2009 rarity review – my perspective

Apart I have changed the layout and the design of my blog, I started an annual review series of the rarities had occured in the country in the actual year. This is all about my perspective and not necessarily contains only mega rarities for the country. The desire of watching a rare or never seenContinue reading "2009 rarity review – my perspective"

Changing life list without birding

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe in the High Andes, n Chile © Gyorgy Szimuly I have been keeping life list since my first birding trip abroad. During this Holiday Season I started to recheck if every lifer has been added to my life list but suddenly recognized my list is scanty. Luckily I keep my birdwatching trip recordsContinue reading "Changing life list without birding"

Birding in snow storm

This morning I went out with my friend, Laci, to the lake to count geese remained at the lake. The snow had been falling heavily for 18 hours and by the morning the wind turned stormy made our birding really unpleasant. The most of the lake is frozen and only a part of it freeContinue reading "Birding in snow storm"

An interview with Alan Murphy

Is there anyone out there who knows nothing about one of North America’s most famous bird photographer, Alan Murphy? I have been following his work for a few years now and been stunned how perfectly transforms his view and knowledge on birds to the image sensor. Alan was kind to share some of his thoughtsContinue reading "An interview with Alan Murphy"

Pelagic birding destinations on Google Map

I guess this topic is worth a whole book. Pelagic is something what birdwatchers is always longing for. Which keen birdwatcher is not dreaming about an Antarctic birding what you most probably reach by a cruise. Traveling the oceans can produce a tons of special birds have very little chance to see from the mainland.Continue reading "Pelagic birding destinations on Google Map"

Lake-side birding

In the last few years weather didn’t allowed much outdoor activity due to dense fog and some rain. We took the opportunity to take the stroller and to go out with Kea this afternoon. Fog was almost gone but still distance ID was not possible so I concentrated to woodland birds along the lake shore.Continue reading "Lake-side birding"

9th Wild Goose Festival in Tata

I have been thinking wether I should launch iWeb application or jumping to my bed would be a more clever idea. However, I wanted to keep my dear readers up-to-date with birding related happenings. Today we made a history! The 9th Wild Geese Festival was a breakthrough birding event in Hungary. Not because it’s beenContinue reading "9th Wild Goose Festival in Tata"

Spring arrivals’ day

Today I visited our wetlands with my birding mate, Peter Szeimann. The spring migration is well under way. On a regional level we produced a nice birding list. Some bird species seen/heard for the first time are as follows: Eurasian Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, White-winged Tern, Great Reed-Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Icterine Warbler, Common Nightingale.Continue reading "Spring arrivals’ day"

Record number of Whimbrels?

I birded at the fishponds in a beautiful weather at the drained ponds and the lake #5 which resulted some interesting records as follows: Greater White-fronted Goose 1Black Stork 3Eurasian Spoonbill 2Little Ringed Plover 8Northern Lapwing 30Ruff 25Eurasian Curlew 2Whimbrel 14Common Redshank 6Common Greenshank 23Marsh Sandpiper 2Spotted Redshank 35Wood Sandpiper 2Green Sandpiper 18Dunlin 16 IContinue reading "Record number of Whimbrels?"

Siberian Chiffchaff at Csepel, Budapest

A week ago Szabolcs Kókay found a strange Common Chiffchaff at Tamariska-domb, Csepel, south of Budapest. The bird was spotted by its unusual call and identified as a Siberian Chiffchaff, the ‘tristis’ race of Common Chiffchaff. Today I visited the site with Szabi and his brother Bence in a hope to find the bird. TheContinue reading "Siberian Chiffchaff at Csepel, Budapest"