{"id":234,"date":"2011-03-02T20:08:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T11:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=234"},"modified":"2013-04-16T20:51:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T11:51:53","slug":"junam-reservoir-area-february-22-23-24-and-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Junam Reservoir area, February 22-24 & 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Dominic Le Croissette, Mike Friel, and Jason P Loghry<\/strong><\/p>\n

The highlight of a rather good period of birding in an area not far from Junam was the discovery of a superb drake Baers Pochard <\/strong>associating with a flock of about 120 Common Pochard <\/strong>on one of the lakes. Originally found by a visiting birder, Andrew Keaveney on February 21st, this bird was still present until March 6th at least.<\/p>\n

Another surprise was the immature Stellers Sea Eagle <\/strong>that passed over the reservoir, attracting the attention of one of the local White-tailed Eagles<\/strong>, before flying away high to the southwest. Other raptors seen on these dates included 3 Northern Goshawks <\/strong>(including a juvenile bird perched in a tree close to the main walkway around Junam), a male Merlin<\/strong>, and 2 Cinereous Vultures <\/strong>on two dates. Geese<\/strong> and swans<\/strong> were well represented with the highlight being up to 5 Lesser White-fronted Geese <\/strong>associating with the various flocks of Greater White-fronts<\/strong> in the area.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last winter’s hybrid Tundra\/Whistling Swan <\/strong>made a reappearance. It was associating with a single Tundra Swan<\/strong>, my first personal record of this scarce species at Junam this winter. A good find on 26th was a flock of 200 Rooks<\/strong> wheeling distantly over the rice fields to the north of the main reservoir. Careful searching revealed a single black-and-white Daurian Jackdaw <\/strong>among them. This is the first time I have seen either species at Junam.<\/p>\n

A Hoopoe <\/strong>and an early Spotted Redshank<\/strong> provided an early taste of spring in this generally sunny and mild period of weather. Less exciting but still noteworthy for Junam were 2 Common Shelduck<\/strong>, a high count of 6 Common Goldeneye<\/strong>, and 50 Northern Lapwing<\/strong>, all on 22nd.<\/p>\n

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Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Mike Friel.<\/p>\n

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Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus<\/em> with Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Mike Friel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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