Archive for July, 2009

Common Kestrel with the individual marker

On July 19th V. Kucherenko has taken a photo of the Common Kestrel adult female in the lower part of Kuyalnik Liman (Odessa Region). Anybody who knows something about the object put on the bird’s foot, please give the information right as a comment on this post. Heartfelt thanks to O. Formanyuk for the photo!

Problem of exploitation of birds of prey by photographers

Dear ornithologists and birdwatchers! We would like to continue the discussion started at our webpages on exploitation of birds of prey by photographers. Reasons AGAINST EXPLOITATION of birds of prey for photographing with tourists: 1) Taking birds of any species away from nature is forbidden and requires a special permission. This is violation of the […]

Expedition to southern regions of Ukraine

An expedition was undertaken during the last decade of May 2009 in the framework of the project supported by the Falcon Research Centre (United Kingdom). The aim was to reveal the sites, suitable to set up nest boxes for Saker Falcons on poles of power lines. The participants of the expeditions were Vitaly Vetrov, Sergey […]