More shorebirds at the fishponds

Again I made a short visit to my local path. Nothing really changed compared to my previous birding days. Intensive warming forecasted in the next couple of days so migration will develop which was obvious today in the number and composition of shorebird flocks. Common Redhsank. © Gyorgy Szimuly Some records: Eurasian Spoonbill 2Black Stork

Birding with my kids

After watching the Sony Ericsson Open Tennis Championship from Miami on TV during the night it was a hard to wake up at the agreed time. As my children were waiting for me I had to do it anyway. We had a short tour to the known birding site in pleasant but windy weather. The

Short visit to Ferencmajor fishponds

Spent an hour at the fishponds to see the status of the drained ponds whether suitable for shorebird photography. The lake #11 is under refilling while the lake #10 is started to be drained. A few mudflat was still available for the shorebirds to feed. Some records: Peregrine Falcon 1 imm. (probably female)Pied Avocet 2Black-winged

Outing in a beautiful spring day

This has been the first warmest and the most beautiful day this year. At midday I visited the Ferencmajor fishponds and counted the shorebirds and looked for some potential photo sites. In the next couple of weeks more suitable habitats will be available for shorebirds as other ponds started to be drained as well. Some

Shorebirds at the Ferencmajor fishponds

I had a little chance between business meetings to visit my favourite local birding site, the Ferencmajor fishponds. The available time limited me to visit the only drained pond. The weather was pleasant and I wished I had more time to have a walk around. Ruff at the Ferencmajor fishponds. © Gyorgy Szimuly As this

American Wigeon: the 2003th lifer

Today I picked up my kids and visited the area where a drake American Wigeon have been recorded a week ago by keen birdwatchers at Alsó-Szúnyog near Apaj in the Kiskunság National Park. At our arrival to the site we tried to find bird by our own. As the lights turned unpleasant we headed to

Midwinter Counts of wildfowl: Danube River, Bratislava-Gabcikovo, Sklovakia

This weekend is dedicated for the midwinter counts of wildfowl all over Europe coordinated by Wetlands International. As local guys covered most of the part of the wetlands of our county I selected to have a look at the upper section of river Danube. The weather was somehow better than on the previous days with