{"id":15851,"date":"2015-06-02T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=15851"},"modified":"2015-10-08T21:12:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T12:12:06","slug":"suncheon-may-12-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=15851","title":{"rendered":"Suncheon, May 12 – June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suncheon at dusk \u00a9 Matt Poll<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grey Nightjar<\/strong> Caprimulgus jotaka<\/em> \u00a9 Matt Poll<\/p><\/div>\n

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Greater Painted Snipe<\/strong> Rostratula benghalensis<\/em> \u00a9 Matt Poll<\/p><\/div>\n

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Greater Painted Snipe<\/strong> Rostratula benghalensis<\/em> \u00a9 Matt Poll<\/p><\/div>\n

Bird News from Matt Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n

It feels like summer in Suncheon, with noisy Oriental Reed Warblers<\/strong> in every patch of reeds, Black-naped Orioles<\/strong> calling and nesting, and Oriental Dollarbirds<\/strong> chasing Chinese Sparrowhawks<\/strong> through the hot and muggy hills.\u00a0 On May 30, a Chinese Pond Heron<\/strong> was seen in the company of a dozen Cattle Egrets<\/strong> in a rice field, and on May 31, three Striated Herons<\/strong>, several calling Indian Cuckoos<\/strong>, and a lone Whooper Swan<\/strong> in a small reservoir were notable west of Suncheon.<\/p>\n

Nesting Chestnut-cheeked Starling<\/strong> update: \u00a0First sighted nesting on May 6, when I checked in on May 12, 25\u00a0and 29, I saw two to three pairs of Chestnut-cheeked Starlings still attending their telephone pole nests.\u00a0 On the 12th, I saw a pair at a post about one kilometre away from the main site, although it is unclear if this was one of the original pairs feeding, or a new pair.\u00a0 On May 29, the happy sound of peeping chicks was heard from within one nest when an adult returned with food.<\/p>\n

On the morning of May 28, I saw some wader-type birds in a rice field south of town, and I was unable to ID them due to the distance and poor lighting.\u00a0 When I returned at dusk on May 31, I was greeted by an owl-like hooting coming from the same spot.\u00a0 After a few minutes of observation, a pair of Greater<\/strong>\u00a0Painted Snipes<\/strong> revealed themselves at the far end of a rice field.\u00a0 They stood tail to tail for a while, before the male performed a wing-raising display for several minutes in the fading light.\u00a0 I managed to capture several terrible distant record shots.\u00a0 Here\u2019s hoping this pair will breed successfully.<\/p>\n

Nearby, just before sundown, the local Eurasian Bittern<\/strong> was spotted as it made a short flight between reedbeds, presumably to roost.\u00a0 Nine Eurasian Spoonbills<\/strong> were seen at considerable distance on the flats, although two of them looked potentially like Black-faced Spoonbills.<\/p>\n

On June 2, while on a walk in the hills just northeast of downtown Suncheon with Heloise Stankard, we heard two Fairy Pittas<\/strong> calling from across a wide valley.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter, a male\u00a0Grey Nightjar<\/strong> surprised us with a noisy circular flight over our heads, before landing nearby.\u00a0 It was wonderful to finally see this incredible species after only hearing it for so many years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Bird News from Matt Poll It feels like summer in Suncheon, with noisy Oriental Reed Warblers in every patch of reeds, Black-naped Orioles calling and nesting, and Oriental Dollarbirds chasing Chinese Sparrowhawks through the hot and muggy hills.\u00a0 On … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-15851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-suncheon-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15851","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15851"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15989,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15851\/revisions\/15989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}