{"id":20899,"date":"2018-04-30T21:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T12:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20899"},"modified":"2018-04-30T22:09:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:09:34","slug":"baekryeong-island-april-24-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20899","title":{"rendered":"Baekryeong Island, April 24-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah (from late on 25<sup>th<\/sup>)<\/p>\n<p>In generally clear and sunny conditions, with winds swinging round to all points west on the 27<sup>th<\/sup>, we logged approximately 140 species, with rarest in the Korean context single <strong>Yellow-streaked Warbler<\/strong> (on the 26<sup>th<\/sup>); and single <strong>Red-breasted Flycatcher<\/strong> on the 27<sup>th<\/sup> and 28<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00a0 many ways, even more noteworthy, however, were the continuing presence of <strong>Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> (five) and <strong>Chinese Egret<\/strong> (four) in the main <strong>Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> colony (on 28<sup>th<\/sup>) and very large numbers of buntings (especially on the 27<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<p>The survey, funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) as part of a collaborative Birds Korea-HSF project looking to support islanders who want to conserve biodiversity on their island had an especial focus on Hwadong wetland and adjacent rice-fields (where we met with rice-farmer Jang Se-Chol through the introduction of Kim Yung Jung of the Nonghyup Kisul Centre), as well as the more regularly-surveyed migrant hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few of the more interesting observations\/ noteworthy counts and records at the island or national-level follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Garganey<\/strong> <em>Spatula querquedula. <\/em>One male in Hwadong wetland on 26th.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stejneger\u2019s Scoter<\/strong> <em>Melanitta<\/em> (<em>deglandi<\/em>) <em>stejnegeri<\/em>. Present throughout, with 14 off Sagot Beach on the 26th and 13 there on the 27th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eurasian Spoonbill<\/strong> <em>Platalea leucorodia<\/em>. Three were in Hwadong wetland on 25th and 26th, falling to one on subsequent dates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20878 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eurasian-spoonbillDSC01525.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Eurasian Spoonbill<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> <em>Platalea minor<\/em>. Five were in the most remote part of the main gull colony on the 28th, with two birds perhaps \/ apparently sitting on nests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20892 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-colony-bsIMG_5681.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> and <strong>Black-tailed Gulls\u00a0<em>Larus crassirostris<\/em><\/strong> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Purple Heron<\/strong> <em>Ardea purpurea. <\/em>One on 24th; two on 26th; and one on 27th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20896 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-purpleheron_BS-IMG_5388.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Purple Heron<\/strong> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Great Cormorant <\/strong><em>Phalacrocorax carbo<\/em>. About 10 were in Hwadong wetland throughout. These are perhaps the first properly documented records of this species on the island, where until recently <strong>Temminck&#8217;s<\/strong> occupied all wetland areas, as well as the coastal zone.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Little Curlew<\/strong> <em>Numenius minutus<\/em>. One was at Yeonhwa Ri on 27th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20882 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973-1024x777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-littlewhimbrel-C01973.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Little Curlew<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores (I do still wonder why the IOC or anyone would prefer to call this species a curlew when they have a head pattern that is so much more Whimbrel-like!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oriental Pratincole<\/strong> <em>Glareola madivarum<\/em>. Two were in Hwadong wetland on 26th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20884 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792-1024x910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792-1024x910.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-pratincole-april26DSC01792.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Oriental Pratincole<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> <em>Larus crassirostris<\/em>. Between 15,000 and 20,000 were in the main colony on 28th.<\/li>\n<li>Common Swift <em>Apus apus<\/em>. A probable was seen at close range on 25th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eurasian Wryneck<\/strong> <em>Jynx torquilla<\/em>. Two on 25th; one on 26th; and seven on 28th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305-1024x832.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs_WryneckSC02305.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Eurasian Wryneck<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black-naped Oriole<\/strong> <em>Oriolus chinensis<\/em>. The personal first two of the spring were logged on 28th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20874 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396-1024x861.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396-1024x861.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rs-Black-naped-Oriole-SC02396.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Black-naped Oriole<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Japanese Waxwing<\/strong> <em>Bombycilla japonica<\/em>. Singles were in Jincheon on 27th and Junghwadong on 28th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eastern Crowned Warbler<\/strong> <em>Phylloscopus coronatus<\/em>. The second commonest phylloscopus after Yellow-browed Warbler, with a &#8220;low high count&#8221; of 25 on the 28th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20893 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878-1024x903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878-1024x903.