Monitoring of the White-tailed Eagle’s population on the Middle Dnieper in 2020
We propose to watch video about a checking of White-tailed Eagle’s nest in Cherkasy Region (Ukraine) on 24.05.2020: Maksym Gavryliuk, Yurij Mylobog, Ukrainian Birds of Prey Research Centre
Studies of birds of prey in the alienated zone of Chornobyl atomic power station, continued in May 2012
Prior studies in the CAPS alienated zone were provided by us in the first and second decades of April 2012. That time we did night census of owls and in the daylight searched for nests of birds of prey in special distinguished parts of forest areas. From 21 to 27 May we undertook the second […]
Studies of birds of prey in the alienated zone of Chornobyl atomic power station (CAPS) in April 2012
In April 2012 we continued studies on fauna, numbers and ecological characteristics of birds of prey in the CAPS alienated zone. This time our works were conducted under the program “Study and revealing in the alienated zone the sites with valuable natural complexes deserving the highest protection status and their passportisation”. Photos by Sergey Domashevsky […]
Counts of White-tailed Eagles at Kremenchuhske Reservoir in autumn 2011
In autumn 2011 we proceeded monitoring of autumn concentration sites of the White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at the Middle Dnieper. Results are presented below. Results of the year 2009 please see here, за 2010 год – here. Counts were conducted in key concentration sites of these eagles: at fishponds and other areas with high bird […]
Accidental visit of the Pallas’s Fish Eagle in Ukraine
The Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) is a rare accidental species in Ukraine. By the present time only two registrations have been known. 29.05.1910 a female in the first plumage was shot in “Askania Nova” (Zubarovsky, 1977). The female at the age of about 1 year was hunted in the first decade of June 1964 […]
Mass migration of Birds of Prey in North and Central Ukraine in mid-October 2011
We already mentioned at our web-pages, that migration intensity of birds of prey significantly differs for various regions of Ukraine. However, numbers of migrating raptors can be also greatly impacted by weather conditions, forming migration waves. It is the phenomenon which we observed in mid-October 2011. MIGRATION OF BIRDS OF PREY ALONG KYIV RESERVOIR 15 […]
The International Expedition in Eastern Kazakhstan Region (Balkhash Аrea). Part 3
This post finishes a story about the scientific expedition to Kazakhstan in 2011. Part 1 is available here, Part 2 is here. The period of observations covers the middle of the third decade of May to the middle of the third decade of June In the third decade of May the Nightjars were already actively […]
Сurrent state of the Saker Falcon population in Ukraine
The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) − is a rare breeding species of birds of prey, listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Its number has sharply declined in the first half of the 20th century. Then a gradual restoration of the population started in the 1980s, and in the Red Data Book of Ukraine […]
The International Expedition in Eastern Kazakhstan Region (Balkhash Аrea). Part 2
This post continues a story about the scientific expedition to Kazakhstan in 2011. Part 1 is available to read here. The middle of the first decade of May was marked with appearance of first Rosy Starlings. And the Lesser Short-toed Lark and Calandra Larks had first fledglings which become easy and accessible prey for raptors. […]
The International Expedition in Eastern Kazakhstan Region (Balkhash Аrea)
During April – June 2011 I had the opportunity to conduct ornithological fieldworks in Kazakhstan. The expedition was organized under support of the International Fund for for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) and participated by representatives of France, UAE, Morocco, India, China, Africa, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Great Britain. The main objective was to study the […]