{"id":31299,"date":"2025-11-19T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=31299"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:41:08","slug":"november-update-restoration-of-eastern-taiga-bean-goose-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=31299","title":{"rendered":"November Update: Restoration of Eastern Taiga Bean Goose Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Work continues on planning for restoration of Eastern Taiga Bean Goose<\/strong> \ud070\ubd80\ub9ac\ud070\uae30\ub7ec\uae30 habitat in Maekdo Eco-park, Busan City. This is an SER-Microsoft supported collaborative project being developed through our MOU with the Busan Nakdong River Project Management Office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern Taiga Bean Goose<\/strong> Anser fabalis middendorffii<\/em> \ud070\ubd80\ub9ac\ud070\uae30\ub7ec\uae30 – Ulseukdo, Busan, November 8th 2025. This species is much larger, longer-necked, bigger-billed and more “haughty-looking” than the smaller and much more abundant Tundra Bean A. serrirostris<\/em> \ud070\uae30\ub7ec\uae30. (Please note: most of Ulseukdo is no longer accessible because of the discovery of a Whooper Swan infected with HPAI).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Taiga Bean Geese<\/strong> \ud070\ubd80\ub9ac\ud070\uae30\ub7ec\uae30, Maekdo, November 18th 2025. This image alone contains >2% of the total “Korea Non-breeding Population” of this species, identifying Maekdo as an internationally important wetland based on Ramsar criteria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan<\/strong> Cygnus cygnus<\/em> \ud070\uace0\ub2c8, Maekdo, November 18th, 2025. Note access restrictions are also likely being put in place in Maekdo to prevent the spread of HPAI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With sincere thanks for everyone\u2019s work so far, here follows an abridged summary of recent project related work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n