Full arcticle here. AbstractA female „arctic“ or „nordic“ Peregrine Falcon / Wanderfalke (calidus-type) spent 15 winters, between October 2009 and March 2024, in the historic old town of Graz, Austria. It showed pronounced site-fidelity, using …
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Kestrel feeds nestlings of Barn Owl
AbstractA male Common Kestrel / Turmfalke was observed feeding the chicks of Western Barn Owl /Schleiereule in a nest box in the Seewinkel region, Austria, in summer 2024. It is unknown if the owl chicks …
Continue readingAn oiled Western Osprey in Austria
Documentation of a case of oil contamination in Western Osprey from inland central Europe. The bird was photographed in Lower Austria on 22nd May 2020 by Martin Meszaros. Here’s the short note on this observation.
Continue readingAustrian Big Sit record: 112 species
Birdraces or Big Days are fun events to raise money for bird conservation. I have been a keen participant in the Austrian version of this ‚competition‘ in many years, fortunate enough to be on the …
Continue readingIntersex Eurasian Teal
Intersex birds are usually females exhibiting male characteristics. This Eurasian Teal / Krickente (Anas crecca) was the first of its kind that I encountered. Intersex of this species seem to show a characteristic set of …
Continue readingRuff forgot to cut toenails
I have wondered for a long time, why Ruff / Kampfläufer (Calidris pugnax) seem to show leg injuries (much) more often than other shorebirds at Seewinkel, Austria. Is it just that Ruff appear in larger …
Continue readingComplete post-breeding moult of a Red-backed Shrike in Austria
An adult female Red-backed Shrike / Neuntöter (Lanius collurio) ringed on 10th August 2023 at St. Martins Lodge, Frauenkirchen/Austria showed advanced moult of remiges with corresponding greater coverts and tertials in both wings as well …
Continue readingStock Dove tries to mate with Collared Dove
On 16th March 2024 Martin Suanjak and me observed an apparent male Stock Dove / Hohltaube (Columba oenas) persistently following and trying to mate with a Eurasian Collard-Dove / Türkentaube (Streptopelia decaocto) at St. Martins …
Continue readingLong-eared Owls breeding in Kestrel nest box
The default nesting location of Long-eared Owl / Waldohreule (Asio otus) are abandoned nests of corvids like Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow or Eurasian Magpie, as well as other large nests (e.g. of Common Buzzard, Grey …
Continue readingDifferent appearances of hybrids of Red-crested Pochards x Mallard
Photos of two different hybrids of Red-crested Pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina) x Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos), taken in the same place (Rheindelta, Austria), 18 years apart in May 2005 and November 2023. This …
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