{"id":23098,"date":"2020-03-01T10:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T01:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23098"},"modified":"2020-03-01T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T01:40:32","slug":"survey-in-siam-wetland-and-around-yudo-islet-in-han-river-estuary-february-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23098","title":{"rendered":"Survey in Siam wetland and around Yudo islet in Han River Estuary, February 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird News from Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi and Dr. Bernhard Seliger (both Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Birds Korea lifetime members)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd survey of the Siam wetland\/ Yudo\nislet area, an outcome of a 2019 project between Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea\nand Gimpo city, brought us again into this lovely area of rice fields, rivers,\nand riparian forest, already transitioning into the spring and migration\nseason. On the fields, and much more dispersed than in a previous survey two\nweeks ago, when feeding by the local wild bird conservation society brought all\ngeese flocks very close together, there were at least 3300 Greater\nWhite-Fronted Geese and 1300 Tundra Bean Geese. Probably, this is still a major\nundercount, since due to the size of the area, the inaccessibility of parts of\nit and constant movement many flocks must have been unaccounted for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other notable views include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Two Long-eared owls. With these comes a\ncorrection of a previous post, when one of these was misidentified as a\nShort-eared owl, due to the habitat (rice paddies) and diurnal activity. Thanks\ngo to Brenna Farrell for pointing out (on i-Naturalist) from a backside shot\nthat it was probably a Long-eared owl. This time, clearly two Long-eared owls\nvery seen and (alas, poorly) photographed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Five White-tailed Sea Eagles, this time\nall on Yudo islet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Around 750 cormorants on\nYudo islet, all in full breeding activity; due to the constant flight movement\nto and from the island probably also a big undercount; here, between 800-1100\ncormorant nests can be found, plus later in the year breeding Grey Herons,\nGreat Egrets, and probably Blackfaced Spoonbills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

–  One flock with 60 Rustic buntings, classified\nas a globally vulnerable species due to strong decline in numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– On the flooded rice paddies (munon<\/em>) various ducks start to assemble, among them Mallards, Eastern Spotbilled Ducks, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal and Common Pochard.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Long-eared Owl Asia otus<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki<\/em> feeding. \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger Not in a bird feeder\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026but in a trap for wild boars, which are caught here near the border to prevent the spread of African Swine fever. At least<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Colony of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo<\/em> on Yudo Islet \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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White-tailed Sea Eagle Halieeatus albicilla<\/em> at the rocky end of Yudo islet. In the background the coast of Hwanghae Namdo in North Korea \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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