{"id":23077,"date":"2020-02-28T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23077"},"modified":"2020-02-28T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T01:56:08","slug":"eastern-jeju-february-19th-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23077","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Jeju, February 19th-23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird News from Nial Moores, with Kim Kimi and Lee Joon-Hyup ( Birjarim Ro Monitoring Team) and Kim Yeiwon on several dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bird highlights during five days of survey at Bijarim Ro (still threatened by road-widening) and along the Seongsan Coast (close to the site of the proposed 2nd<\/sup> Jeju Airport) between February 19th<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup> included: an extraordinarily un-seasonal Mugimaki Flycatcher<\/strong> at the Bijarim Ro (first national winter record?) along with a White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> and three Yellow-bellied Tit<\/strong> on the 19th<\/sup>; some close encounters with Crested Murrelets<\/strong>, Saunders\u2019s Gulls<\/strong> and Black-faced Spoonbills<\/strong> along the Hado and Seongsan coast on 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup>; brief encounters with Grey Bunting<\/strong>, Rhinoceros Auklet<\/strong> and an overwintering Richard\u2019s Pipit<\/strong> on 20th<\/sup> and 21st; \u00a0lots of interesting gulls, mixed groups of cormorants and good looks at the local Far Eastern Larks<\/strong> and Meadow Buntings<\/strong>; Light-vented Bulbul<\/strong> (still considered scarce on Jeju Island) at two or three locations; several groups of Dusky Thrush<\/strong> (perhaps including some on the move north) and my personal first Barn Swallow<\/strong> of the spring. It was also wonderful to catch sight of a pod of three dolphin, presumably Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin<\/strong>, passing not far off shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why do people like going to Jeju Island? One reason is the scenery – sadly a little less beautiful than just a few years ago, but still with some stunning views (and great wildlife) to be enjoyed. Above: view over the Bijarim Ro; below the sea off Seongsan \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Small pod of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin<\/strong> Tursops aduncus<\/em> \ub0a8\ubc29\ud070\ub3cc\uace0\ub798 \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Harbinger of early spring: Dusky Thrush<\/strong> \uac1c\ub625\uc9c0\ube60\uadc0 \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More detailed reports with species lists have already been shared with relevant bodies \/ organisations, including with the wonderful Bijarim Ro Monitoring Team and through them Jeju National University; and the similarly wonderful folks of the \u201cPeople Caring for Seongsan\u2019s Environment\u201d. \u00a0Some of the highlights\/ species of interest included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horned Grebe<\/strong> \uadc0\ubfd4\ub17c\ubcd1\uc544\ub9ac. VU. One along the Seongsan\ncoast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eurasian Woodcock<\/strong> \uba67\ub3c4\uc694. Three seen together at dusk at the Bjiarim Ro, with walking tracks seen in several puddles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saunders\u2019s Gull<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 VU. On 21st and 23rd, while searching unsuccessfully for two Caspian Tern<\/em> which have overwintered here, we instead found 10 Saunders’s Gull<\/strong> – regular here in winter along the coast between Hado Ri Wetland and Seongsan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saunders’s Gull<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Caspian Gull<\/strong>-type \uce74\uc2a4\ud53c\ud574\uac08\ub9e4\uae30?  One very striking looking bird (both structurally and in terms of plumage) stood out obviously from good numbers of similarly-aged Vega<\/strong>, Taimyr<\/strong> and Mongolian Gulls<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stunning gull \u00a9 Nial Moores. Very long-legged and long-billed, this big gull showed a strikingly odd mix of pale U tips on otherwise dark tertials; very dark greater covert bar and neat wing coverts; and extensive dark grey emerging on the saddle. Structurally extreme for a Taimyr type, the scapulars also looked very unusual to me for that species. Obviously not a Mongolian or Vega either…this bird looked to me to have rather more in common with a Caspian-type than anything else regular here. Opinions more than welcome!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fairly typical-looking First-winter Mongolian Gull for comparison – with obviously frayed tertials and pale ash grey base coloration to the upper scapulars, marked with neat, thin anchors \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ancient Murrelet<\/strong> \ubc14\ub2e4\uc1e0\uc624\ub9ac. A total of 27 were counted\nalong the coast on the 20th<\/sup>, and 15 were in one area on 21st<\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ancient Murrelet<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Crested Murrelet<\/strong> \ubfd4\uc1e0\uc624\ub9ac VU. Up to seven were in one area on the 20th<\/sup>; and four were seen from our wave-splashed boat in the same area on 21st<\/sup>, with three of these skillfully photographed by local birder Kim Yeiwon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breeding-plumaged Crested Murrelet<\/strong> Synthliboramphus