Dr Nial Moores, April 7th 2015 Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri , December 21st 2014, Osaka, Japan © Neil Davidson Encouraged by discussions with some in the fledgling Baer’s Pochard Task Force, this second post follows on from the one last … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 13th 2015 (with additional material: March 14th) As part of the fledgling Species Action Plan and Task Force (under the EAAFP), we were asked by the coordinator to collate records of the now Critically … read more
Nial Moores, March 7th 2015 As we know, Korea is a great place for birding and for helping push the frontiers of knowledge on ecology, conservation and identification. There are many obviously exciting species here (from cranes to shorebirds, East … read more
First-winter Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus, Busan, February 16th 2015 © Nial Moores For those who are really into the wonderful world of gulls and gull identification, the following paper in Birding on Slaty-backed Gulls might be of some interest: … read more
Nial Moores, February 2, 2015 Immature Temminck’s Cormorant, Goseong County, Gangwon, January 2013 © Nial Moores The 2014 Birds Korea Checklist includes three cormorant species: Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and Temminck’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus (the latter being … read more
A strikingly-patterned First-winter gull was found in Gangneung on December 6th, 2014. We have now posted a detailed description of this gull on the Birds Korea website, in an ID article containing expert input from gullers in North America and … read more
The Water Rail Rallus aquaticus has for several years been split into two full species by most authoritative checklists, including Gill & Donsker, on the basis of differences in plumage, structure, vocalisations and genetic studies. read more
I found these feathers on Socheong Island on May 26th 2010. I had found many feathers that year and all were quite easily identifiable- except for these: Note that the primaries have quite a distinctive shape: -and the (presumed) secondaries fade into … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 22 A new note by Dr. Nial Moores posted today on Common Rosefinch, including images of two stunning males digi-scoped (courtesy of Swaorvski Optik!) on Eocheong Island, in May 2011: http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Identification/ID_Notes/BK-ID-Common-Rosefinch.shtml Information on biometrics, plumage, … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 7 A fascinating article with sound-recordings of all four of Korea’s cuculus cuckoo species, images of last week’s mystery cuckoo on Baekryeong, and an extra image of an “orange-headed cuckoo” (photographed by Dr. Choi Soon-Kyu … read more