독수리 11개체에 GPS를 부착하여 비행특성을 분석하였다. 한국에 월동기간은 평균 131일 (SD=17.4)이었고, 평균 비상 비율은 19.6%이었다. 비행고도는 100 m 이하가 21.6%이었으며, 101~200 m는 25.3%, 201~300 m는 19.0% 로, 300 m 이하가 65.9%이었다. 시간대별 비상률과 고도는 양의 상관관계 (r=0.929)를 보였고, 월별 비행고도 비율은 대부분 101~200 m에 가장 많은 비율을 나타냈다 (p<0.05). 월동기 독수리는 비행비율을 낮추고 300 m 이하 고도에서 비행하였다. 독수리의 넓은 행동권, 높은 비 행비율, 높은 고도 비행특성은 사회적 상호작용에 의해 먹이를 찾는 효율적인 비행방법으로 판단된다.

We surveyed the habitat use and food materials of the endangered Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) during the wintering period at the Seocheon tidal flat. The bird wintered about six months from October 2014 to early April 2015 at the flat. They showed a remarkable change in choosing their feeding habitat and prey. They stayed entirely at sedge grass patches on Songrim tidal flat during the early wintering period (October), while after November they gradually moved to Janggu bay and used rice paddy fields as well as sedge patches on the tidal flats as their feeding site. The dietary analysis showed the sedge grass (Bolboschoenus sp., Cyperaceae) was the main dietary source during the entire wintering period. Interestingly, the proportion of Cyperaceae on feces decreased slightly over wintering time, while the proportion of Fabaceae increased relatively since November. These results suggest that the Swan Geese switched their habitat and food sources in response to the change of food availability. The Seocheon tidal flat area is the important wintering site for Swan Geese and sedge grass patches in the area need to be managed as the main feeding area for the wintering Swan Geese.

The current study analyzed the home range size of the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) by observation using the natural markings in the suburban area of Busan from December 2009 to May 2010. In all, 26 individual kestrels were observed in the study area, of which 14 individual kestrels were frequently observed (more than five times) and 12 were observed less frequently (less than five times). Mean home range sizes of the 14 frequently observed kestrels were estimated using two different methods (minimum convex polygon (MCP) method and fixed kernel (FK) method): 34.49 ㏊(2.74–163.96 ㏊) by 100% MCP, 41.35 ㏊(3.54– 99.02 ㏊) by the 95% FK, 14.33 ㏊(0.20-31.57 ㏊) by the 75% FK and 5.75 ㏊(0.52–14.74 ㏊) by the 50% FK. The mean home range size was larger for males than for females estimated at 51.50 ㏊(15.04–163.96 ㏊) and 11.80㏊(2.74–24.48 ㏊), respectively, by the 100 % MCP method and 8.02 ㏊(2.38–14.74 ㏊) and 2.72 ㏊ (0.52–4.28 ㏊), respectively, by the 50 % Fixed Kernel method. The home range sizes by sexes in breeding pairs differed during the wintering and breeding seasons; the sizes decreased among females but increased among males during the breeding season. Such differences of home range sizes between sexes could be attributed to parental role division during the breeding season. Females stay in the nest or next to it during laying, incubating, and feeding activities, and males go far away from their nest sites to forage areas for their fledglings for most of the breeding period.

This study aims at analyzing relationships between land use and habitat types of winter wildbirds to provide basic understanding of ecosystem for preservation and restoration of urban ecosystem in the future. The research area is Hanam City. Researches on land use types showed Hanam City had 79.1% of greenspace and openspace, but intensive urban development has been taking place in greenspace that is adjacent to urban districts. This has brought the problems of lack of greenspace in urban districts and damages to cultivated areas and grassland. A total of 61 and 8,642 populations of winter wildbird species were observed in research areas. Paradoxornis webbiana(16.91), Passer montanus(11.93), Pica pica(6.88) were dominant species. When they were divided according to habitat types, 20 species of interior species, 8 species of interior-edge generalist species, 12 species of edge species and 3 species of urban species were observed. When which land use type was mostly served as wildbirds habitats was examined, urban species(3 species and 290 populations) was a dominant species in urban districts while in greenspace and openspaece, water species(19species and 3,075 populations) including winter migratory birds was. Among greenspace and openspaece, edge species was dominant in forest while urban species was a dominant species in cultivated areas. This shows there is a need to improve diversity of wildbirds through restoration of cultivated areas in the central part of Hanam City.