{"id":20147,"date":"2018-01-06T23:12:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20147"},"modified":"2018-01-06T23:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:15:45","slug":"busan-goseong-gangwon-january-4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20147","title":{"rendered":"Busan-Goseong (Gangwon), January 4-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Nial Moores with Mike Danzenbaker, Lee Hung and Angus Wilson<\/p>\n

On the 4th<\/sup>, a quick trip to the Nakdong Estuary prospecting for Relict Gull<\/em> (by NM only) ended without success – though an outstanding highlight came in the form of the over-wintering Caspian Tern<\/strong> still.<\/p>\n

\"rs-caspiantern-jan5-2018\"Caspian Tern<\/strong>\u00a0Hydroprogne caspia<\/i> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

On the 5th<\/sup>, birding along the (south) Goseong Coast – including three hours in the boat – we found a total of 67 species, with highlights that included c. 80 Spectacled Guillemot<\/strong> (including 55 in a single scan), three distant Long-billed Murrelet<\/strong>, 200 each of Ancient Murrelet<\/strong> and Rhinoceros Auklet<\/strong>, 500+ Red-necked Grebe<\/strong> and single Horned Grebe<\/strong> (latter species very scarce here) and at least eight Siberian Accentor<\/strong>. Although there were many fewer gulls in Daejin compared with the last two winters, these still included a single Glaucous-winged Gull<\/strong> and a \u201cnorthwestern Mongolian<\/strong>\/ Taimyr<\/strong> type\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_SPGU-1740\"<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_SPGU-1729\"<\/p>\n

\"SpectacledGuillemot-20170105_C8I8680\"Spectacled Guillemot<\/strong> Cepphus carbo<\/i>: top two images \u00a9 Angus Wilson (Oceanwanderers.com); below, in flight \u00a9 Mike Danzenbaker<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018RHAU-1743\"Rhinoceros Auklet<\/strong> Cerorhinca monocerata <\/i>\u00a9 Angus Wilson (Oceanwanderers.com)<\/p>\n

\"rs-taimyrornwmongolian-DSC03993\"“Northwestern Mongolian-Taimyr Type” \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

On the 6th<\/sup>, a couple of hours on the Geojin headland, followed by another three hours at sea and two hours in and around Ayajin, produced multiple highlights, including on the Geojin headland two Naumann’s Thrush<\/strong>, 20+ confiding Eurasian Siskin<\/strong> and 2+ Long-tailed Rosefinch<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"rs-eurasiansiskin-9\"<\/p>\n

\"rs-eurasiansiskin55\"Eurasian Siskin<\/strong> Spinus spinus<\/i> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

\"rs-longtialedrosefinch91\"Long-tailed Rosefinch<\/strong> Carpodacus sibiricus<\/i> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

Although the weather forecast was not so promising, the wind dropped and the seas calmed. From the boat, bird of the trip so far (!!) was Long-billed Murrelet<\/strong> – three in total, with two well-photographed – with a good number and diversity of other seabirds including seven Brunnich\u2019s<\/strong> and 16 Common Murres <\/strong>(and 3+ murre sp.), at least 790 Ancient Murrelet <\/strong>and 255 Rhinoceros Auklet <\/strong>and a single Yellow-billed Loon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_LBMU-2131\"<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_LBMU-2119\"Long-billed Murrelet<\/strong> Brachyramphus perdix<\/i> \u00a9 Angus Wilson (Oceanwanderers.com)<\/p>\n

\"LongbilledMurrelet-20170118_C8I9322\"Long-billed Murrelet<\/strong> \u00a9 Mike Danzenbaker<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_COMU-2035\"Common Murre<\/strong>\u00a0Uria aalge<\/i> \u00a9 Angus Wilson (Oceanwanderers.com)<\/p>\n

\"Korea2018_ANMU-2067\"Ancient Murrelet<\/strong> Synthliboramphus antiquus <\/i>\u00a9 Angus Wilson (Oceanwanderers.com)<\/p>\n

The day finished at Ayajin, where there was a cracking First-winter Mongolian Gull<\/strong> and a wonderful ID challenge\u00a0 provided by a First-winter Slaty-backed-type Gull<\/em> (hybrid and\/or aberrant!) with an oily dark grey-wash suggesting east Pacific influence and an oddly long, narrow and largely pink bill.<\/p>\n

\"rs-mongoliangull-06\"Mongolian Gull\u00a0<\/strong>Larus mongolicus<\/i> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

\"rs-hybridandoraberrantgullDSC04209\"Hybrid-type gull (right) with Vega Gull<\/strong> Larus vegae<\/i> (left)\u00a0 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to Angus Wilson and Mike Danzenbaker for allowing use of their stunning images. The images by Nial Moores were taken with a handheld camera through a truly superb Swarovski scope…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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