along the border … read more
Shortly before the start of the UN-ESCAP workshop on biodiversity (on which a separate report will follow), a short visit to the Gochan tidal flat. Time was not really good, arriving almost at low tide. Anyway, a number of waders, … read more
Bird news and photos by Leslie Hurteau. Part two of a two part blogpost about exploring the south central mainland. Part one here. Goheung was the next stop, and it proved to have a very nice selection of habitat. Goheung … read more
Bird news and photos by Leslie Hurteau. Part one of a two part blogpost about exploring the south central mainland. Part two here. The southcoast of Korea is a very interesting place from a birders perspective. Unlike the east coast … read more
July and early August are the most tedious times for bird watching in Korea, when birds are mostly hidden in forests or rice paddies, not very vocal and active, the heat is scorching and the humidity overwhelming. All this was … read more