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7 Mar Fwd: The World's Rarest Birds photo competition [Ian Harrison ]
5 Mar Re: Phoenix 26 []
4 Mar Re: Phoenix 26 [Ian Harrison ]
2 Mar Invitation to lectures [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
1 Mar Re: Re: Greater Scaup sighting [ASPB ]
1 Mar Report 4 birds of Al-Lajat MaB Reserve -Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
28 Feb Getting the message out [howardk ]
24 Feb Introducing new ornithological bulletin for Iran [Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh ]
24 Feb Re: FW: Late announcement of the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009 ! [Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh ]
24 Feb Bahrain Update [howardk ]
23 Feb Late announcement of the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009 !ā€¸ [Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh ]
23 Feb R 3 Birds of Al-Lajat Reserve Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
22 Feb Phoenix 26 []
22 Feb Batumi Raptor Count 2010 [Johannes Jansen ]
11 Feb Birding Report from Doha, Qatar [Gordon Saunders ]
08 Feb Re: Kuwait Shikras ["vasil_ananian" ]
07 Feb Video of birding trip to Israel ["keith_betton" ]
6 Feb Information on North India and Nepal National Parks [Ahmad Barati ]
6 Feb Upper Nile IBA [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
6 Feb Crocodile Island Campaign [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
6 Feb Re: Re: Kuwait Shikras [Alexander Abuladze ]
06 Feb Re: Kuwait Shikras ["vasil_ananian" ]
06 Feb Re: Kuwait Shikras ["vasil_ananian" ]
5 Feb SV: Asian House Martin ["Stefan Cherrug" ]
5 Feb Kuwait Shikras []
05 Feb Kuwait Shikras ["ggregory71" ]
05 Feb Re: Shikra in Armenia ["ggregory71" ]
05 Feb Re: Greater Scaup sighting ["vasil_ananian" ]
05 Feb Re: Shikra in Armenia ["vasil_ananian" ]
5 Feb RE: Asian House Martin [MARTIN SCOTT ]
5 Feb Re: Asian House Martin []
5 Feb Asian House Martin [MARTIN SCOTT ]
4 Feb Crocodile Island, Luxor [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
4 Feb Crocodile Island, Luxor [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
4 Feb Crocodile Island, Luxor [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
04 Feb Indian Birder - New post - The babbler chick who lost its way ["birding_passion" ]
4 Feb RE: Tern Study in Bahrain [Brendan Kavanagh ]
4 Feb Greater Scaup sightings in Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
3 Feb Re: Tern Study in Bahrain [Ahmad Barati ]
3 Feb Lambertini of BirdLife International in Qatar on 8 Feb [April Conkey ]
3 Feb Tern Study in Bahrain [Brendan Kavanagh ]
3 Feb Re: John Miles contact details [Mary Megalli ]
3 Feb John Miles contact details ["M.Istvan" ]
1 Feb RE: Greater Scaup sighting [David Murdoch ]
31 Jan Re: Greater Scaup sighting [Alexander Abuladze ]
30 Jan Re: Greater Scaup sighting [mohammad tohidifar ]
29 Jan Re: Greater Scaup sighting [Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh ]
29 Jan Re: Greater Scaup sighting [Jeff Gordon ]
29 Jan Greater Scaup sighting [ASPB ]
26 Jan Re: (unknown) ["M.Istvan" ]
26 Jan Re: (unknown) ["Norman D.van Swelm" ]
26 Jan Re: (unknown) [Ian Harrison ]
26 Jan Re: (unknown) [Peter Hellyer ]
26 Jan Re: (unknown) [Howard King ]
25 Jan RE: (unknown) ["lamsdell" ]
25 Jan (unknown) [Nick Moran ]
25 Jan Re: Re: New species for Bahrain [howardk ]
25 Jan Re: searching BirdLife Middle East office [Laith El-Moghrabi ]
25 Jan RE: Bird Orders [Ahmad Aidek ]
25 Jan Re: Bird Orders [April Conkey ]
25 Jan Re: New species for Bahrain ["westpalbirder" ]
24 Jan Georgia bird records 2009 [Alexander Abuladze ]
24 Jan (unknown) [Gavin Farnell ]
24 Jan Bird Orders [Ahmad Aidek ]
23 Jan New species for Bahrain [howardk ]
23 Jan Report 2 Birds of Al-Lajat Reserve-Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
23 Jan Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor [Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh ]
22 Jan Re: Buzzard ID Bahrain ["Wouter Faveyts" ]
22 Jan RE: Buzzard ID Bahrain [Tomas Haraldsson ]
21 Jan Re: For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald ... ["M.Istvan" ]
21 Jan For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald ... [David Murdoch ]
21 Jan Birds of Al-Lajat MAB Reserve-Syria-Report 1 [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
21 Jan Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor [Mary Megalli ]
21 Jan Re: Large-billed Reed Warbler Afghanistan ["keith_betton" ]
18 Jan Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor [Hamid Amirebrahimi ]
18 Jan Large-billed Reed Warbler Afghanistan ["asmustim" ]

