{"id":7923,"date":"2013-03-10T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T06:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2013-03-17T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T06:34:48","slug":"mokpo-namhang-urban-wetland-march-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=7923","title":{"rendered":"Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland, March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Andreas Kim<\/p>\n<p>As preparation for the upcoming shorebird migration it was time for a longer visit to the site. The early afternoon was very warm with temperatures over 20\u00b0C but had a strong wind.<\/p>\n<p>Over the winter the site has undergone quite some changes. In the natural tidal-flat we call P1 (see<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdskorea.org\/Habitats\/Wetlands\/Mokpo\/BK-HA-Mokpo.shtml\">http:\/\/www.birdskorea.org\/Habitats\/Wetlands\/Mokpo\/BK-HA-Mokpo.shtml<\/a>\u00a0for more information) now much more fishing boats than before are anchored and also more platforms exists, one very big one roped to the railing along the road, where in about 3 weeks shorebirds have to look for food. In one corner the vegetation was burned down. The wall enclosed area P2 was largely filled with water, so obviously most of the infilling from 2 years ago had been removed again. The area P3 was only holding a small amount of water on one side, because on the opposite site construction work is underway. In the reed-bed area P4 the part which was dredged last year is still a huge open area and scar to the site.<\/p>\n<p>All areas had plenty of birds. In P1 c. 50\u00a0<strong>Great Cormorant<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/strong>\u00a0and Eurasian Widgeon with about the same number, a few Mallard were seen in water and on platforms as well as 2\u00a0<strong>Little Grebe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In P2 c. 200\u00a0<strong>Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/strong>, c. 30\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>, a small flock of 28\u00a0<strong>Black-headed Gulls<\/strong>\u00a0and a mixed flock of c. 300 individuals of\u00a0<strong>Black-headed Gull<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Vega Gull<\/strong>. In the cleaning pool of the water recycling plant a hand full more\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>\u00a0and ca. 100\u00a0<strong>Black-headed Gull<\/strong>. In the pine trees beside some Grey-capped Greenfinch, Brown-eared Bulbul and one\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Jay\u00a0<\/strong>was seen. The count numbers are not exact, because there was constant movement between the areas due to disturbance by people but also one small raptor patrolling and one time seen very close attacking a \u201cjump-starting\u201d teal.<\/p>\n<p>In P3 about 150 more Vega Gulls and c. 100\u00a0<strong>Common Shelduck<\/strong>\u00a0rushing over the wet mud looking for food.<\/p>\n<p>The reed bed area had ca. 50\u00a0<strong>Northern Shoveler<\/strong>, a few\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Mallard<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/strong>were present along 3\u00a0<strong>Grey Heron<\/strong>\u00a0and 2\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Coot<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Oriental Turtle Doves<\/strong>, c. 20 in total first gathered in trees and then flew to a small patch in the reed, while some\u00a0<strong>Eastern Great Tit<\/strong>\u00a0were heard passing and one seen. The surprise was the short appearance of on\u00a0<strong>Naumann\u2019s Thrush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1: New Platform\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/P1-New-Platform_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P1: New platform, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P3: Construction work\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/P3-Construction-1_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P3: Construction work, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P3: Construction work\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/P3-Construction-2_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P3: Construction work, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Teal\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/Eurasian-Teal_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P1:\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anas crecca<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eastern Spot-billed Duck\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/Eastern-Spot-billed-Duck_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P1:\u00a0<strong>Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anas zonorhyncha<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-headed Gull\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/Black-headed-Gull_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P2:\u00a0<strong>Black-headed Gull<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Chroicocephalus ridibundus<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Common Shelduck\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/Common-Shelduck_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P3:\u00a0<strong>Common Shelduck<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Birds in P4\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/P4-Birds_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>P4: bird assembly with\u00a0<strong>Northern Shoveler<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anas clypeata<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Teal<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anas crecca<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Mallard<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anas platyrhynchos<\/em><br \/>\nand\u00a0<strong>Eurasian Coot<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Fulica atra<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Naumann's Thrush\" src=\"http:\/\/birdskorea.org\/Images\/images2013\/03\/Naumanns-Thrush_AK.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Naumann&#8217;s Thrush<\/strong> <em>Turdus naumanni<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird News from Andreas Kim As preparation for the upcoming shorebird migration it was time for a longer visit to the site. The early afternoon was very warm with temperatures over 20\u00b0C but had a strong wind. Over the winter &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=7923\">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":[281],"class_list":["post-7923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-sightings","tag-mokpo-urban-wetland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923","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=7923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7925,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions\/7925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}