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These are two males Bear's Pochard and a common Coot. Baer's Pochard appears to have a monogamous mating system, at least within a breeding season. During courtship, the male swims around the female, repeatedly nods his head up and down. When the male approaches, the female straightens her neck and lowers her head to the water. And then, they are mating.

The adult male has a red throat. The red-throated thrush is a migratory Palearctic species. It breeds in East Siberia to North Manchuria wintering to West China, Myanmar, and Northeast India. The left side is a male Naumann's Thrush(노랑지바귀), similar to the male Red-throated Thrush on the right.

It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, Korea and Japan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.

The Vinous-throated Parrotbills came out forsythia flower outing in full bloom at Tancheon Stream. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Yesterday, I filmed Great Bustard for a while around sunset. So I arrived at the place around 11 a.m. the next day. It was the coldest weather this winter, and the wind was blowing hard, so the wind chill temperature seemed to be below minus 25 degrees Celsius. There seemed to be more than dozens of birdwatching vehicles at theplace, but they have not yet seen Great Bustard. So when I went to th..