| Woodchat Shrike - juvenile |
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Bulgaria in the top 10 places to visit in 2014
Bulgaria is ranked eighth in the top 10 best places to visit in 2014, selected by the British tourist publishing company with 130 years of history "Rough Guides".
Listed here are eight things in the country are not to be missed. First is the cathedral "Alexander Nevski", followed by the Rila Monastery, Old Town in Plovdiv, Vitosha Nature Park, Koprivshtitza, beach bars along the seaside, yogurt and a diversity of birds in the reserves.
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.
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.
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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