Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas birding

Posted by Rossen


Christmas days offered great opportunities for birdwatching. Although daily variations of over 20 ° C and lack of snow had enough sun hours and of course birds, as this flock of Shelducks flying between the river and riparian ballast.

Common Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Semiwild ducks are easily distinguishable from their wild counterparts in that they are not afraid of human presence and are always waiting to get a piece of bread.


Semiwild duck



Through the undergrowth of the Struma river in the presence of Tree Sparrows can often be seen and Starlings.


Common Starlings



As usual only single specimens of Yellow-legged Gulls can be seen to pass over wetlands in Blagoevgrad.


Yellow-legged Gull


A long awaited newly registered vertical migrant was originally identified through its characteristic call and photographing it required a lot of patience and looping around the reeds.


Dunnock (Prunella modularis)















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