Subject: Fwd: The World's Rarest Birds photo competition
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:52:33 +0000

Email message received from Erik Hirscfeld. See below. Ian Harrison ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Hirschfeld Date: 7 March 2010 20:51 Subject: The World's Rarest Birds photo competition To: editor AT theworldsrarest.com Cc: Dominic Mitchell , birdline-owner AT yahoogroups.com, MEBirdNet-owner AT yahoogroups.com, ebnitalia AT ebnitalia.it, birdwatch-spain-owner AT yahoogroups.com, aniusverkko-owner AT yahoogroups.com, lintuverkko AT birdlife.fi, norman AT ukzn.ac.za, MEX-BIRD-Request AT list.audubon.org, Ornitologica_de_Mexico-owner AT yahoogrupos.com.mx, avelin-owner AT yahoogroups.com, Birdingperu-owner AT yahoogroups.com, birdsofbombay-owner AT yahoogroups.com, bngbirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com, vivek AT ee.princeton.edu, orientalbirding-owner AT yahoogroups.com, AfricanBirding-owner AT yahoogroups.com, ltennefoss AT audubon.org, avimonde-owner AT yahoogroupes.fr, birdbooklist-owner AT yahoogroups.com, birding-owner AT yahoogroups.com, birds-pix-owner AT yahoogroups.com, BOU_birdtalk-owner AT yahoogroups.co.uk, karen.korte AT gdtfoto.de, uwe AT ohse.de, david.bismuth AT ornithomedia.com, dlepage AT bsc-eoc.org, ornithologie-owner AT yahoogroupes.fr, digipiaf-owner AT yahoogroupes.fr, delhibird-owner AT yahoogroups.com, raptor-conservation-owner AT yahoogroups.com, SDBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com, India-nature-pixs-owner AT yahoogroups.com, BirdsinRussia-owner AT yahoogroups.com, BirdingPeruNews-owner AT yahoogroups.com, Vulture-Conservation-owner AT yahoogroups.com, BirdsCaribbean-owner AT yahoogroups.com, indianwildlifeclub2-owner AT yahoogroups.com, HummingbirdHobnob-owner AT yahoogroups.com, cockatoos-owner AT yahoogroups.com I would appreciate very much if this message could be posted in your group or magazine. Kind regards, Erik Hirschfeld The World’s Rarest Birds photo competition is now online! The new photo competition is now online at www.theworldsrarestbirds.com with plenty of exciting prizes to be won. Photos of 623 species, all presented in a list on the website, are eligible to take part in the competition and many will be used in *The World’s Rarest Birds* which will be published in the first half of 2011. Published photographers do of course receive a free copy of the book The submitted photographs will play an important role in increasing awareness for these rarest birds of the world. *The World’s Rarest Birds *has evolved from *Rare Birds Yearbook* and will be produced by WILD*Guides*, a not-for-profit publisher and, as with *Rare Birds Yearbook*, proceeds from sales will be donated to BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions Programme. The facelift will see the publication becoming a hardback and expanded to cover the 362 species categorised as Endangered as well as the world’s 192 Critically Endangered species. If you are on Facebook, please join the group *Critically Endangered* birds and/or become a fan *The World’s Rarest Birds*. For more information on *The World’s Rarest Birds*, please contact the editorial team: Erik Hirschfeld at editor AT theworldsrarest.com or Andy Swash at andy_swash AT wildguides.co.uk. Erik Hirschfeld Editor, The World's Rarest Birds editor AT theworldsrarest.com www.theworldsrarestbirds.com ++046 703 97 09 94 *The purpose of The World's Rarest Birds is to raise awareness of the plight of the rarest birds of the world and raise funds to support their conservation through BirdLife International's Preventing Extinctions programme http://www.birdlife.org/extinction/. The World's Rarest Birds will be published by WILDGuides www.wildguides.co.uk in 2011. * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Phoenix 26
From: <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:30:26 -0000

