Chook Information from Leslie Hurteau
I took early morning journey to Udo on Could twenty fifth to see what spring birds might be discovered. Udo, translated as “Cow Island”, is a good sized island off the east coast of Jeju, accessible by way of Seongsan and Jongdal ports. The island is legendary for peanuts, and like hottest elements of Jeju, it’s suffering from costly cafes and vacationers bumbling about in rented bikes and electrical autos. Regardless of this, the island maintains plenty of its authentic magnificence and encompasses a numerous panorama, starting from farmland, cliffs, forest, and naturally coast.
The ferry journey was brief and oddly sufficient had a pair of Barn Swallows on deck and what I feel was their nest. I’m undecided how they’ll handle nesting on one of the crucial busiest boats on Jeju, however maybe it really works.
Probably the most quite a few chook species on the island ended up being Pink-rumped Swallows, with a big group of over 100 people feeding within the air and resting on wires by midday. A couple of Sand Martins have been blended in, together with native summer time guests Barn Swallows and Pacific Swifts.
Alongside the coast have been resident Temminck’s Cormorants, Gray Herons, and a Pacific Reed Heron, along with Little Ringed Plovers and Gray Tailed Tattlers.
By means of the fields and attention-grabbing discovery was 7 Rooks and a Daurian Jackdaw, extremely late to seek out them in Korea in late Could. Udo is thought to have lots of of wintering Rooks, so it’s potential these have been stragglers that delayed their northward migration for no matter cause.
Different extra anticipated birds included migrants and summer time guests: Oriental Reed Warblers, a Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, and Dollarbirds. In addition to the common Jeju residents: Oriental Greenfinch, Warbling White-eyes, Japanese Bush Warblers, Oriental Turtledoves, Oriental Magpies, Eurasian Tree Sparrows, and Brown-eared Bulbuls.
The boat journey again was not very birdy, however a number of of the resident Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins have been seen within the distance.
The eBird guidelines could be discovered right here:
https://ebird.org/guidelines/S139162775
