{"id":22178,"date":"2019-06-28T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T04:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=22178"},"modified":"2019-06-28T13:45:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T04:45:56","slug":"shrikes-and-kingfishers-in-goseong-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=22178","title":{"rendered":"Shrikes and kingfishers in Goseong County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While\nthe ever-increasing amount of infrastructure destroys habitats almost\neverywhere in Korea and also does not stop in the border area, it is still a\ngood place to go year-round to see species rare elsewhere in the country. In\nthe latest short visit to Goseong County in Gangwon-do, at the Northeastern end\nof South Korea, a divided county in divided Gangwon province, the highlights\nwere three kinds of shrikes (Bull-headed shrike, Brown shrike, Tiger shrike)\nand three kinds of kingfishers (Common kingfisher, Ruddy kingfisher,\nBlack-capped kingfisher). In preparation of a trip with students of German\nSchool Seoul International to the border area, a short survey was carried out\non June 25 and the early morning of June 26 along the Seongjongri eco-trail as\nwell as along the wetlands of Hwajinpo and Ganseong Namcheon in Goseong county.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable\nwere: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruddy\nKingfishers were heard in five different locations in and around Hwajinpo and\nSeongjongri eco-trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nblack-capped Kingfisher was seen in Hwajinpo, and Common Kingfishers could be\nspotted there as well as in various other locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger\nshrikes were seen near the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) as well as the\nSeongjongri eco-trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown\nshrikes were seen at the Seongjong-ri eco-trail as well as around Hwajinpo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nYellow bittern was nicely perched on reeds at Namcheon of Ganseong, which,\nsadly enough, is more and more surrounded by heavy buildings projects \u2013\napartments from the Ganseong side, and the new over-sized road and bridge\ntowards the sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nChinese Pond Heron was another surprise at Hwajinpo lagoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also,\ntwo Brown Dippers were seen in the small stream near Seongjong-Ri\neco-trail.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, a Chestnut-cheeked Starling – a rather interesting record (either suggesting an early southward migrating failed breeder; or indicating local breeding; thanks to NM for this identification!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A juvenile Bull-headed Shrike Lanius Bucephalus \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hobby Falco Subbuteo \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Striated Heron Butorides striata \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow Bittern Ixobryches sinensis \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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