Hi Ian, Glad it arrived. How did you get on in Oman looking for eagles? There is still time to get results into the atlas if you would wish that, otherwise I shall be pleased to wait the results somewhere else. Best wishes, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Harrison" To: Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Phoenix 26 > Hi Mike > > Received the copies of Phoenix - will pass on to Mick Green. As always a > very interesting read. > > Ian > > On 22 February 2010 22:40, wrote: > >> >> >> Phoenix 26 >> >> Please note that this years issue of Phoenix (ISSN 0268-487X), the >> newsletter of the ABBA project, was distributed a week or so ago. The >> contents are listed below, an Arabic contents list is available on >> request. >> Those interested in Arabian birds and who have not received a copy or who >> would like to take out a subscription for this newsletter should contact >> me. >> >> Although the atlas is due to be published this year the database and >> Phoenix will continue and therefore those working in or visiting Arabia >> are >> invited to continue to send records to the project copying to the >> national >> recorder where appropriate. >> >> Mike Jennings, >> >> Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia, Warners Farm House, >> Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, UK. >> >> Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) >> >> Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com >> >> Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (NB This site is >> very >> much out of date but does provide some basic information about the >> project). >> >> >> PHOENIX 26: JANUARY 2010 - CONTENTS >> >> A new Greater Flamingo breeding colony in the UAE. >> >> Wing-tagged Eastern Imperial Eagle in Qatar. >> >> Satellite tagged Steppe Eagle winters in UAE and Yemen and spends summer >> in >> Kazakhstan. >> >> Bald Ibis shot in Arabia. >> >> Jahra Pool Reserve, Kuwait. >> >> Wadi Wurayah, Fujairah: the first UAE Mountain Protected Area. >> >> Raptor Trading in Yemen. >> >> Breeding terns on Al Jarrim islands, Bahrain. >> >> The first Long-tailed Shrike for Kuwait. >> >> The first Asian Koel for Kuwait. >> >> The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch for Kuwait. >> >> A nest site of the Sand Partridge in the Hajar Mountains, Oman. >> >> Courtship behaviour in wintering Common Kestrels. >> >> Recent Reports. >> >> Winter Waterbird Count, Oman, January-February 2008. >> >> Winter Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia, February 2009 - A Summary of ABBA >> Survey 40 >> >> Plus announcements, requests, reviews of books and periodicals etc. >> >> E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) >> Database version: 6.14410 >> http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) > Database version: 6.14490 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) Database version: 6.14490 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
Subject: Re: Phoenix 26
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:54:58 +0000

Hi Mike Received the copies of Phoenix - will pass on to Mick Green. As always a very interesting read. Ian On 22 February 2010 22:40, wrote: > > > Phoenix 26 > > Please note that this years issue of Phoenix (ISSN 0268-487X), the > newsletter of the ABBA project, was distributed a week or so ago. The > contents are listed below, an Arabic contents list is available on request. > Those interested in Arabian birds and who have not received a copy or who > would like to take out a subscription for this newsletter should contact me. > > Although the atlas is due to be published this year the database and > Phoenix will continue and therefore those working in or visiting Arabia are > invited to continue to send records to the project copying to the national > recorder where appropriate. > > Mike Jennings, > > Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia, Warners Farm House, > Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, UK. > > Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) > > Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com > > Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (NB This site is very > much out of date but does provide some basic information about the project). > > > PHOENIX 26: JANUARY 2010 - CONTENTS > > A new Greater Flamingo breeding colony in the UAE. > > Wing-tagged Eastern Imperial Eagle in Qatar. > > Satellite tagged Steppe Eagle winters in UAE and Yemen and spends summer in > Kazakhstan. > > Bald Ibis shot in Arabia. > > Jahra Pool Reserve, Kuwait. > > Wadi Wurayah, Fujairah: the first UAE Mountain Protected Area. > > Raptor Trading in Yemen. > > Breeding terns on Al Jarrim islands, Bahrain. > > The first Long-tailed Shrike for Kuwait. > > The first Asian Koel for Kuwait. > > The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch for Kuwait. > > A nest site of the Sand Partridge in the Hajar Mountains, Oman. > > Courtship behaviour in wintering Common Kestrels. > > Recent Reports. > > Winter Waterbird Count, Oman, January-February 2008. > > Winter Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia, February 2009 - A Summary of ABBA > Survey 40 > > Plus announcements, requests, reviews of books and periodicals etc. > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) > Database version: 6.14410 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Invitation to lectures
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:33:30 +0200

