{"id":23903,"date":"2020-12-01T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T03:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23903"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T03:56:26","slug":"passerines-in-jeju-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23903","title":{"rendered":"Passerines in Jeju-Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), with Park Ji-Hyun, Johann and Joseph Seliger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short trip over the US thanksgiving weekend to Jeju Island was devoted to climbing some of the beautiful volcanoes called Oreum here (after a trip to Hallasan was shortcut by incoming snow, leading to very low visibility). These included Yongnuni Oreum, a beautiful oreum mostly bare of trees, teaming with buntings, Gomeun oreum, with the World Natural Heritage center, Sumangri forest path as well as Mulyeongari Oreum, a Ramsar site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typical forest and hill birds in the Oreum included Thick-billed crows, Oriental Magpies, Azure-winged magpies, Brown-eared bulbuls, Oriental Turtledoves, Great Tits, Varied Tits, Coal Tits, Siskins, Bramblings, Winter Wren, Bullheaded Shrikes, raptors like the Eastern Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, and Common Kestrel, White-backed Woodpeckers and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of special interest were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;a large flock of rooks (around 2000) with a few Daurian Jackdaws mixed, occupying a village,<\/li><li>six Black Kites circling (unfortunately in the last light of the evening),<\/li><li>several large flocks of several hundred siskins,<\/li><li>a flock of 25 Buff-bellied pipits.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-Siskin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-Siskin-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-Siskin-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-Siskin-1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-Siskin-1-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Eurasian Siskin <em>Spinus Spinus <\/em>There were several flocks with hundreds of birds. \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Siskin-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Siskin-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Siskin-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Siskin-2-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Siskin-2-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>In Korean language, the bird is called \u201cblack-headed Green finch\u201d \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BH-Shrike.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BH-Shrike.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BH-Shrike-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BH-Shrike-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BH-Shrike-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Bull-headed Shrike<em> Lanius bucephalus<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Kite.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Kite.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Kite-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Kite-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Kite-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Black Kite <em>Milvus migrans<\/em> \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger (unfortunately, no better photos\u2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buffbellied-Pipit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buffbellied-Pipit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buffbellied-Pipit-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buffbellied-Pipit-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buffbellied-Pipit-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>A Buff-bellied pipit<em> Anthus rubescens<\/em> in a meadow near Mulyeongari Oreum. \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rooks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rooks.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rooks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rooks-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rooks-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Thousands of Rooks <em>Corvus frugilegus<\/em> occupying a village \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/7-Mulyeonari-Oreum-Ramsar-Site.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/7-Mulyeonari-Oreum-Ramsar-Site.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/7-Mulyeonari-Oreum-Ramsar-Site-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/7-Mulyeonari-Oreum-Ramsar-Site-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/7-Mulyeonari-Oreum-Ramsar-Site-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Mulyeonari oreum hosts a small wetland and was declared a Ramsar site \u00a9 Bernhard Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), with Park Ji-Hyun, Johann and Joseph Seliger A short trip over the US thanksgiving weekend to Jeju Island was devoted to climbing some of the beautiful volcanoes called Oreum here (after a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23903\">read 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