Birds and I

I look forward to seeing him spend this winter well here and return safely to his hometown to reunite his family.

This crane came to Korea as a vagrant last winter. But it hurt its wings and stayed there. Fortunately, the wings have been completely cured, and are now flying.

The hooded crane breeds in south-central and south-eastern Siberia. Over 80% of its population winters at Izumi, southern Japan, and there are also wintering Suncheon Bay in South Korea.

This species is slate-grey overall. The forehead and lores are blackish with a bare red crown and a white streak extending from behind the eyes to the upper back. The overall colour is darkest on the back and rump and palest on the breast and wings. The primaries, the tips of secondaries, the alula, the tip of the tail, and the edges of upper tail coverts are all black and the greater coverts dr..

A pair of Common Merganser are preying and eating fish early in the morning in Tancheon, Bundang.