Dear all I am very glad to invite all to my lectures: 1. In Damascus city- Al-Adawi cultural center March 7- 2010 at 06 .00 PM –(local time) under title : THE SCIENCE MIRACLES ON THE BIRDS. 2. In Sweida - Era cultural center : March 15 -2010 at 05.00 PM (local time) –under title : THE RESULTS FOR FIRST FIELD SURVEY FOR SWEIDA BIRDS. Through photos from Sweida area with projector. Thanks Yousef A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: ASPB <armbirds AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:41:14 -0800 (PST)

Dear all, Many thanks for your prompt feedbacks. Vasil, thank you for the information. It is interesting to learn about the change in the status/classification of the species. If my observation is estimated to be 3rd or 4th, where and when have the previous birds been seen? Thanks. Best regards, Mamikon Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia) P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) E-mail: armbirds AT yahoo.com http://www.aspbirds.org --- On Fri, 2/5/10, vasil_ananian wrote: From: vasil_ananian Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: Greater Scaup sighting To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 5:41 AM Dear Mamikon, That sounds interesting. The species is misclassified though. If proven, your obs would be the third or fourth for Armenia - notable, nevertheless. Regards, -- Vasil Ananian, Researcher Acopian Center for the Environment American University of Armenia 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave., Yerevan 0019 Republic of Armenia Phone: +374 10512520 | Fax +374 10287922 http://www.aua. am/ Personal Website: http://www.armeniab irding.info/ --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogrou ps.com, ASPB wrote: > > Dear all, > > I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. > > During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. > > Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? > > Many thanks in advance, > > > Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director > Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) > P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia > Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) > e-mail: armbirds AT ...Ā Ā Ā http://www.aspbirds .org >
Subject: Report 4 birds of Al-Lajat MaB Reserve -Syria
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:53:27 +0200

Dear all Report 4 birds of Al-Lajat MaB Reserve -Syria. Please enjoy. YOUSEF ALZAOBY Regards Chukar Corncrake Little Owl Crested Lark Barn Swallow Meadow Pipit Blackredstart Mourning Wheatear Finch’s Wheatear Isabelline Wheatear Whinchat Blackcap Warbler Scrub Warbler Lesser grey Shrike Masked Shrike (House +Spanish ) Sparrow Linnet Greenfinch Cinereous Bunting Rock Bunting A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Getting the message out
From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:56:03 +0300

Photograph of the Great Spotted Cuckoo, /Clamator glandarius,/ at A'Ali Agriculture Farm by Abdullah Al Kaabi now uploaded to our web pages see http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/index.php for this and many other photos and comments from Bahrain, Kuwait and East Province SA on the various pages ..... follow the links at the top of each entry page or at the side *From todays local press a report on the activities of the Bahrain Ringing Project* A few reporting errors - despite being told the contrary - For the reporter choose to ignore information given on ringing Projects in Palestine, Jordon and Israel - However this is a much better report than usual from our local English daily rag ---------------------- SEE Ringing the changes to protect migrant birds... Dr Brendan Kavanagh is spearheading a pioneering project that monitors bird migration to the Gulf. The Bird Ringing Project is now in its fifth year and could help protect species threatened by large-scale urbanisation across the region. ANIQA HAIDER reports. --------------------- No mention of our web pages either - the link provided is wrong see http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/gen_stub.php - the correct page Howard King [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Introducing new ornithological bulletin for Iran
From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh <akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:31:52 +0330

