Since there are no photos to be found online of feathers of Omani Owl / Omankauz (Strix butleri), I asked Hanieh Pasalari from Iran who cares for a captive individual to take a picture of …
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Pale Rock Martins Nesting On Pure Salt in Iran
In one of the salt caves of Qeshm island, Iran, Martin Suanjak and me found Pale Rock Martins / Steinschwalben (Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) nesting on pure salt. At least one pair was building a nest on …
Continue readingAn Oriole in December in Iran
On 16 December 2019 I encountered this (juvenile) Oriole / Pirol (Oriolus sp.) with Martin Suanjak on Qeshm island, Iran. The bird was in short-term company of six Dark-throated Thrushes / Schwarzkehldrosseln (Turdus atrogularis). We …
Continue readingAshy Drongos in Iran
Edit: These and other records of Ashy Drongo in Iran have been published here. Reminded by the first Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) for Israel, I finally took another look at the Drongos we recorded in …
Continue readingIran in Winter – Minab
The full report on the trip to Iran is not yet finished, I still have to figure out some IDs (particularly chewing on the gulls…). In the meanwhile, I uploaded some of the photos from …
Continue readingIran in Winter – the North
I just came back from a marvellous trip to Iran. It will take some more time until the full trip report is finished, but here are some photos of the northern part of this huge …
Continue readingIndonesia: Krakatau
Quite belated, some photos from the Krakatau archipelago which I visited in September as a tutor for the University in Vienna. Our basecamp was situated on the current volcano and central island Anak Krakatau, which …
Continue readingIndonesia: Peucang island
I spent September in Indonesia as a tutor for the University of Vienna. During the field course „training in rapid biodiversity assessment“, in cooperation with Bogor Agricultural University, a group of Austrian and Indonesian students …
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