{"id":14024,"date":"2015-01-04T20:31:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T11:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=14024"},"modified":"2015-01-18T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T11:40:14","slug":"southeast-coast-january-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=14024","title":{"rendered":"Southeast coast, January 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bird News from Johan Kok<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I drove up from Dong-gu in Ulsan along the coast to just north of Jujeon beach, stopping at every harbour town looking for seabirds.\u00a0 I returned via Buk-gu, stopping on the upper\u00a0town\u00a0section of the Taewhagang for some waterbirds.\u00a0\u00a0 Along the coast interesting sightings included small flocks of <strong>Grey-capped Greenfinch<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Brambling<\/strong>, <strong>Yellow-throated bunting<\/strong> and <strong>Japanese White-eye\u00a0<\/strong>plus\u00a04 species of gull &#8211; <strong>Black-tailed<\/strong>, <strong>Vega<\/strong>, <strong>Slaty-backed<\/strong> and <strong>Glaucous gull<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m not particularly great on the gulls yet so have a look at the photos and let me know if I&#8217;ve made any errors. The Taewhagang section was great, with 6 <strong>Common Merganser<\/strong>\u00a0a highlight for me.\u00a0 Besides the usuals a <strong>Bull-headed Shrike<\/strong>, <strong>Common Moorhen<\/strong>, <strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong> and <strong>Black-crowned Night Heron<\/strong> were nice sightings as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Black-tailed-Gull-e1421579947795.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Black-tailed-Gull-e1421579947795.jpg\" alt=\"Black-tailed Gull\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><strong>Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> <em>Larus crassirostris<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bull-headed-Shrike-e1421580035857.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bull-headed-Shrike-e1421580035857.jpg\" alt=\"Bull-headed Shrike\" width=\"680\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><strong>Bull-headed Shrike<\/strong> <em>Lanius bucephalus<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Common-Merganser-e1421580022171.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Common-Merganser-e1421580022171.jpg\" alt=\"Common Merganser\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><strong>Common Merganser<\/strong> <em>Mergus merganser<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Glaucous-Gull-e1421580010949.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Glaucous-Gull-e1421580010949.jpg\" alt=\"Glaucous Gull\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><strong>Glaucous Gull<\/strong> <em>Larus hyperboreus<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Oriental-Greenfinch-e1421579995381.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Oriental-Greenfinch-e1421579995381.jpg\" alt=\"Oriental Greenfinch\" width=\"680\" height=\"1020\" \/><\/a><strong>Grey-capped Greenfinch <\/strong><em>Chloris sinica<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vega-Gull-e1421579980520.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[14024]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Vega-Gull-e1421579980520.jpg\" alt=\"Vega Gull\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><strong>Vega Gull<\/strong> <em>Larus vegae<\/em> \u00a9 Johan Kok<\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Johan Kok I drove up from Dong-gu in Ulsan along the coast to just north of Jujeon beach, stopping at every harbour town looking for seabirds.\u00a0 I returned via Buk-gu, stopping on the upper\u00a0town\u00a0section of the Taewhagang &hellip; 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