{"id":30313,"date":"2025-03-12T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=30313"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:18:16","slug":"maekdo-eulseukdo-busan-march-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=30313","title":{"rendered":"Maekdo-Eulseukdo, Busan, March 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird News from Nial Moores<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of preparation for a possible restoration project (MUCH more on that in later blog posts if all proceeds well), I spent the day in glorious spring weather walking through some riverine habitats, observing aircraft flight patterns, and stopping off to see Korea\u2019s first Great-tailed Grackle<\/strong>, – \u201cuntickable\u201d<\/a> but still remarkable to see out of the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great-tailed Grackle <\/strong>Quiscalus mexicanus<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although there were access restrictions in some areas still because of fears of poultry flu, additional highlights included two adult globally Vulnerable Lesser White-fronted Geese<\/strong> (both of which fed furiously, and looked rather too plump to have just arrived); \u00a0more than 100 Eastern Taiga Bean Goose<\/strong> still; my personal first Little Ringed Plover<\/strong> of the year; decent numbers of Dusky Thrush<\/strong> (definitely mostly migrants); a group of eight Little Bunting<\/strong> together (a little unusual in the southeast); several confiding Eurasian Hoopoe<\/strong> (nowadays a fairly common winter visitor to the southeast); two long-staying over-wintering Long-billed Dowitcher<\/strong> together with 11 Northern Lapwing<\/strong>; and the first decent numbers of butterflies, most of which predictably were Asian Comma<\/strong>, but which also included two Blue Admirals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adult Lesser White-fronted Geese<\/strong> Anser erythropus <\/em>\ud770\uc774\ub9c8\uae30\ub7ec\uae30 with Greater White-fronted Geese \uc1e0\uae30\ub7ec\uae30 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Taiga Bean Goose <\/strong>Anser fabalis middendorffii<\/em> \ud070\ubd80\ub9ac\ud070\uae30\ub7ec\uae30 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eurasian Hoopoe<\/strong> Upupa epops<\/em> \ud6c4\ud22c\ud2f0 \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the two Long-billed Dowitcher<\/strong> Limnodromus scolopaceus<\/em> \uae34\ubd80\ub9ac\ub3c4\uc694 \u00a9 Nial Moores, in between two Northern Lapwing \ub315\uae30\ubb3c\ub5bc\uc0c8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blue Admiral<\/strong> Kaniska canace<\/em> \u00a9 Nial Moores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Checklists for the day on eBird at: https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S218000310<\/a> and https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S218000689<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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