{"id":11923,"date":"2014-04-08T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T09:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11923"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T01:57:31","slug":"mokpo-namhang-urban-wetland-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=11923","title":{"rendered":"Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland, April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Bird News from Andreas Kim<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While passing the wetland in the morning short after high-tide a short stop was made to look for shorebirds. While the water, the floating platforms and most of the already free mud-flat areas were populated with\u00a0<b>Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/b>\u00a0(c. 80),\u00a0<b>Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0(c. 40),\u00a0<b>Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u00a0(c. 15), a handful of\u00a0<b>Gadwall<\/b>\u00a0and a flock of c. 40-50\u00a0<b>Black-headed Gull<\/b>\u00a0mixed with a few\u00a0<b>Black-tailed Gull<\/b>, in one corner 4\u00a0<b>Bar-tailed Godwit<\/b>, 9\u00a0<b>Kentish Plover<\/b>\u00a0and 3<b>Dunlin<\/b>\u00a0were found. On one platform also seen one\u00a0<b>Great Cormorant<\/b>, one\u00a0<b>Grey Heron<\/b>\u00a0and one\u00a0<b>Common Gull<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The infilling of the area P2 is operated at a high pace and so large areas are disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>From distance looked at the area P3 showed a large flock of c. 300 larger Gulls, most likely like the days before<b>Black-tailed<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Vega<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Eurasian Teal\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Eurasian-Teal_AK-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anas crecca<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Eurasian Teal\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Eurasian-Teal_AK-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Eurasian Teal<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anas crecca<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Eurasian Wigeon\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Eurasian-Wigeon_AK-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anas penelope<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Eurasian Wigeon\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Eurasian-Wigeon_AK-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Eurasian Wigeon<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anas penelope<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Gadwall\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Gadwall_AK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Gadwall<\/b>\u00a0<i>Anas strepera<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Black-headed Gull\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Black-headed-Gull_AK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Black-headed Gull<\/b>\u00a0<i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Black-tailed Gull\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Black-tailed-Gull_AK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Black-tailed Gull<\/b>\u00a0<i>Larus crassirostris<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Bar-tailed Godwit\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Bar-tailed-Godwit_AK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Bar-tailed Godwit<\/b>\u00a0<i>Limosa lapponica<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Kentish Plover\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Kentish-Plover_AK-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Kentish Plover<\/b>\u00a0<i>Charadrius alexandrinus<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Kentish Plover\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Kentish-Plover_AK-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Kentish Plover<\/b>\u00a0<i>Charadrius alexandrinus<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Dunlin\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/Dunlin_AK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b>Dunlin<\/b>\u00a0<i>Calidris alpina<\/i>, \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"P2 Infill\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2014\/04\/P2-Infill.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Infill of habitat P2 (image from end of March), \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Andreas Kim While passing the wetland in the morning short after high-tide a short stop was made to look for shorebirds. 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