Text & Photos © Max Baumgarten My name is Max and I study Biodiversity and Ecology (M.Sc.) at Greifswald University (Germany). I am currently conducting the field work in Azerbaijan for my master thesis with the title 'The breeding bird communities of the western parts of Azerbaijan and their response to human alteration'. In the… Continue reading Breeding bird survey in western Azerbaijan
Just recently a dataset of 30.000+ bird records from Azerbaijan has been uploaded to eBird and is now ready for getting explored! This online database provides an easy opportunity to prepare birding trips and find out what to expect. Nevertheless, there are still ornithological gaps of knowledge, so if you intend to visit Azerbaijan it… Continue reading Azerbaijan in eBird
Text © Michael Heiß Thanks to Gerard Troost and trektellen.nl the data of a nocturnal bird migration study from Besh Barmag bottleneck is now online available: http://trektellen.nl/count/view/2030/20110803 Displayed are the number of calls per species for each night, where 'night' is defined as timespan from sunset to sunrise. The temporal calling activity can be obtained… Continue reading Nocturnal bird migration data of Besh Barmag bottleneck
Text & Photo © Christoph Himmel On 17 August 2017 I discovered an odd looking sandpiper during a wader study in Gyzylagach. I photographed the bird, but it flushed while approaching to get a better view. Bad luck, but at least I had some record shots. The first feature which made this bird so interesting,… Continue reading First record of White-rumped Sandpiper for Azerbaijan
Text © Kai Gauger From October 22nd to November 20th teams of birders have been around Besh Barmag for countinously counting of the daily visual migration. Before this period there have only been incomplete countings for a few hours per day or random observations by Pia Fetting's ringing team. Migrating Calandra Larks with Besh Barmag… Continue reading Autumn migration at Besh Barmag – a summary
The journal Bird Conservation International has just published a paper about the nocturnal bird migration at Besh Barmag. SummaryBird migration studies are sparse in the Caucasus region, but have received more interest in recent years. To date, these studies have focused on diurnal migration and no information about nocturnal bird migration is available from this… Continue reading Nocturnal bird migration at Besh Barmag
Text © Pia Fetting Little Bunting (juvenile) © Pia Fetting In the first half of October rain and a low cloud cover brought some real ornithological goodies to the study site! An Oriental Skylark was heard in the fields on 7th of October and luckily sound recorded the day after: http://www.xeno-canto.org/389517 The second Yellow-browed Warbler… Continue reading The first Little Buntings for Azerbaijan and other nice eastern species at Besh Barmag
Text & Photos © Pia Fetting 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.… Continue reading September at Besh Barmag – Much heat, less birds
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