Text & Photos © K. Gauger
Here are some pics of trapped bird. I have been mist-netting at many places, but mainly in Shirvan NP and at Besh Barmag.
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| beautiful Blue-cheeked Bea-eaters caught cross a channel in Shirvan NP |
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| Kingfisher, another colourful bird |
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| a samamisicus– Common Redstart, note that this bird has even red in the white wing patch! |
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| Semi-collared Flycatcher, a 2cy male |
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| Woodchat Shrike, also a 2cy male |
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| ad male Turkestan Shrike, first of this subspecies in Azerbaijan |
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| a stinky Hoopoe |
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| two different Nightjars |
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| Scops Owl, one of my favourite birds in hand, they are so cute! |
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| Stonechat with very little white in the tail, so more like a maura… |
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| another one but with a clear variegata-tail |
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| caspia Reed Buntings, for me more an own species than a subspecies. Look at theese bills and the size compared with the common ones that occur here on migration! |
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| Quail, a very unusal catch in the shrubs… |
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| a superb catch was this young Levant Sparrowhawk |
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| so was this Terek Sandpiper |
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| and this ad female Citrine Wagtail |
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| much more common in the nets are Green Warblers |
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| and in the right habitat also Menetries Warbler |
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| very common on migration are Red-breasted Flycatchers |
And now some little brown birds :-))) Can you identify them? Write your comments!
Birding Azerbaijan 