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-eastern-crowned-warbler-bs-IMG_4878.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Eastern Crowned Warbler <\/strong>\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oriental Reed Warbler<\/strong> <em>Acrocephalus orientalis<\/em>. Personal first of the spring was one rather bewildered-looking individual\u00a0 sitting right out in the open at Yeonhwa Ri on 27th. Contrary to a recent ebird report from the mainland, at least in my experience this is a genuinely scarce species in the northwest of the ROK in April (e.g. the first record in near-continuous survey on Socheong Island from late March to early June 2010 was May 10th).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20895 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414-1024x903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414-1024x903.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-oriental-reed-warbler-IMG_5414.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Oriental Reed Warbler<\/strong> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chestnut-cheeked Starling<\/strong> <em>Agropsar philippensis<\/em>. A male and a female were seen together in Sagot Ri in the afternoon and again in the evening in Jincheon on 25th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-chestnutcheekedstarlingDSC01638.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>Chestnut-cheeked Starling \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blue-and-white Flycatcher<\/strong> <em>Cyanoptila cyanomelana<\/em>. Both several black-throated and at least one blue-throated males were noted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20891 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493-1024x870.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493-1024x870.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blueandwhite-BSIMG_5493.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20875 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850-1024x953.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850-1024x953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-blue-blueandwhiteDSC01850.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Blue-and-white Flycatchers<\/strong>, top \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger, below \u00a9 Nial Moores. It is birds like this blue-throated one that undermine some of the confidence felt when claiming a <strong>Zappey&#8217;s<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blyth\u2019s Pipit<\/strong> <em>Anthus godlweskii<\/em>. The first was one on 28th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olive-backed Pipit<\/strong> <em>Anthus hodgsoni<\/em>. By far the most numerous of the pipits on the island, with the highest day count a conservative 500 on the 27th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490-1024x892.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-olive-backed-pipit-BSIMG_5490.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Olive-backed Pipit<\/strong> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pechora Pipit<\/strong> <em>Anthus gustavi<\/em>. The first was one on 28th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Little Bunting<\/strong> <em>Emberiza pusilla<\/em>. A very conservative 1,350-1,500 were logged on the 27th, including a single flock of 800 in &#8220;Best Fields&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475-1024x908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475-1024x908.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-Bunting-DSC02475.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605-1024x957.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Little-BuntingSC02605.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Little Bunting<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yellow-browed Bunting<\/strong> <em>Emberiza chrysophrys<\/em>. There were a conservatively estimated 1,020 in the northeast of the island on 27th (and dozens scattered around the rest of the island on the 28th).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20889 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-yellowbrowedbuntingC02162.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20888 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660-1024x933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660-1024x933.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Yellowbrowed-Bunting2660.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yellow-browed Bunting<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yellow-breasted Bunting<\/strong> <em>Emberiza aureola<\/em>. The first two (both males) of this now Critically Endangered species were logged on 27th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow Bunting<\/strong> <em>Emberiza sulphurata<\/em>. One was heard on 26th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black-faced Bunting<\/strong> <em>Emberiza spodocephala<\/em>. Often the most numerous bunting, but the highest count was of &#8220;only&#8221; 500 on 27th, most concentrated in the northeast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20873 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451-1024x904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451-1024x904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rs-Black-faced-Bunting-C02451.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><strong>Black-faced Bunting<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger and Choi Hyun-Ah (from late on 25th) In generally clear and sunny conditions, with winds swinging round to all points west on the 27th, we logged approximately 140 species, with rarest in the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=20899\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[600,843],"class_list":["post-20899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-baekryeong-island","tag-hanns-seidel-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20899","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=20899"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20907,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20899\/revisions\/20907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}