Wind Turbines are sprouting like mushrooms after rain. This videoclip from last week shows Woljong-ri, NE Jeju. http://iamtree1.tumblr.com/post/85696635040 It is well known that these structures form potentially lethal obstacles for birds, particularly in migration corridors. I wonder if there is … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll At Hado, a gorgeous Pied Avocet fed in the company of three Black-winged Stilts, and 33 Black-tailed Godwits. I got long, if distant looks as it fed by swimming and upending repeatedly. Also at Hado, and nearby Ojo-ri, were … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll It’s been a dynamic week on Jeju, with 85 species of birds observed. The mostly quiet week was punctuated by several busy and very birdy days midweek, right after heavy rain and SSW winds. On … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas; one seen from the ferry Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica; two groups of roughly 10 seen heading towards Jeju Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius; 11 from the ferry between Mara and Gapa Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Pacific Swift Apus Pacificus … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll Arctic Loon Gavia arctica; 20+ near Sagye harbour Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas; five from the ferry (early?) Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus; 90+ near the ferry harbour at Sagye Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus; two confiding … read more
Bird News from Matt Poll I have been checking my local Seogwipo patch daily for the past month. It’s been an unseasonably warm and hazy January, with double digit temperatures most days. I haven’t encountered anything unexpected, but Jeju has … read more
Jeju Island, November 25, 2013 By a concerned citizen On November 12th while at the Jungmun tourist complex on Jeju’s south coast, I happened to walk through the lobby of a large luxury hotel. I was more than a little … read more
Bird news from Matt Poll and Mike Balfour It’s great to be back on Jeju, although a lot of construction/destruction has been going on over the past two years. At a site on Halla’s southern slope formerly home to Fairy … read more
Nial Moores, September 14th Some folks have asked why I am not at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress (WCC). This is an extremely hard question to answer simply. In 2008, the Ramsar Convention conference in Changwon (ROK), with all of … read more
Bird news from Matthew Poll I finally managed to spot a Fairy Pitta today, in a narrow and quiet valley. It was calling loudly, moving unseen through the treetops for well over an hour before it dropped down onto a … read more