Dear all It is my pleasure to inform you that we can see weet fruit of out primary attempts during the last year. Our aims were to encourage Iranian birders and ornithologists to publish results of their works in their native language and introduce a place to transfer ornithological papers, notes and news regarding Iranian birds and ornithology those we could not publish in PODOCES. Although most of the texts are in Persian, texts in English language could also be considered to publish. Mr Tohidifar and me were involved very closely, together with other people as authors and Mr Ian Harrison and Mike Blair as English editors. Now hard copies of this fascinating 30-page A4 size bulletin is available, although in small numbers. We invite all who have interesting findings of their field and laboratory surveys and studies regarding Iranian birds to send their manuscripts to Mr Mohammad Tohidifar (mohammad_8463 AT yahoo.com) or me (akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com ). ------------------------------------------ Balaban, No. 1, Spring & Summer 2009 TOC Bakhtiari P. 2009. An introduction to birdwatching in Iran. *Balaban* *1:*4-5. [In Persian with English summary] Qashqai A. T. 2009. Breeding of Indian Silver-bill *Lonchura malabarica* in Bandar Abbas City. *Balaban* *1:* 6-7. [In Persian with English summary] Cheraghi S. 2009. Recent report of breeding Bluethroat *Luscinia svecica* in Lar National Park, Tehran. *Balaban* *1:* 8. [In Persian with English summary] Ghadirian T., Etezadifar F. & Neinavaz E. 2009. A note on breeding of Great Thick-Knee *Esacus recurvirostris* in Hara Protected Area, Hormozgan, Southern Iran. *Balaban* *1: *9-10. [In Persian with English summary] Barati A. Nouri V. & Shahrokhi F. 2009. A note on breeding and ringing of Gull-billed Tern *Sterna nilotica* in AghGol wetland, Hamedan. *Balaban* *1: *11-12. [In Persian with English summary] Sehhatisabet M.E. 2009. Ringing herons in northern Iran. *Balaban* *1: *13-14. [In Persian with English summary] Barati A. 2009. Observation of Corncrake *Crex crex* in Hamedan Province. * Balaban* *1: *15. [In Persian with English summary] Ghoddousi A. & Ashayeri D. 2009. Observation of White-fronted Goose *Anser albifrons* in Hengam Island, Persian Gulf. *Balaban* *1: *16. [In Persian with English summary] Khormali S. & Khaleghizadeh A. 2009. Bird damage to melon and watermelon in Dashli-Boroun area, Golestan Province. *Balaban* *1:* 17ā’18. [In Persian with English summary] Khaleghizadeh A. 2009. Establishment of Iran Bird Records Committee. * Balaban* *1:* 19ā’22. [In Persian with English summary] With best regards, Abolghasem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: FW: Late announcement of the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009 !
From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh <akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:45:17 +0330

