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Birds Korea's Bird News February 2002


Siberian Accentor, video still © Charlie Moores

After a notably mild winter, it became quickly obvious that many species were already heading north.

Thrush and duck numbers were markedly down (there were no Baikal Teal flocks left in the Joonam area for example) and a party of 12 Oriental White Storks left a stake-out in the west on the 9th. Indeed small flocks of migrant Buff-bellied Pipits were commonplace by the 13th as the temperature soared above normal. Highlights of the trip included the re-finding of Korea's first Ferruginous Duck (a male keeping close company with a female Baer's Pochard) at Joonam, high numbers of Siberian Accentor, a sub-adult Steller's Sea Eagle on the east coast, Solitary Snipe in Gwangeung, Scaly-sided Merganser, and a 2ndW Relict Gull at Song-Do.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Woopo, February 14

3500 Taiga Bean Goose, 1 Snow Goose, Tundra and Whooper Swans, 3 White Spoonbill. (No sign of the long-staying Swan Goose.)
(No sign of either the Ferruginous Duck or Baer's Pochard at Joonam.)

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Daejong Dae, February 13

Over a 1000 gulls, inc Vega, Mongolian, Slaty-backed. Yellow-throated Buntings notably common.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Joonam, February 11

1 Ferruginous Duck Ayhthya nyroca (1st record for Korea, first found Feb02 by NCM), 1 Baer's Pochard, 1 Baikal Teal, 2 Lesser White-fronted Goose, 100+ Taiga Bean Goose.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Pohang, February 10

1 Pacific Black Brant, 150+ White-winged Scoter.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Pohang, February 9

1 Saunders' Gull, 1 Rhinoceros Auklet, 1 Ancient Murrelet.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
East Coast, February 8

1 sub-adult Steller's Sea Eagle, Glaucous Gull, Japanese Wagtail (plentiful).

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Andong, February 8

2 Scaly-sided Merganser, 5 Smew.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Gwangeung Forest, February 7

3 Solitary Snipe, 1 White-backed Woodpecker.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Imjingak, February 7

140 Cinereous Vulture. 1 Golden Eagle, 2 White-tailed Eagle.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Ganghwa, February 7

7 Red-crowned Crane, 270 Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Siberian Meadow Bunting, 1 Pallas's Reed Bunting.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Ganghwa, February 6

9 Red-crowned Crane, one group of 7 Siberian Accentor, 1 Long-tailed Rosefinch.

Bird News from Nial and Charlie Moores
Song-Do, February 6

1 2ndW Relict Gull, 2 Saunders' Gull.