{"id":10900,"date":"2013-11-25T13:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T04:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10900"},"modified":"2013-11-26T15:36:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T06:36:05","slug":"hwaseong-november-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=10900","title":{"rendered":"Hwaseong, November 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Robin Newlin and Dr. Shim Kyu-Sik<\/strong><\/p>\n

A full and productive day around Hwaseong\u2019s reclamation area of reeds, channels, lake, scrub\u2014and, unfortunately, ever-increasing industrial construction. Highlights were Korea\u2019s smallest and largest owls, an encouraging number of storks, and evidence of good numbers of mice and the raptors that feed on them.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Common Pheasant<\/b>\u00a0Phasianus colchicus<\/i>. A few heard.<\/li>\n
  2. Greater White-fronted Goose<\/b>\u00a0Anser albifrons<\/i>. Large flocks.<\/li>\n
  3. Bean Goose<\/b>. Large flocks.<\/li>\n
  4. Ruddy Shelduck<\/b>\u00a0Tadorna ferruginea<\/i>. 24.<\/li>\n
  5. Gadwall<\/b>\u00a0Anas strepera<\/i>. 8.<\/li>\n
  6. Falcated Duck<\/b>\u00a0Anas falcata<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  7. Mallard<\/b>\u00a0Anas platyrhynchos<\/i>. Several hundred.<\/li>\n
  8. Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/b>\u00a0Anas zonorhyncha<\/i>. Several hundred.<\/li>\n
  9. Greater Scaup<\/b>\u00a0Aythya marila<\/i>. 6.<\/li>\n
  10. Smew<\/b>\u00a0Mergellus albellus<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  11. Common Merganser<\/b>\u00a0Mergus merganser<\/i>. 5.<\/li>\n
  12. Oriental Stork<\/b>\u00a0Ciconia boyciana<\/i>. 4. Not many birds can make a Grey Heron look small.<\/li>\n
  13. Eurasian Spoonbill<\/b>\u00a0Platalea leucorodia<\/i>. 6.<\/li>\n
  14. Grey Heron<\/b>\u00a0Ardea cinerea<\/i>. Several.<\/li>\n
  15. Great Egret<\/b>. Several.<\/li>\n
  16. Great Cormorant<\/b>\u00a0Phalacrocorax carbo<\/i>. Several.<\/li>\n
  17. Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/b>\u00a0Accipiter nisus<\/i>. 2.<\/li>\n
  18. Northern Goshawk<\/b>\u00a0Accipiter gentilis<\/i>. 1. Very crisply marked, almost black and white, with somewhat light structure.<\/li>\n
  19. White-tailed Eagle<\/b>\u00a0Haliaeetus albicilla<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  20. Upland Buzzard<\/b>\u00a0Buteo hemilasius<\/i>. 2.<\/li>\n
  21. Eastern Buzzard<\/b>\u00a0Buteo japonicus<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  22. Common Kestrel<\/b>\u00a0Falco tinnunculus<\/i>. 2. One flew in nearby to devour a frog, disappeared, and came back moments later with an enormous mouse.<\/li>\n
  23. Merlin<\/b>\u00a0Falco columbarius<\/i>. 3.<\/li>\n
  24. Peregrine Falcon<\/b>\u00a0Falco peregrinus<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  25. Black-winged Stilt<\/b>\u00a0Himantopus himantopus<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  26. Northern Lapwing<\/b>\u00a0Vanellus vanellus<\/i>. 3.<\/li>\n
  27. Spotted Redshank<\/b>\u00a0Tringa erythropus<\/i>. 8.<\/li>\n
  28. Eurasian Eagle-Owl<\/b>\u00a0Bubo bubo<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  29. Little Owl<\/b>\u00a0Athene noctua<\/i>. 2. In widely separate spots.<\/li>\n
  30. Common Kingfisher<\/b>\u00a0Alcedo atthis<\/i>. 1.<\/li>\n
  31. Chinese Grey Shrike<\/b>\u00a0Lanius excubitor<\/i>. 2.<\/li>\n
  32. Chinese Penduline Tit<\/b>\u00a0Remiz consobrinus<\/i>. About 12.<\/li>\n
  33. Far-Eastern Skylark<\/b>\u00a0Alauda japonica<\/i>. Constantly heard overhead.<\/li>\n
  34. Vinous-throated Parrotbill<\/b>\u00a0Sinosuthera webbiana<\/i>. Small flocks.<\/li>\n
  35. Daurian Redstart<\/b>\u00a0Phoenicurus auroreus<\/i>. 2.<\/li>\n
  36. Buff-bellied Pipit<\/b>\u00a0Anthus rubescens<\/i>. One flock of about 50.<\/li>\n
  37. Yellow-throated Bunting<\/b>\u00a0Emberiza elegans<\/i>. 2.<\/li>\n
  38. Common Reed Bunting<\/b>\u00a0Emberiza schoeniclus<\/i>. C. 20, very conservatively (more heard).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"Oriental-Stork_RN\"<\/a>Oriental Stork<\/strong> Ciconia boyciana<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Ruddy-Shelduck_RN\"<\/a>Ruddy Shelduck<\/strong> Tadorna ferruginea<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Eurasian-Spoonbill_RN\"<\/a>Eurasian Spoonbill<\/strong> Platalea leucorodia<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"White-tailed-Eagle_RN\"<\/a>White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> Haliaeetus albicilla<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Common-Kestrel_RN\"<\/a>Common Kestrel<\/strong> Falco tinnunculus<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Merlin_RN\"<\/a>Merlin<\/strong> Falco columbarius<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Black-winged-Stilt_RN\"<\/a>Black-winged Stilt<\/strong> Himantopus himantopus<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Spotted-Redshank_RN\"<\/a>Spotted Redshank<\/strong> Tringa erythropus<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Eagle-Owl_RN\"<\/a>Eurasian Eagle-Owl<\/strong> Bubo bubo<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Little-Owl_RN\"<\/a>Little Owl<\/strong> Athene noctua<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/p>\n

    \"Chinese-Penduline-Tit_RN\"<\/a>Chinese Penduline Tit<\/strong> Remiz consobrinus<\/em>, \u00a9 Robin Newlin<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bird News from Robin Newlin and Dr. Shim Kyu-Sik A full and productive day around Hwaseong\u2019s reclamation area of reeds, channels, lake, scrub\u2014and, unfortunately, ever-increasing industrial construction. Highlights were Korea\u2019s smallest and largest owls, an encouraging number of storks, and … 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":[667],"class_list":["post-10900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-hwaseong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900","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=10900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10960,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900\/revisions\/10960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}