{"id":20760,"date":"2018-04-07T14:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T05:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20760"},"modified":"2018-04-07T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T05:15:18","slug":"east-busan-april-2-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20760","title":{"rendered":"East Busan, April 2-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Nial Moores<\/p>\n

Three visits to Igidae in east Busan in search of early spring migrants in weather that changed from sunny and warm (max. 19C) on 2nd<\/sup>; to heavy overcast with rain showers\u00a0 and cooler (max 13C) north-easterlies on the 4th<\/sup>; to persistent rain overnight of the 5th<\/sup> into the 6th<\/sup>, with the sun breaking through again for the afternoon. In total 60 or so species were logged.<\/p>\n

\"\"The main road through the park…\u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

On April 2nd<\/sup>, species of greatest note included a close-in Pacific Loon<\/strong>, c. 10 Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong> in off the sea, two Grey-faced Buzzard<\/strong>, 200+ Rook<\/strong> north, 12-15 Yellow-bellied Tit<\/strong>, including 2-3 in persistent song, 25 Barn Swallow<\/strong>, single Asian House Martin<\/strong> (apparently increasingly scarce in the ROK) and Red-rumped Swallow<\/strong> and Korean Bush Warbler<\/strong>, two Asian Stubtail<\/strong>, and single Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong>, Red-flanked Bluetail <\/strong>and Siberian Accentor<\/strong> heard.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Pacific Loon<\/strong>\u00a0Gavia pacifica<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores. With these kind of views most of the key ID features separating Pacific<\/strong> from Arctic Loons<\/strong> (described in detail by Birch and Lee 1997<\/a>) are pretty easy to see – even though the flanks and vent are hidden. Structurally, the crown lacks a sharp peak and instead slopes gently to the bill;\u00a0 there is a\u00a0 slightly rounded rear to the crown (though looking flatter than in many Pacifics<\/strong> due to feather condition) and the neck is pushed forward, with the bill held close to the horizontal rather than tilted up as in most Arctics<\/strong>. Plumage-wise, the bird has dark auriculars, with dark extending below the eye; an obvious chin-strap; and also a contrastingly paler ash-grey nape.<\/p>\n

\"\"Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong> Accipiter nisus<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

On April 4th<\/sup>, 18-20 Streaked Shearwater<\/strong> were \u2018blogging\u2019 close to shore, and\u00a0 single Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong> and Red-flanked Bluetail<\/strong> were seen, while a small mixed flock of thrushes contained c. 10 Pale<\/strong> (out of 25 logged during the day), a White\u2019s<\/strong> (heard only), 1-2 Naumann\u2019s<\/strong> (scarce in Busan), 2+ Dusky<\/strong> and best of all a female Brown-headed Thrush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Red-flanked Bluetail<\/strong> Tarsiger cyanurus<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n

On April 6th<\/sup>, at least one Grey-faced Buzzard<\/strong>, a couple dozen Barn<\/strong> and Red-rumped Swallows<\/strong>, at least eight Yellow-bellied Tit<\/strong> still, a single Light-vented Bulbul<\/strong>, at least two Grey-backed Thrush<\/strong>, single adult male Grey Thrush<\/strong> and (Second Calendar-year?) male Brown-headed Thrush<\/strong>, at least four Asian Stubtail<\/strong> and best for the day a singing Siberian Blue Robin<\/strong> \u2013 sadly remaining invisible.<\/p>\n

\"\"Brown-headed Thrush<\/strong>\u00a0Turdus chrysolaus<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Nial Moores Three visits to Igidae in east Busan in search of early spring migrants in weather that changed from sunny and warm (max. 19C) on 2nd; to heavy overcast with rain showers\u00a0 and cooler (max 13C) … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20760","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20764,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20760\/revisions\/20764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}