{"id":9972,"date":"2013-09-04T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=9972"},"modified":"2013-09-06T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T08:25:16","slug":"yongjeong-island-september-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=9972","title":{"rendered":"Yongjeong Island, September 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bird News from Tim Edelsten<\/strong><\/p>\n

An afternoon on the island included a brief look at the main shorebird roost followed by the Western Reservoir and adjacent natural wetland. This shallow reed-fringed wetland is probably the best remaining freshwater habitat on the island, but it has already been 70% filled in and appears to be under threat of final annihilation to make way for the new airport runway. Birds seen today were:<\/p>\n

Mandarin Duck<\/strong> Aix galericulata<\/em>. Two on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Mallard<\/strong> Anas platyrhynchos<\/em>. Three on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Eastern Spot-billed Duck<\/strong> Anas zonorhyncha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Garganey <\/strong>Anas querquedula<\/em>. Six on the wetland. Intriguing to see them feeding in a co-ordinated group, paddling along with heads down at the same time.<\/p>\n

Little Grebe<\/strong> Tachybaptus ruficollis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong> Platalea minor<\/em>. Sixty-seven on the southern mudflat included at least four juveniles.<\/p>\n

Yellow Bittern<\/strong> Ixobrychus sinensis<\/em>. One on the wetland is apparently a first record for the island.<\/p>\n

Grey Heron<\/strong> Ardea cinerea<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Great Egret<\/strong> Ardea alba<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Intermediate Egret<\/strong> Egretta intermedia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Little Egret<\/strong> Egretta garzetta<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Chinese Egret<\/strong> Egretta eulophotes<\/em>. At least one on the southern mudflat.<\/p>\n

Great Cormorant<\/strong> Phalacrocorax carbo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Common Moorhen<\/strong> Gallinula chloropus<\/em>. One immature on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Eurasian Coot<\/strong> Fulica atra<\/em>. Two adults and two immatures on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Black-winged Stilt<\/strong> Himantopus himantopus<\/em>. One juvenile on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Grey Plover<\/strong> Pluvialis squatarola<\/em>. Only about ten on the mudflat.<\/p>\n

Bar-tailed Godwit<\/strong> Limosa lapponica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Whimbrel<\/strong> Numenius phaeopus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eurasian Curlew<\/strong> Numenius arquata<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Far Eastern Curlew<\/strong> Numenius madagascariensis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus<\/em>. Seven on the wetland. This species seems to have really declined in recent years. Where have the large flocks gone?.<\/p>\n

Common Greenshank<\/strong> Tringa nebularia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wood Sandpiper<\/strong> Tringa glareola<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus<\/em>. Still up to 300 at the wader roost.<\/p>\n

Red-necked Stint<\/strong> Calidris ruficollis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper<\/strong> Calidris acuminata<\/em>. One on the wetland. Another species that has apparently crashed in recent years. I hardly ever see them anymore.<\/p>\n

Saunders’s Gull<\/strong> Chroicocephalus saundersi<\/em>. Only two adults on the mudflat. This species is in very low numbers this summer.<\/p>\n

Black-tailed Gull<\/strong> Larus crassirostris<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mongolian Gull<\/strong> Larus mongolicus<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Oriental Reed Warbler<\/strong> Acrocephalus orientalis<\/em>. Several still singing on the wetland.<\/p>\n

Zitting Cisticola<\/strong> Cisticola juncidis<\/em>. One calling from the reservoir.<\/p>\n

Vinous-throated Parrotbill<\/strong> Sinosuthera webbiana<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/strong> Passer montanus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eastern Yellow Wagtail<\/strong> Motacilla tschutschensis<\/em>. Up to fifteen included both taivana<\/em> and tschutschensis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

White Wagtail<\/strong> Motacilla alba<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Meadow Bunting<\/strong> Emberiza cioides<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Non-avian wildlife included a Black-spotted Frog <\/strong> Pelophylax nigromaculatus<\/em>, several Asian Swallowtail<\/strong> Papilio xuthus<\/em> and a Painted Lady<\/strong> Cynthia cardui<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Black-spotted-Frog_TE\"<\/a>Black-spotted Frog<\/strong> Pelophylax nigromaculatus<\/em>, \u00a9 Tim Edelsten<\/p>\n

\"Asian-Swallowtail_TE\"<\/a>Asian Swallowtail<\/strong> Papilio xuthus<\/em>, \u00a9 Tim Edelsten<\/p>\n

\"Painted-Lady_TE\"<\/a>Painted Lady<\/strong> Cynthia cardui<\/em>, \u00a9 Tim Edelsten<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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