wumizusume<\/em>: Seongsan inshore waters, Jeju Island, February 21st \u00a9 Kim Yeiwon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These two Crested Murrelet<\/strong> were heard twittering and behaved as if paired, even though both still show some signs of non-breeding plumage (note especially the obviously paler lores), Seongsan, Jeju Island, February 21st \u00a9 Kim Yeiwon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rhinoceros Auklet<\/strong> \ud770\uc218\uc5fc\ubc14\ub2e4\uc624\ub9ac. One on 20th<\/sup>. Kang et al. (2017) consider this a vagrant to Jeju, although the species in some winters is common along much of the east coast south to Busan and used to be regular in warm waters south to e.g. Fukuoka in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelagic Cormorant<\/strong> \uc1e0\uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0. A protected species in the\nROK, 128 were counted along the coast on the 20th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pelagic Cormorant<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Great Cormorant<\/strong> \ubbfc\ubb3c\uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0. Several were seen in mixed groups with the much commoner Temminck\u2019s Cormorant<\/strong>. The question of how to separate hanedae<\/em> remains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Cormorant<\/strong> \ubbfc\ubb3c\uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0 \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Temminck’s Cormorant \uac00\ub9c8\uc6b0\uc9c0 \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> \uc800\uc5b4\uc0c8. Small numbers seen at three locations. Eastern Jeju is still by far and away the most reliable part of Korea to see this summer visitor in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Reef Egret<\/strong> \ud751\ub85c. Only four were seen along 20km\nor so of coast on the 20th<\/sup>. These exhibited quite a range in tone,\nhowever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two different Pacific Reef Egrets<\/strong>. Although not seen together, the top bird had obvious white on the chin and throat, and looked rather paler grey overall than the brown and dark slate-toned bird below \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> \ud770\uaf2c\ub9ac\uc218\ub9ac. One over the Bijarim Ro on\n19th<\/sup> seems to be a very good find for Jeju Island as the species is\nconsidered a rare winter visitor by Kang et al. (2017). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> above the Bijarim Ro \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Light-vented Bulbul<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\uc774\ub9c8\uc9c1\ubc15\uad6c\ub9ac. One probable was heard\nbriefly along the Seongsan coast on 20th<\/sup>; at least seven were around\nthe Hado Ri Wetland on the 21st<\/sup> (with one in song there on 23rd<\/sup>)\nand one was heard along the Bijarim Ro on 22nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Light-vented Bulbul<\/strong>, Hado Ri Wetland \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Barn Swallow<\/strong> \uc81c\ube44. One at the coast on 23rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dusky Warbler<\/strong> \uc194\uc0c8\uc0ac\ucd0c. Two in reeds at Hado Ri Wetland\non 21st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mugimaki Flycatcher<\/strong> \ub178\ub791\ub531\uc0c8. A First-winter male (with deep\norange throat and breast; obvious wing bar and hint of pale patch above the\neye) was seen well, if briefly, in fruiting trees on the Bijarim Ro on 19th<\/sup>.\n I am not aware of any Korean record of\nthis species between December and mid-April. If you know otherwise, please send\nus a mail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard\u2019s Pipit<\/strong> \ud070\ubc2d\uc885\ub2e4\ub9ac. One was along the Seongsan coast on 20th<\/sup>. Jeju Island is the best area in Korea for finding this species in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meadow Bunting<\/strong> \uba67\uc0c8. Several individuals with blackish ear coverts and grey-washed throats \u2013 the typical look of birds on Jeju – were seen. One bird seen on 22nd<\/sup>, however, looked just like a typical mainland type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mainland type Meadow Bunting<\/strong>, Bijarim Ro, February 22nd \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grey Bunting<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\uba67\uc0c8. In a forested hill near Seongsan, one group of five included at least one adult male; while two others were heard only on the same hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kang CH., Kang HM., Kim BS., Kim EM. & Song IH. 2017. Jeju Wild Animal Field Guide. Published by Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and Jeju Wild Animal Research Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Nial Moores, with Kim Kimi and Lee Joon-Hyup ( Birjarim Ro Monitoring Team) and Kim Yeiwon on several dates. Bird highlights during five days of survey at Bijarim Ro (still threatened by road-widening) and along the Seongsan … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1003,50,1016],"class_list":["post-23077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-bijarim-ro","tag-jeju-island","tag-jeju-second-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23077","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=23077"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23085,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23077\/revisions\/23085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}