{"id":25217,"date":"2021-09-24T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T06:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=25217"},"modified":"2021-11-01T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:38:19","slug":"post-typhoon-chanthu-at-alddreu-airfield-and-mara-do-september-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=25217","title":{"rendered":"Post-Typhoon Chanthu at Alddreu Airfield and Mara-do, September 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird News from Leslie Hurteau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Saturday was spent with a visiting friend in the southwest of Jeju Island looking for migrants. While waiting for the ferry to Mara-do, we had an hour to spare and decided to check the nearby fields. This was a wise choice as we found a Whiskered Tern<\/strong> feeding nearby four Black-winged Stilts<\/strong>. A bit further on and we discovered even more Whiskered Terns, a count of up to 40 or so at the time. Shortly after we spotted approximately 35 Oriental Pratincoles<\/strong> flying and feeding high in the sky, which may be a record count (or close to it) for pratincoles in the ROK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oriental Pratincole Glareola madivarum<\/em> \uc81c\ube44\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida<\/em> \uad6c\ub808\ub098\ub8fb\uc81c\ube44\uac08\ub9e4\uae30<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We ran to catch the ferry, and boarded for Mara-do. The seas were unusually quiet on both trips despite seeing hundreds of Streaked Shearwaters<\/strong> off the coast by Moseulpo the day prior during the immediate tail end of Typhoon Chanthu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus<\/em> \ub178\ub791\ub54c\uae4c\uce58<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mara-do was fairly birdy for late September, with highlights being two Brown Shrike<\/strong>, a female Ashy Minivet<\/strong>, Striated Heron<\/strong>, Eastern Yellow Wagtail<\/strong>, and three Muscicapa<\/em> species (Asian Brown<\/strong>, Dark-sided<\/strong>, and Grey Streaked Flycatchers<\/strong>). A couple Phylloscopus<\/em> leaf warblers were seen, one of which was of the Arctic Warbler complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica<\/em> \uc194\ub531\uc0c8<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta<\/em> \uc81c\ube44\ub531\uc0c8<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had planned to move up the west coast after Mara-do, but the surprises of the morning drew us in for a late-afternoon \/ early evening birding of the Alddreu Airfield area. We happily refound the Oriental Pratincoles<\/strong> resting in fields, 16 individuals which was roughly half of what we had seen flying earlier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oriental Pratincole Glareola madivarum<\/em> \uc81c\ube44\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More surprising was the large group of marsh terns, mostly Whiskered Tern<\/strong> but with a few White-winged Terns<\/strong> mixed in. We counted up to 100, as a conservative count. We simply had no choice but to stick around and enjoy the sight of 100+ terns flying over the overgrown grassy airfield feeding on what they can find. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida<\/em> \uad6c\ub808\ub098\ub8fb\uc81c\ube44\uac08\ub9e4\uae30<\/strong>; The large group of Whiskered Tern spent a lot of the time feeding over the overgrown airfield \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida<\/em> \uad6c\ub808\ub098\ub8fb\uc81c\ube44\uac08\ub9e4\uae30<\/strong> and some White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus<\/em> \ud770\uc8fd\uc9c0\uc81c\ube44\uac08\ub9e4\uae30<\/strong>; When the terns weren’t feeding, they were found resting in flooded fields \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other birds of note were Spotted Redshank<\/strong>, Common Snipe<\/strong>, Pacific Golden Plover<\/strong>, Wood Sandpiper<\/strong>, and plenty of resident Eurasian Skylarks<\/strong> and Zitting Cisticolas<\/strong>. Overall it was an exciting trip that showed what surprises can be found after a big late summer storm in the ROK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva<\/em> \uac80\uc740\uac00\uc2b4\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus<\/em> \ud559\ub3c4\uc694<\/strong> \u00a9 Leslie Hurteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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