On 10. August 2023 we noticed a dead nestling in the entrance of a nest of European Bee-eaters / Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster) in a colony in Frauenkirchen, Austria. We tried to remove it, but it …
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Lengths of nest tunnels of European Bee-eater
In fall 2023 I measured 56 nest tunnels of European Bee-eater / Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster). 10 in Frauenkirchen, Austria and 46 on the Adriatic island of Susak, Croatia. All nests were found in loess cliffs …
Continue readingGiant Wrens nesting in a plastic bag
While watching a pair of Giant Wrens / Riesenzaunkönige (Campylorhynchus chiapensis) along a sandy track through banana plantations just south of Los Limones, Dep. San Marcos, Guatemala on 12 February 2023 with Ana Paula Oxom, …
Continue readingHouse Martins nesting in woodpecker holes in styrofoam facade
In the breeding season 2022, House Martins / Mehlschwalben (Delichon urbicum) in a colony of roughly 80 natural nests started to occupy and build nests in three holes that a Green Woodpecker / Grünspecht (Picus …
Continue readingThree Rufous-naped Wrens building one nest together
Rufous-naped Wren / Rotnacken-Zaunkönig (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) is a cooperatively breeding species. In El Paredón (Escuintla, Guatemla) I saw three individuals building one nest together in a palm tree on 6 March 2020. Unfortunately I wasn’t …
Continue readingDifferent nest type of Spot-breasted Oriole
While at Finca La Gracia (Escuintla, Guatemala), I was showed a nest (two side by side actually) of Spot-breasted Orioles / Tropfentrupiale (Icterus pectoralis) that were constructed unusually low under a hanging flower pot right …
Continue readingNest-building Plumbeous Kites
While on a visit at Finca La Gracia on Guatemala’s Pacific slope, I had the chance to watch the starting nest-building of a pair of Plumbeous Kites / Schwebeweih (Ictinia plumbea), a small raptor of …
Continue readingPale 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 reading(Wander)falken in Graz
Der zumindest namentlich weithin bekannte und, mit Ausnahme der Antarktis, nahezu weltweit verbreitete Wanderfalke lebt in Österreich vorwiegend in felsigen Mittelgebirgsregionen. Besonders im Winter erscheint die Art aber auch im Hügel- und Flachland. Das Grazer …
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