Archive for August, 2010

Birds of prey in steppes of Russia

25-30 April 2010 a group of Ukrainian and Russian ornithologists, traveling by car on the route Luhansk (Ukraine) – Orenburg (Ukraine) to participate in the ХІІІ International Ornithological Conference have collected data on distribution and numbers of birds of prey. They are presented below. Photo by M.Gavrilyuk, V.Vetrov, E.M.Pisanets, V.Remenny Experts of different profile traveled […]

Results of counts of birds of prey in the Zdvyzh

To investigate distribution and numbers of birds of prey in Polissia we have recently completed studies in the Zdvyzh river valley. The river of Zdvizh is a right tributary of the Teteriv River (the Dnieper Basin). Its source is in Brusyliv district of Zhytomyr region. Further river crosses Makarivka, Borodianka and Ivankiv districts of Kyiv […]

XIII International Ornithological Conference of North Eurasia

From 30 April to 6 May, 2010 in Orenburg (Russia) it was the held the 13th International Ornithological Conference of North Eurasia. Formerly, meetings of such kind were called the All-Union Conferences, but regardless of the name it is always a great event in the ornithological world. This time the border between Europe and Asia […]