{"id":1006,"date":"2011-07-10T19:18:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T10:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2013-04-16T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T11:29:35","slug":"ganseong-nam-cheon-june-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Ganseong – Nam Cheon, June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News form Barry Heinrich<\/b><\/u>
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\nI got my new toy today, an 80-400mm lens, and seeing as the rain had stopped, I took the opportunity to walk down to the coast along Nam Cheon to try it out.<\/p>\n

\nThe first birds I saw were two Japanese Wagtails<\/strong>. They nest under the highway bridge on the south side of Ganseong. I took a few photos of them with my new toy. There were Oriental Reed Warblers<\/strong> everywhere in the long grass along the creek and a few Siberian Stonechats<\/strong>, but none of them would sit where I could get photos of them. A couple of Striated Herons<\/strong> were around too, but I couldn’t get close to these sharp-eyed birds either.<\/p>\n

\nThen I saw a shrike with a pale grey head and body with just a small patch of rufous on the flanks, a black line through the eye and a black shoulder. I wasn’t sure what it was and tried to get closer but shrikes are sharp-eyed birds too and it wouldn’t let me approach. Luckily, it flew to a bare stick where I was able to get some photos using my scope and camera adaptor. It turned out to be a a male Bull-headed Shrike<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nContinuing towards the coast I get close to a couple of Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/strong> and got some photos of one with my new toy. There was a Mandarin Drake<\/strong> and some Eastern Spot-billed Ducks<\/strong> along the creek as well, including one female with 9 ducklings.<\/p>\n

\nJust inside the mouth of the creek on the sand bank I found two Swinhoe’s Egrets<\/strong>. Hiding behind the pine trees so the soldiers couldn’t see me I got some photos of them using my scope. There were 3 Little Ringed Plovers in the same area.<\/p>\n

\nI had a quick look out to see through the security fence and saw some Black-tailed Gulls, 2 Black-headed Gulls<\/strong> and a Great Crested Grebe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nHeading back up the creek I saw a Eurasian Hobby<\/strong> on top of one of the poles beside the road. I walked past it to get the Sun behind me and had just enough time to take a few photos of it before it flew away. It was quite a nice evening walk.<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Eurasian Hobby<\/b> Falco subbuteo<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Japanese Wagtail<\/i> Motacilla grandis<\/i> <\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Bull-headed Shrike<\/b> Lanius bucephalus<\/i>
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