{"id":18982,"date":"2017-02-01T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T01:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=18982"},"modified":"2017-02-01T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T01:14:57","slug":"paldang-january-30-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=18982","title":{"rendered":"Paldang, January 30, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A morning walk around Paldang Daegyo (starting a kilometer or so upstream and walking downstream) brought good views of more than 150 <strong>Whooper Swans<\/strong>, several <strong>Scaly-sided Mergansers<\/strong> and a single <strong>Stellar\u2019s Sea Eagle<\/strong> earlier reported this month by Nial Moores, sitting in mid of a flock of 40 <strong>swans<\/strong>. Also, there was an assortment of <strong>Coots, Mallards, Goldeneyes, Little Grebes, a Great Crested Grebe, Common Mergansers, Tufted Ducks, Common gulls<\/strong>, a <strong>Kestrel<\/strong>, a<strong> Bullheaded shrike, Oriental Turtledoves, Grey-capped Greenfinches<\/strong>, two <strong>Dusky thrushes<\/strong>, <strong>Vinous-throated Parrotbills<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM.jpg\" alt=\"1 - SSM\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1-SSM-1024x690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Scaly-sided Merganser<\/strong> (<em>Mergus squamatus<\/em>) \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18986 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang.jpg\" alt=\"2 - Paldang\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2-Paldang-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Small rocks in the Hangang river near Paldang \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans.jpg\" alt=\"3 - Swans\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/3-Swans-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Whooper Swans<\/strong> (<em>Cygnus cygnus<\/em>) \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM.jpg\" alt=\"4 - SSM\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-SSM-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Scaly-sided Merganser<\/strong> (<em>Mergus squamatus<\/em>) \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A morning walk around Paldang Daegyo (starting a kilometer or so upstream and walking downstream) brought good views of more than 150 Whooper Swans, several Scaly-sided Mergansers and a single Stellar\u2019s Sea Eagle earlier reported this month by Nial Moores, &hellip; 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