{"id":10741,"date":"2013-11-19T19:16:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T10:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10741"},"modified":"2013-11-20T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T03:50:37","slug":"gwangju-november-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10741","title":{"rendered":"Gwangju, November 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Patrick Blake<\/strong>
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I spent a pleasant, though cold, morning at the Gwangjuho Lake Eco-park in Chunghyo-dong, Gwangju. \u00a0The water levels have been brought down, exposing a lot of the shoreline, which attracted quite a few wagtails and waterfowl. \u00a0Thirty-three species were tallied, including:<\/div>\n

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Common Pheasant\u00a0<\/b>(Phasianus colchicus<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n
Mandarin Duck<\/b>\u00a0(Aix galericulata<\/i>) 3, all males<\/div>\n
Mallard<\/b>\u00a0(Anas platyrhynchos<\/i>) 16<\/div>\n
Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u00a0(Anas crecca<\/i>) 25+<\/div>\n
Tufted Duck<\/b>\u00a0(Aythya fuligula<\/i>) 21<\/div>\n
Common Goldeneye<\/b>\u00a0(Bucephala clangula<\/i>) 1, female<\/div>\n
Little Grebe<\/b>\u00a0(Tachybaptus ruficollis<\/i>) 5<\/div>\n
Little Egret<\/b>\u00a0(Egretta garzetta<\/i>) 5<\/div>\n
Black-crowned Night-heron<\/b>\u00a0(Nycticorax nycticorax<\/i>) 1, immature<\/div>\n
Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/b>\u00a0(Accipiter nisus<\/i>) 1, male<\/div>\n
Eurasian Coot<\/b>\u00a0(Fulica atra<\/i>) 1<\/div>\n
Common Sandpiper<\/b>\u00a0(Actitis hypoleucos<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n
Oriental Turtle Dove<\/b>\u00a0(Streptopelia orientalis<\/i>) 12<\/div>\n
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker<\/b>\u00a0(Dendrocopos kizuki<\/i>) 3<\/div>\n
Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/b>\u00a0(Dendrocopos major<\/i>) 1, male<\/div>\n
Grey-headed Woodpecker<\/b>\u00a0(Picus canus<\/i>) 1, female<\/div>\n
Bull-headed Shrike<\/b>\u00a0(Lanius bucephalus<\/i>) 2, pair<\/div>\n
Eurasian Jay<\/b>\u00a0(Garrulus glandarius<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n
Azure-winged Magpie<\/b>\u00a0(Cyanopica cyanus<\/i>) 40+<\/div>\n
Eurasian Magpie<\/b>\u00a0(Pica pica<\/i>) 16<\/div>\n
Large-billed Crow<\/b>\u00a0(Corvus macrorhynchos<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n
Eastern Great Tit<\/b>\u00a0(Parus minor<\/i>) 9<\/div>\n
Long-tailed Tit<\/b>\u00a0(Aegithalos caudacutus<\/i>) 1<\/div>\n
Brown-eared Bulbul<\/b>\u00a0(Hypsipetes amaurotis<\/i>) 15+<\/div>\n
Vinous-throated Parrotbill<\/b>\u00a0(Sinosuthora webbiana<\/i>) 65+<\/div>\n
Daurian Redstart<\/b>\u00a0(Phoenicurus auroreus<\/i>) 2, female<\/div>\n
Grey Wagtail<\/b>\u00a0(Motacilla cinerea<\/i>) 1<\/div>\n
White Wagtail\u00a0<\/b>(Motacilla alba<\/i>) 30+, including\u00a0lugens<\/i>,\u00a0ocularis<\/i>, and\u00a0leucopsis<\/i><\/div>\n
Japanese Wagtail<\/b>\u00a0(Motacilla grandis<\/i>) 1<\/div>\n
Buff-bellied Pipit<\/b>\u00a0(Anthus rubescens<\/i>) 5<\/div>\n
Chinese Grosbeak<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>(Eophona migratoria<\/i>) 15+<\/div>\n
Rustic Bunting<\/b>\u00a0(Emberiza rustica<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n
Yellow-throated Bunting<\/b>\u00a0(Emberiza elegans<\/i>) 25+<\/div>\n
Rustic Bunting<\/b>\u00a0(Emberiza rustica<\/i>) 2<\/div>\n

\"IMG_1756-L\"<\/a> Vinous-throated Parrotbill<\/b>\u00a0Sinosuthora webbiana<\/i>, \u00a9 Patrick Blake<\/center>\"IMG_1765-L\"<\/a> Bull-headed Shrike<\/b>\u00a0Lanius bucephalus<\/i>, \u00a9 Patrick Blake<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1779-L\"<\/a> Grey-headed Woodpecker<\/b>\u00a0Picus canus<\/i>, \u00a9 Patrick Blake<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1788-L\"<\/a> White Wagtail\u00a0<\/b> Motacilla alba leucopsis<\/i>, \u00a9 Patrick Blake<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1835-L\"<\/a> Yellow-throated Bunting<\/b>\u00a0Emberiza elegans<\/i>, \u00a9 Patrick Blake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Patrick Blake   I spent a pleasant, though cold, morning at the Gwangjuho Lake Eco-park in Chunghyo-dong, Gwangju. \u00a0The water levels have been brought down, exposing a lot of the shoreline, which attracted quite a few wagtails … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[556],"class_list":["post-10741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-gwangju"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10741"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10804,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10741\/revisions\/10804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}