{"id":8847,"date":"2013-05-18T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=8847"},"modified":"2013-05-18T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T03:11:56","slug":"mokpo-namhang-urban-wetland-may-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=8847","title":{"rendered":"Mokpo Namhang Urban Wetland, May 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Andreas Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n

The staging season for Bar-tailed Godwit is slowly coming to an end. A group with green flagged “AFD” which had been here since April 9 was not seen for the last 4 days, while c. 20\u00a0Godwits<\/strong>\u00a0are still around. Instead smaller shorebirds populate the site: 100+\u00a0Ruddy Turnstone<\/strong>\u00a0including two blue flagged individuals from Japan,\u00a0Dunlin<\/strong>\u00a0andRed-necked Stint<\/strong>\u00a0including a white-blue flagged individual from Taiwan seen only one day, c. 40\u00a0Grey-tailed Tattler<\/strong>, 30-100\u00a0Kentish Plover<\/strong>\u00a0(the exact number is very uncertain as many have chicks now and hiding in vegetation and only about 30 display on the open mud), 15-25\u00a0Whimbrel<\/strong>\u00a0(varies every day), a handful of\u00a0Little Ringed Plover<\/strong>,\u00a0Grey Plover<\/strong>,\u00a0Common Sandpiper<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Terek Sandpiper<\/strong>. Species with small numbers of 1-3 are\u00a0Mongolian Plover<\/strong>,Curlew Sandpiper<\/strong>,\u00a0Broad-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Far-Eastern Curlew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other species always on the site are a few\u00a0Grey Heron<\/strong>,\u00a0Black-tailed Gull<\/strong>, still some\u00a0Black-headed Gull<\/strong>, an uncounted number of\u00a0Little Tern<\/strong>\u00a0and in the trees along the site small numbers of\u00a0Grey-capped Greenfinch<\/strong>\u00a0andTreesparrows<\/strong>. Permanently cycling over the water of the lagoon areas are\u00a0Barn Swallows<\/strong>\u00a0hunting insects.<\/p>\n

A very unfortunate discovery was the that the reed-bed at the end of the site was complete cut down, just when the first\u00a0Oriental Reed Warbler<\/strong>\u00a0had arrived for nesting; last year 50+ nests. At least 3 were heard this morning. Why does an environmental department of a city government doesn’t know about biological cycles and their timings? One only can wonder.<\/p>\n

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Blue flagged\u00a0Ruddy Turnstone<\/strong>\u00a0Arenaria interpres<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Red-necked Stint<\/strong>\u00a0Calidris ruficollis<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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White-blue flagged\u00a0Red-necked Stint<\/strong>\u00a0Calidris ruficollis<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Whimbrel<\/strong>\u00a0Numenius phaeopus<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mongolian Plover<\/strong>\u00a0Charadrius mongolus<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Curlew Sandpiper<\/strong>\u00a0Calidris ferruginea<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Broad-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>\u00a0Limicola falcinellus<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Far-Eastern Curlew<\/strong>\u00a0Numenius madagascariensis<\/em>, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The reed-bed cut down, no nesting option for this summer, Photo \u00a9 Andreas Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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