{"id":23947,"date":"2020-12-22T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T03:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23947"},"modified":"2020-12-22T12:15:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T03:15:53","slug":"hwaseong-wetlands-fns-december-16th-and-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=23947","title":{"rendered":"Hwaseong Wetlands FNS, December 16th and 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird News from Nial Moores with Jung Hanchul (Gyeonggi KFEM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eleventh and last survey this year of the Hwaseong Wetlands Project<\/a>, an initiative developed by the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership<\/a> and Hwaseong City, with survey-work conducted by Birds Korea and KFEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In sub-zero conditions still much to be seen, with 51,000 waterbirds counted, including two newly-recorded waterbird species for the Wetlands Project: two Common Gull<\/strong> and a single stunning male Long-tailed Duck<\/strong>, perhaps here for his fourth winter. These are the 107th<\/sup> and 108th<\/sup> waterbird species recorded here since the Wetlands Project began in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 16th, about a third of the Hwaseong Reclamation lake was covered in ice \u00a9 Nial Moores; on the 17th, with a dawn temperature of -9C and not a breath of wind, probably 98% was…What do the birds that depend on this wetland do when there is no open water left?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Always distant, this Long-tailed Duck <\/strong>Clangula hyemalis<\/em> \ubc14\ub2e4\uafe9 (fittingly known as “Ice Duck” in Japanese) was perhaps back here for his fourth winter in a row \u00a9 Nial Moores <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0On 16th<\/sup>, in addition to thousands of Tundra Beans<\/strong>, Greater White-fronteds<\/strong> and rafts of duck (including 158 Ruddy Shelduck<\/strong> and 160 Smew<\/strong>, \u00a0looking especially resplendent in the hard bright light) we found between five and seven Lesser White-fronted Geese<\/strong>, 16 White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> (sadly no sign of the Steller\u2019s from earlier in the month, though), 1-2 Upland Buzzard<\/strong>, 138 Saunders\u2019s Gull<\/strong>, up to eight Oriental Stork<\/strong>, and less spectacular but still noteworthy this far north in mid-December, two Dusky Warbler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruddy Shelduck<\/strong> Tadorna ferruginea<\/em> \ud669\uc624\ub9ac \u00a9 Jung Hanchul: beautiful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A family party of globally Vulnerable Lesser White-fronted Geese<\/strong> Anser erythropus<\/em> \ud770\uc774\ub9c8\uae30\ub7ec\uae30, with two adults in the lead and a juvenile in tow…\u00a9 Jung Hanchul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of 16 White-tailed Eagle<\/strong> Haliaeetus albicilla<\/em> \ud770\uaf2c\ub9ac\uc218\ub9ac seen on the 16th \u00a9 Jung Hanchul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Globally Endangered Oriental Stork<\/strong> Ciconia boyciana<\/em> \ud669\uc0c8 \u00a9 Jung Hanchul: apparently a good winter for seeing them in the ROK…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On 17th<\/sup>, in addition to more search of tidal flat areas, we spent rather longer on a boardwalk in a wet reed-bed, enjoying flight views of a Eurasian Bittern<\/strong> and good long looks at parties of Common Reed Buntings<\/strong>, Pallas\u2019s Reed Buntings<\/strong> and Chinese Penduline Tits<\/strong>. In the same area we found another two Dusky Warbler<\/strong>. Based on the area of potential habitat, it seems likely that dozens are attempting to over-winter here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common Reed Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhulina <\/em>\uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uc465\uc0c8 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pallas’s Reed Bunting <\/strong>Emberiza pallasi<\/em> \ubd81\ubc29\uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uc465\uc0c8 \u00a9 Nial Moores: this bird had a striking call and looked very warm-toned…which subspecies?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chinese Penduline Tit<\/strong> Remiz consobrinus<\/em> \uc2a4\uc708\ud638\uc624\ubaa9\ub208\uc774 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tidal flats of the Hwaseong FNS\u00a9 Jung Hanchul. Local fishers, globally Vulnerable Saunders’s Gulls<\/strong> \uac80\uc740\uba38\ub9ac\uac08\ub9e4\uae30 and Dunlin<\/strong> \ubbfc\ubb3c\ub3c4\uc694 to the backdrop of a “power-plant” built on “reclaimed” tidal flat.
Conservation is about values and the choices that all of us make. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Bird News from Nial Moores with Jung Hanchul (Gyeonggi KFEM). The eleventh and last survey this year of the Hwaseong Wetlands Project, an initiative developed by the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership and Hwaseong City, with survey-work conducted by Birds Korea … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-sightings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23947","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=23947"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23957,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23947\/revisions\/23957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}