{"id":7698,"date":"2013-03-01T16:39:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T07:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=7698"},"modified":"2013-04-16T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T10:46:38","slug":"junam-reservoir-and-ulseuk-do-march-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=7698","title":{"rendered":"Junam Reservoir and Ulseuk Do, March 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News by Jason Loghry with Nial Moores<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a spring-like rain and a cool not cold morning, we started our day of birding with a quick stop at a small park near Igidae. There we had really great views of Olive-backed Pipit<\/strong>, a gorgeous Siberian Accentor<\/strong>, but no sign of the previously seen Hoopoe. <\/p>\n

We headed to Junam. It was relatively quiet. The morning rain had stopped and there were not large numbers of birds. On the lake were some Smew<\/strong>, Mallard<\/strong>, Northern Shoveler<\/strong>, Northern Pintail<\/strong>, Eurasian Teal<\/strong>, a few groups of Pochard<\/strong> mixed with Greater Scaup<\/strong>, Tufted Duck<\/strong>, but than no sign of any hoped for first for the winter Baer’s. <\/p>\n

Opposite the pumping station were a large flock of White-fronted Geese<\/strong>, with one plus Lesser White-fronteds<\/strong> along with one or more possible hybrids. No cranes were found close the reservoir, but 5 White-naped Crane<\/strong> were spotted on some nearby rice fields. Other birds of note were Northern Lapwing<\/strong>, 2 White-tailed Eagle<\/strong>, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong>, an Eastern Buzzard<\/strong> perching next to a rather large looking Northern Goshawk<\/strong>, both overlooking a small flock Taiga Bean Geese<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At Dongpan we had great views of a gorgeous Naumann’s Thrush<\/strong>, many Dusky Thrush<\/strong>, Grey-headed Green Woodpecker<\/strong>, some White-cheeked Starling<\/strong>. Prize to the best looking birds of the day go to about 5 stunning rosacea<\/em> Bullfinches<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On our way to Nakdong Estuary, we made a short detour to Hwapo Reservoir for quick scan through about 2,000 Greater White-fronted Geese<\/strong>. Unfortunately, no Lessers. 5 Cinereous Vultures<\/strong> were seen soaring in the sky. <\/p>\n

At Myeongji, several Common Shelduck<\/strong> spread about the tidal area, Widgeon<\/strong>, some Greater Scaup<\/strong>, Black-tailed Gull<\/strong>, Black-headed Gull<\/strong>, a few sharp looking Mongolian Gull<\/strong>, some ragged looking Vega Gull<\/strong>, Common Gull<\/strong>, Heuglin’s Gull<\/strong>, Eurasian Curlew<\/strong>, and Osprey<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

At Nakdong Estuary, Red-breasted Merganser<\/strong>, Eurasian Teal<\/strong>, Northern Pintail<\/strong>, Spot-billed Duck<\/strong>, Mallard<\/strong>, Northern Lapwing<\/strong>, many Whooper Swans<\/strong>, one Tundra Swan<\/strong>, Black Kite<\/strong>, Eastern Buzzard<\/strong>, Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/strong>, Dusky Thrush<\/strong>, Little Bunting<\/strong>, Black-faced Bunting<\/strong>, and most interesting c. 100 Common Reed Buntings<\/strong> taking flight at sunset with Yellow-throated Bunting <\/strong>and Pallas’s Reed Bunting<\/strong> mixed in. No sign of any of the Avocets<\/strong> previously reported at Nakdong a few weeks before.<\/p>\n

And of note* On February 25th, at Nakdong Estuary, more than 30 Japanese White-eyes<\/strong> and a few Penduline Tits<\/strong> were observed feeding in the reeds in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Naumann’s Thrush Turdus naumanni<\/em>. Image by Jason Loghry.<\/center><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis<\/em>. Image by Jason Loghry.<\/center><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea<\/em>. Image by Jason Loghry<\/center><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus<\/em>. Image by Jason Loghry.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird News by Jason Loghry with Nial Moores With a spring-like rain and a cool not cold morning, we started our day of birding with a quick stop at a small park near Igidae. There we had really great views … read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[523],"class_list":["post-7698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-rosacea-bullfinch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7698"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8302,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698\/revisions\/8302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}