Jeju Island is a particularly interesting place for migrant birds in spring time, and one of the best spots is in the southwest of the island. While exploring around there one morning in mid April, I inadvertently stumbled across a small group of Little Curlew. This species is rather rare to find in Korea, but are somewhat regular on Jeju during spring migration.
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| Little Curlew, hiding in the grass and flowers. |
Also mixed in with the Little Curlew was a small group of Oriental Pratincoles, which soon began flying around me feeding on insects (much like swallows).
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| Oriental Pratincole feeding while flying. They're like the swallows of the shorebirds. |
A day after I found the Little Curlews, I stumbled across another somewhat uncommon or rare migrant for Korea, a Curlew Sandpipier. This one was not quite in its full red plumage, but pretty nonetheless. It was also a lifer for me, which added to the excitement of the find.
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| Little Curlew, not quite in its full red breeding plumage. |
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