Wednesday 22 February 2012

Birding 'round Busan

Raccoon Dog tracks - next time, Tanuki, next time...
Female Daurian Redstart (my spirit guide)

Black-eared Kite - Badass

Common Reed Bunting at sundown
Cold poser at Igidae

Cliffs of Igidae, Busan 'Centum City' looming

This tree was a giggler

JP: badass Texan punk-rock bird nerd

Eulsuk-do

Scoping for Reed Buntings


Sunset at Eulsuk-do

  I finally met JP, a fellow foreign birder living near Busan.  He's a cool dude, we shared some laughs during the course of a long day of birding at Igidae and Eulsuk-do.  It's always good to compare notes with other birders, especially in Korea, where it often feels like you're the only birder in the world.  Which isn't always a bad thing.  We were a bit 'out of bounds' at Eulsuk-do, so we kept having to dive into the reeds to hide from passing dump trucks, which was fun.  I spotted a Water Deer, but missed out on the Amur Leopard Cats and  Raccoon Dogs (big-balled Tanukis!) that inhabit Eulsuk-do.  Shitballs.  Next time.
  I got cable, which means Discovery Channel once more.  Ahhh, soothing documentaries about marsupials and Hitler's rocket program.  I haven't watched the news in a couple of months, and it doesn't look like I've missed out on too much.  People are still assholes to one another, all over the world.

2 comments:

  1. That's the chubbiest Daurian Redstart yet.
    Also, nice vehicle you got there. Get into the choppah!

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  2. They get chubbier. Yeah, the hog is badass. I'm gonna paint an American flag on the tank. Lemmy.

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