I received a report about one of my
Commons Tern, seen in Hungary. This is the first foreign report of a tern I
ringed in this project and the first Israeli Common Tern recovery or control
from Hungary. Thanks to Andras Fodor for this interesting report.
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| I0E in Hungary |
On Sunday (24/06) I resumed
the tern ringing efforts in Atlit; now in the colony many chicks have fledged.
They sit on the ground and every adult that flies above is welcomed with
screams and open bills. In total, 45 terns were caught, of which 29 Common
Terns with a first flying juvenile and 16 Little Terns with 10 juveniles. Also
I ringed some early autumn migrants, as every year they're waders, that night I
had 2 Redshanks and 1 Greenshank.
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| Little Tern - juvenile |
See below a few screenshots from the
web camera in tern colony:
In Tzor'a the breeding season
is also very good and productive with many warblers. Last Friday (22/06) we
caught 186 birds with massive effort, most were Reed Warblers, Cetti's
Warblers, Eastern Olivaceous Warblers, Clamorous Reed-Warblers and Sardinian
Warblers. In CES (28/06) also nice catch with very few species: 70 birds, 68 of
them were Reed Warblers.