Bird News from Shim Kyu-Sik A Horned Lark, first found a week earlier, was photographed by local birder Lee Kwon-Woo on the 18th and then again by more birders on the 19th. This appears to be about the fifth record … read more
Bird news from Tim Edelsten From my mountain watchpoint (which commands an excellent, almost 360-degree view for at least 20km in all directions), still a trickle of raptor migration evident. Over the course of two and a half hours around … read more
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
Birds News from Jason Loghry With a few hours free this afternoon I decided to have a quick walk at Junam Reservoir. It was clear and sunny, almost a perfect day. At my first stop, it was nice to see … read more
A “marathon” 3-day weekend saw multiple Birds Korea objectives met and provided opportunities for information-sharing and survey work focused on the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper and other threatened waterbirds. read more
Birds News from Jason Loghry with Diego Montalvo and Will West Starting our morning before dawn, we were greeted first by sunrise watchers and early morning hikers. It was a gorgeous clear morning, and a Saturday, so it was no … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Having finished work on the latest Birds Korea report (Status of Birds, 2014), a few hours were spent in the local park on the 15th, 17th and 18th, including 90 minutes seawatching (one hour on … read more
Bird News from Tim Edelsten A stroll near Gyeongpo Lake on the afternoon of the 13th found e.g. a Chinese Pond Heron, two Common Kingfisher, Hobby, one or two Mongolian Gull (on the lake), close views of an Oriental Reed … 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 Patrick Blake Spent the Chuseok holiday on Gageo-do, hoping to catch some migrants on their movement south. Weather throughout the trip was perfect, with predominantly clear sunny skies; this was probably the reason there was a decided … read more