Text & Photos
© Pia Fetting
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| Volunteer Esther releasing a Wryneck |
After some stormy and colder days in the beginning of
September, temperatures rose again and it was once more like midsummer; still
very hot (30+°C) and very dry. After more than three month without rain in this
region, all ponds and lagoons were empty.
Additionally,
strong winds almost every day resulted in low activity of resting birds and
thus often empty mist-nets. Furthermore, kettle, dogs and other animals around
posed a threat to the nets.
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| Trying to fix by cows destroyed nets |
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| Excursion in the surroundings |
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| Seawatching at the Caspian Sea |
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| Bonfire in the evenings |
Together with the arriving volunteers I caught well over
500 birds in September. Sylvia warblers were still very common, but more and
more autumn species like Common Redstarts, Common Rosefinches and Red-breasted
Flycatchers mixed with them. In particular, we were glad about catching each
one male Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus and variegatus at the
same day.
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| Though common around, still impressive in hand (f.t.l.t.b.r. Nightjar, Kingfisher, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Hoopoe) |
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| One of the most common species in autumn: Red-breasted Flycatcher (adult male) |
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| Variegatus-Stonechat |
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| Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus |
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the end of the month cloudy and rainy days brought some more birds to the
bushes and nets and we also had some more intense migration days with many terns,
raptors, herons and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters being noticed while bird ringing (http://trektellen.org/count/view/1533/20170927).
As the first volunteers already had to leave and new people were coming, we met
with some people of NatureFriends Azerbaijan in a traditional restaurant in
Baku and had a nice farewell- and welcome- Dinner.
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters on roosting site |
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Dinner in Baku |
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