Dear all I'm forwading my following message to MEBirdNet and WestPalBirds members, in case it's useful. With best regards, Abolghasem > ------------------------------ > From: akhaleghizadeh AT hotmail.com > To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; westpalbirds AT yahoogroups.com; > derekscott AT eircom.net; marc.vanroomen AT sovon.nl; vasil.ananian AT gmail.com; > rkarakas AT dicle.edu.tr; amini_tareh AT yahoo.com; m_sehhati AT yahoo.com; > barati728 AT yahoo.com; iran.birdlife AT gmail.com; abbasashoori67 AT gmail.com; > t_arbabi AT yahoo.com; aliabadi AT science.uva.nl; heydari.pr AT gmail.com; > c.s.roselaar AT uva.nl; arabianbirds AT dsl.pipex.com; zoolmideast AT t-online.de; > b.behrouzi AT iwpco.com > Subject: Late announcement of the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009 ! > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:38:00 +0330 > > Dear all > > Excuse me. This is a late announcement for the realease of PODOCES 4(1), > 2009, just in case you still didn't visit the web site of our journal. > http://www.wesca.net/Podoces/podoces4.1.html . The next issue will be > released soon after English edition of two/three papers. And I invite > authors to send their manuscripts for the 2010 issues too. > > I should also give you a minor hint that to speed up the process of > publishing we are declining hard copies- maybe we no longer publish hard > copy ?! > What's your opinion about this decision ? > > ------------------------------------- > Tabel of Contents > > 2009 > > Vol. 4 , Num. 1 > > ------------------------------ > Volume 4, Number 1 , 2009 > Research papers *Review of rare birds in Iran, 1860s 1960s > C.S. ROSELAAR & M. ALIABADIAN > *pages 1-27 > PDF (426 K) > *Distribution, population and ecology of Black Francolin **Francolinus > francolinus **bogdanovi in Sistan Plain, in relation to plant coverage and > drought > N. HEIDARI, T. ARBABI, G. NOORI & A. SHAHRIARI > *pages 28-36 > PDF (287 K) > *Breeding biology of Grey Heron **Ardea cinerea** in Siahkeshim Protected > Area, northern Iran > A. ASHOORI, B. RIAZI, M. KABOLI & M. DEHDAR-DARGAHI > *pages 37-43 > PDF (254 K) > *The avian community of five Iranian wetlands, Miankaleh, Fereidoon-Kenar, > Bujagh, Anzali and Lavandevil, in the south Caspian lowlands > J. MANSOORI > *pages 44-59 > PDF (368 K) Short > Communications *Observations of waterbirds at Abshineh Dam, Hamedan > Province, Iran > A. BARATI, V. NOURI & A. GHASEMI > *pages 60-63 > PDF (327 K) > *Autumn records of Marsh Warbler **Acrocephalus palustris** (Bechstein, > 1798) in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey > R. KARAKAS > *pages 64-66 > PDF (340 K) > *Estimating seasonal populations of some Corvids in Iran, 2001 2002 > H. AMINI, M.E. SEHHATISABET & A. VETR > *pages 67-70 > PDF (186 K) > -------------------- > > With best regards, > Abolghasem > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. > ------------------------------ > Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Bahrain Update
From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:36:27 +0300

Second Record for Bahrain 20th February - Great Spotted Cuckoo, /Clamator glandarius/, A'Ali Agriculture Farm A Ministry of Agriculture site - Abdullah Kaabi previous record was J Webster 20-27 March 1986 On our web pages which we continue to update regularly with lots of new photos being added Dr. Brendan Kavangh now has a page of his own Birding with Brendan http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/brendans_stub.php On the ringing front Brendan had a Robin our first sighting since December 2003 - Kuwait based birder Mike Pope spent some time in Thailand recently and added some excellent pictures to our entry - World Birds http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/bugs_stub.php Howard King http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/home_stub.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Late announcement of the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009 !ā€¸
From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh <akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:26:03 +0330

Dear all Excuse me. This is a late announcement for the realease of PODOCES 4(1), 2009, just in case you still didn't visit the web site of our journal. http://www.wesca.net/Podoces/podoces4.1.html . The next issue will be released soon after English edition of two/three papers. And I invite authors to send their manuscripts for the 2010 issues too. I should also give you a minor hint that to speed up the process of publishing we are declining hard copies- maybe we no longer publish hard copy ?! What's your opinion about this decision ? ------------------------------------- Tabel of Contents 2009 Vol. 4 , Num. 1 ------------------------------ Volume 4, Number 1 , 2009 Research papers *Review of rare birds in Iran, 1860s1960s C.S. ROSELAAR & M. ALIABADIAN *pages 1-27 PDF (426 K) *Distribution, population and ecology of Black Francolin **Francolinus francolinus **bogdanovi in Sistan Plain, in relation to plant coverage and drought N. HEIDARI, T. ARBABI, G. NOORI & A. SHAHRIARI *pages 28-36 PDF (287 K) *Breeding biology of Grey Heron **Ardea cinerea** in Siahkeshim Protected Area, northern Iran A. ASHOORI, B. RIAZI, M. KABOLI & M. DEHDAR-DARGAHI *pages 37-43 PDF (254 K) *The avian community of five Iranian wetlands, Miankaleh, Fereidoon-Kenar, Bujagh, Anzali and Lavandevil, in the south Caspian lowlands J. MANSOORI *pages 44-59 PDF (368 K) Short Communications *Observations of waterbirds at Abshineh Dam, Hamedan Province, Iran A. BARATI, V. NOURI & A. GHASEMI *pages 60-63 PDF (327 K) *Autumn records of Marsh Warbler **Acrocephalus palustris** (Bechstein, 1798) in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey R. KARAKAS *pages 64-66 PDF (340 K) *Estimating seasonal populations of some Corvids in Iran, 20012002 H. AMINI, M.E. SEHHATISABET & A. VETR *pages 67-70 PDF (186 K) -------------------- With best regards, Abolghasem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: R 3 Birds of Al-Lajat Reserve Syria
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:38:03 +0200

