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
Nial Moores, February 8th 2013. Work on revising the Birds Korea Checklist continues, and as on previous occasions multiple questions remain, even about some widespread species. The Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni is one such species. It is a common … read more
From the ABA blog Open Mic, birder and artist Catherine Hamilton shares her remarkable insight and beautiful illustrations identifying a new field mark differentiating Stints and Peeps: http://blog.aba.org/2013/02/open-mic-a-new-field-mark-for-differentiating-stints-and-peeps.html read more
Nial Moores, November 29th 2012 November 2012 has been a good month for seeing Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula in the ROK – with records throughout the country. This note is written to share some images of the various taxa … read more
On November 13th and 14th at Songdo Lagoon, aka Namdong Reservoir, Incheon, a curious aythya duck was seen and photographed (below) by Mr Spike Millington and John Clark. It was described as showing a prominent white wing-bar in flight, and was identified … read more
Nial Moores, November 14th, 2012 Figure 1: Stejneger’s Stonechat, presumed First-winter Male (on tail pattern and wear), October 31st 2012, Gageo Island. Nial Moores / Birds Korea. With recent splits in formerly familiar species (such as Arctic Warbler) and proposed … read more
Nial Moores, October 18th On October 16th, after cancelled travel plans and a disappointing three-hour session at Igidae counting visible migrants, I walked up the SK bank and relocated both the long-staying Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach and a / the … read more
Jason Loghry, August 30th Two remarkably pale Kentish Plover-types were digiscoped on Yubu Island, Geum Estuary (first on August 16th, second on 17th, and a third on the 23rd – which is only on video and perhaps the same bird … read more
Jason Loghry, August 9th 2012 In an effort to continuously sharpen and improve my shorebird identification skills when I’m not in the field or with my great mentor, I often read blogs, forums, and websites – especially the archive sections. … read more
Nial Moores, August 8th 2012 A useful discussion on skylarks in Japan was started this week on the Kantori Listserver (a Yahoo group, focused on birding in Japan). Joseph Morlan wrote that “Other than the reported occurrence in Sakhalin and the … read more