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  1. Miilda

    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    It is possible to see them by the middle of August in Lithuania. But they become not so active in August, almost silent. So July would be an easier option.
  2. Miilda

    Western Sahara: yes or no?

    [EDIT: It was 2011 - time flies!! Morocco & W Sahara 2-16 Feb 2011 Oh, that was a fabulous trip, one of the best in my life! And Aousserd road was one of the best bit for me! Would like to repeat it once more.
  3. Miilda

    Killed in Latvia, Siberian Rubythroat

    The message in Tarsiger was changed recently. Now it sounds like this: 1st-winter female Siberian Rubythroat trapped (for ringing), but "collected" for ID etc. at Lauteri, Salacgriva county 3rd November, the 1st record for Latvia (source: www.latvijasputni.lv) In Latvijasputni.lv is this...
  4. Miilda

    Bird Feeder

    I have a similar feeder by myself. I use it for peanuts only. If sunflower seeds are smaller, the mesh could be too big for them as well.
  5. Miilda

    Birding places around Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK

    Could you check and correct my grammar mistakes please ;)
  6. Miilda

    Birding places around Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK

    Thank you Larry and Adam for the information. Yes, I found that Selsey Peninsula is a good place to visit and all info in the blog wich I mentioned. PS using the occasion I would like to thank you both for the assistance preparing my trip to South Africa in September 2013. I've received many...
  7. Miilda

    Birding places around Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK

    Oh, thank you Delia! I forgot about Opus page. Plenty of good info there. Now fingers crossed for good weather.
  8. Miilda

    Birding places around Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK

    I'm going to be in Littlehampton on the second weekend of April to participate in a family event. I will have free mornings and would like to do some birding around. Will be having a car. I've found this nice and useful blog: http://selseybirder.blogspot.com/p/scarce-rare.html I would be...
  9. Miilda

    Lapland

    I saw one female Steller's Eider, among the Common Eiders, along the Vardo coast, the exact coordinates of the place are 70.381975,31.079099. Our trip was in the period of 19 June - 1 July 2011.
  10. Miilda

    Lapland

    We didn't see Steller's around the island, but we saw one or two female type birds in the other fjord, can't remember the exact place now. I'll dig my notes and post the name later. The island was Hornoya. It was a boat trip from Vardo and one of the highlights of the whole trip. Short video...
  11. Miilda

    Dugongs in UAE

    I'm going to Oman for birdwatching during the first two weeks of March 2015. The flight will be to Dubai. I'm wondering is there any possibility to see a Dugong somewhere along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf? Does anybody know some people or company which runs boat trips to see them?
  12. Miilda

    Kruger trip February 2014

    It would be interesting to know from what population do Rollers winter in Kruger or other parts of SA. Two years ago some of Latvian (birds which breed in Latvia) were equipped with geo-locators and some Spanish and Southern France Rollers were equipped with satellites. In the attached map you...
  13. Miilda

    Kruger trip February 2014

    We spent a week in Kruger last September and there were plenty of Lilac-breasted Rollers, they were the commonest Rollers in the area. But we didn't see any European Rollers though. It was too early for them then. They still could be found here in Lithuania at this time of the year. The...
  14. Miilda

    Ring Ouzel in Spanish Pyrenees

    Aaa, so it is because of torquatus only this subspecies is mentioned in Gosney's book. And probably because alpestris is common nobody bother to mention them in reports. Many thanks for your explanation, I hope I'll find them.
  15. Miilda

    Ring Ouzel in Spanish Pyrenees

    I'm going to be in the Spanish Pyrenees on the first week of April. Maybe somebody knows good site for Ring Ouzel somewhere around Jaca or somewhere else but not so far to the East. I know that they could be found near eg. Llanaves de la Reina, but it is little bit too far.
  16. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    Never have found them. We have plenty of Starlings, occasionally Redstarts, Tits, few Hoopoes and sometimes wild bees or wasps. This nest box was 'lucky' as it has bigger hall about 7-8 cm. Our newest nest boxes have a hall of 6 cm diameter (as additional protection from Martins).
  17. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    Take a look what a beauty I found in one of our nest boxes for Rollers !!! :) The only one excuse I have that I would never think looking for Tengmalm's Owl in our nest boxes!
  18. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    You are lying, aren't you!? :eek!: You would have died if you had hated it and had eaten such amount!
  19. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    WAS: It was massive, if it is ok to say so in English. Some statistics: The beginning of XX century -10.000 pairs 1970s - 1 000-2 000 p. 1980s - significant decrease, there are suspicious that decrease started in 1960s. 1990s - 150-200 p. 2001 - 100-150 p. 2006 - 30 p. 2013 - 9 known...
  20. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    The most important thing is you remember my name, the others are not so important.... and sometimes birds of course... ;) And yes, you are extremely accurate... Luckily the Lithuanian part is over, so no more discreditable information about me. Your wishes list looks terrible... I feel so...
  21. Miilda

    Unknown disease/injury of Common Tern, Lithuania

    Thank you for the answer Tony. I know about puncture marks when bird is killed by Mink ... probably... When our colony was attacked, dead birds had these marks. I wonder if all mustelids leave similar puncture marks?
  22. Miilda

    Unknown disease/injury of Common Tern, Lithuania

    We have an uninhabited island in the middle of a lake. The Island has huge colony of Black Headed Gulls (1 000+ nests), increasing colony of Herring and Caspian Gulls (100 + nests), only few pairs of waders (Redshanks, Black-tailed Godwits, Ruffs, C. Snipes) and Common Terns colony. The latter...
  23. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    We had 8 known breeding pairs in 2011 and 2012. This year we have 9 pairs! We have been ringing Rollers chicks since 2011 with colour rings. This year we've found two our ringed birds (one from 2011 and another from 2012) and one from Latvia (this one was ringed in 2006 as a chick and breeds in...
  24. Miilda

    Some Birding in Lithuania and Ukraine, May 17th - June 3rd 2013

    Well... Nice report and so detailed, sometimes even too detailed, I would say ;) You could have omited some parts, eg. about my good driving skills. What's wrong with my driving?! We didn't have any accidents, so everything is ok ;) You are right, his name is Simas and he is 8 years old :) I...
  25. Miilda

    Lanzarote

    Three weeks ago Houbara Bustards were easiest at Teguise Plain. We saw about 10 one morning when came early at dawn. Not very good picture of one of them you can see here: http://www.birdpix.lt/pagrindinis/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=14381#top_display_media We saw three at Playa...
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