First ringing for 2014

Couple of weeks ago, I finally made my first ringing for 2014. The results were not great, but I'm very happy that I found time to set up the mist nets. The other good news is that I managed to keep my feeder relevantly full, so even if this winter there were no ringed birds, I can say that my friends didn't starve.

For the few hours of ringing , the results were only two Great tits(Parus Major). The weather was foggy and the nets got wet very,very fast. After that there was no point of continuing.

I hope that soon, I'll find time for more ringing and more posting.

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Interesting birds in Bulgaria-Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

I'm going to start series of posts about some of the interesting birds in Bulgaria. I will try to talk about rare birds from my hometown region. The first post will be about the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra). This bird is very,very rare in Bulgaria ,but near Belogradchik there are several lakes where you can see Black Storks. The nearest of them is the Dubrava lake which is 5 kilometers from Belogradchik.

Slightly smaller than the White Stork, the Black Stork is a large bird, 95 to 100 cm (37–39 in) in length with a 145–155 cm (5 ft) wingspan, and weighing around 3 kilograms (6.6 lb). They can stand as tall as 102 cm (40 in). Like all storks, it has long legs, a long neck, and a long, straight, pointed beak. The plumage is all black with a purplish green sheen, except for the white lower breast, belly, axillaries and undertail coverts. The breast feathers are long and shaggy forming a ruff which is used in some courtship displays. The bare skin around its eyes is red, as are its re…

Funny Bird Pictures

Fun is very important for me and that is why I will start making post about funny bird pictures. I promise that I won't post such pictures every day ,but when I find something funny and interesting I will share it with you. If you have some fun bird pictures , feel free to share them or send them to me. Have fun and enjoy !

That is the question !
Shhh..
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Haters gonna hate ! :D
Come at me bro !
The death of Davy Jones..
Bird watching.

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Nest pictures

Last week I was in Belogradchik and I've managed to find some nests. Most of them were Blackbird and Song thrush , but I also found Hawfinch nest with 3 eggs inside. Here are the pictures I hope that they are interesting and maybe useful.
Hawfinch nest

Song trush nest

Blackbird nest

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