Dear all Below the report 3 for birds sightings of Al-Lajat MaB Reserve –Syria. Sparrow Hawk Kestrel Chukar Quail Corncrake Lapwing Rock Dove Crested Lark Lesser short-toed Lark Barn Swallow Meadow Pipit Robin Stonechat Blackredstart Wheatear Finch’s Wheatear Blue Rock Thrush Blackcap Warbler Scrub Warbler Lesser Grey Shrike Chaffinch Green Finch Cinereous Bunting REGARDS- Yousef A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Phoenix 26
From: <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:40:12 -0000

Phoenix 26 Please note that this years issue of Phoenix (ISSN 0268-487X), the newsletter of the ABBA project, was distributed a week or so ago. The contents are listed below, an Arabic contents list is available on request. Those interested in Arabian birds and who have not received a copy or who would like to take out a subscription for this newsletter should contact me. Although the atlas is due to be published this year the database and Phoenix will continue and therefore those working in or visiting Arabia are invited to continue to send records to the project copying to the national recorder where appropriate. Mike Jennings, Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia, Warners Farm House, Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, UK. Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (NB This site is very much out of date but does provide some basic information about the project). PHOENIX 26: JANUARY 2010 - CONTENTS A new Greater Flamingo breeding colony in the UAE. Wing-tagged Eastern Imperial Eagle in Qatar. Satellite tagged Steppe Eagle winters in UAE and Yemen and spends summer in Kazakhstan. Bald Ibis shot in Arabia. Jahra Pool Reserve, Kuwait. Wadi Wurayah, Fujairah: the first UAE Mountain Protected Area. Raptor Trading in Yemen. Breeding terns on Al Jarrim islands, Bahrain. The first Long-tailed Shrike for Kuwait. The first Asian Koel for Kuwait. The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch for Kuwait. A nest site of the Sand Partridge in the Hajar Mountains, Oman. Courtship behaviour in wintering Common Kestrels. Recent Reports. Winter Waterbird Count, Oman, January-February 2008. Winter Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia, February 2009 - A Summary of ABBA Survey 40 Plus announcements, requests, reviews of books and periodicals etc. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) Database version: 6.14410 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Batumi Raptor Count 2010
From: Johannes Jansen <johannesjansen AT telenet.be>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:42:28 +0100

Dear MEbirder, Since 2008 the raptor migration bottleneck is studied at the east of the Black Sea in Batumi, Georgia. It appeared to be the biggest autumn migration watchpoint in the palearctic, with over 830000 raptors in 8 weeks. More information about the results and the history of the project can be found on our website: www.batumiraptorcount.org. The subscriptions for the Batumi Raptor Count 2010 edition will start on the 1st of march. This edition will last from the 17th of august until the 16th of oktober. Please find the instructions for the registration procedure on our website: www.batumiraptorcount.org/countin2010.htm From this year we will focus on the monitoring of some species and will expand the count to a pilot count in Kazbegi. More information about this new approach on www.batumiraptorcount.org/raptormigration.htm Hope to welcome you in 2010! The BRC team Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested
Subject: Birding Report from Doha, Qatar
From: Gordon Saunders <saunderstern AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:35:57 +0300

