Bird News from Robin Newlin, Subhojit Chakladar and Marco Della Seta We three made an early morning trip to the mountain. Water everywhere: in the air, dripping from trees, gurgling in rivulets, squelching underfoot. The sky brightened as the morning … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin A holiday morning expedition to Gyeyangsan, particularly in hopes of the Siberian Accentors last reported by Tim Edelsten in February. Right outside the subway station, a group of Azure-winged Magpies, some clinging to the brick … read more
Bird News from Robin Newlin and Andreas Kim AK and I first stopped by Paldang, hoping for Steller’s Sea Eagle. We saw none, but found solace in at least 4 White-tailed Sea Eagles, one very handsomely flecked white on the … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores with William (Billy) Clarke During a week of unusually mixed weather (including extremely mild weather in Busan with either sun, rain or fog; and fog, snow and subzero conditions on the west coast for … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Dan van den Broek and Scott Lukens An enjoyable and highlight-rich three days of winter birding were spent in the excellent company of Dan van den Broek and Scott Lukens from Audubon in Portland, … read more
This was the first trial visit to Korea by Zoothera Birding Tours, led by Nick Upton and Nial Moores with Peter Nickless and Graham Jones. In all, in spite of some exceptionally cold weather (with the most extreme temperature a … read more
Selected Bird News from Nial Moores and Jason Loghry As part of research into biodiversity conservation in the inner border region of Korea with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea), we surveyed marine preferential bird species (“marine birds”) along parts of … read more
Bird news from Subhojit Chakladar and Marco Della Seta A boat trip off the coast of Daejin over very calm seas and relatively mild temperatures produced some very close and satisfying views. Highlights included thousands of gulls, 8 Brunnich’s Murres, … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll The reeds at Suncheon Bay at this time of year are constantly rustling with restless Vinous-throated Parrotbills, Chinese Penduline Tits, and Pallas’s Reed Buntings (though almost no Common Reed Buntings yet). There are now noticeably less … read more
Bird News by Jason Loghry with Park Seonyoung & Niall Ruddy In summer of 2014, Nial Moores, Ha Jung Moon and I surveyed Seoraksan; each with a scope in hand. I hoped to do a repeat, but this time in … read more