Everyone It has been awhile since I last sent a record of recent sightings from a few locations in Qatar. The highlighted birds are not really common to spot here in Qatar ... but, always nice to record. Enjoy Gordon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bird Report by* Gordon Saunders and Jon Hardacre and Shirley Carter-Brown* Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Simaisma and Al Khor area. Conditions were somewhat windy and cooler temperatures … but the tea and muffins made the difference! *Simaisma* *Little Owl … race Lilith* Grey Heron Red shank Terek Sandpiper Dunlin Kentish Plover Greater Sandplover Grey Plover Ringed Plover Whimbrel Curlew Redshank Bar Tailed Godwit Black Tailed Godwit Slender-Billed Gull Grey Francolin Southern Grey Shrike House Sparrow … *with rusty /chestnut flanks* Lesser Black Back Gull Little Stint Pied Wagtail *Al Khor water works and bund* * * Little Grebe Moorhen Red shank Greenshank *Spotted Redshank … winter plumage!* Wood Sandpiper Green Sandpiper *Marsh Sandpiper* Kentish plover Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Common Snipe … and, Jack Snipe??? Dunlin Little Stint Temminck’s Stint Black Winged Stilt *Great Black Headed Gull … Pallas Gull* Pallid Swift Barn Swallow *House Martin* Water Pipit White Wagtail Citrine Wagtail (f) Clamorous Reed Warbler … calling! House Sparrow Palm Dove Collared Dove *Starling* Marsh Harrier *Al Khor local environs including Al Khor Island* * * *Spoonbill … (2 in flight)* Flamingo Mallard Teal Socotra Cormorant *Gull Billed Tern* Pied Wheatear House Sparrow Palm Dove Slender-Billed Gull Reef Egret Grey Heron Red shank Dunlin Kentish plover Greater Sandplover Grey Plover Whimbrel Curlew Greenshank Wood Sandpiper Yellow Wagtail … *feldegg* Common Snipe Isabeline Shrike Crested Lark * Unsuccessful twitch for reported White Breasted Kingfisher* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Kuwait Shikras
From: "vasil_ananian" <vasil.ananian AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:08:14 -0000

Dear Alexander, Thank you for the reports. Regards, Vasil --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Alexander Abuladze wrote: > > Dear Vasil, > During my field works in South Caucasus in 1972-2009, these birds were recorded in the following sites: > Shikra (Accipiter badius) is vagrant to Georgia. Eight records were in Georgia. All records were in southern areas of Eastern Georgia, in all cases only solitary individuals were recorded and never pairs or flocks. During last two decades there were the following records: > - on 17 October 1993 in semi-desert 2,5 km N of Jandari Lake was observed solitary hunting on lizards; > - on 16 September 1994 in small village near Kumisi Lake was watched from a distance of 20-25 m during 3-4 min bird sitting on tree in garden; > - on 26 September 1996 solitary was recorded on arid gentle slope at right side of Khrami River valley in lower part (1 km of Red Bridge, near border with Azerbaijan, Kvemo-Kartli Region, E Georgia); > - single was seen on 12 May 2007 in field near Sadakhlo village, Gardabani district SE Georgia. > Beside that, this species was reported for two sites in SE Georgia in 1998, but without details of records (Galvez, R.A., Gavashelishvili, L., Javakhishvili Z., 2006. Raptors and Owls of Georgia). > I personally have seen this bird only one time in Armenia - at left side of Kasakh River valley lower Ashtarak (directly on motor-road Astarak - Ejmiatsin) on 3 August 2007 + your fine photos sending to list :)). > Ā In Azerbaijan Shikra is rare resident (probably partly migrant?) breeder. During my several trips in Azerbaijan in 1970ā€™s-1980ā€™s were recorded more-or-less regularly only at lowlands along northern edge of Talysh and around Lankoran. Most of records (at least 20) during breeding seasons were near Hircan reserve. Birds were recorded in various forests, gardens in settlements including urban parks. Ā > Two records were outside of Lankoran area in Zuvand mountains ā€" in arid gorges with scattered trees and bushes in Yardymly district and near Lerik town. > One record was in winter Ā at coastal lowland near Lankoran on 7 December. > Ā > Best wishes > Alexander > > Dr. Alexander Abuladze > Expert in Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology > Chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Georgia > 31 Ilia Chavchavadze ave., 0197, Tbilisi, Georgia. > Phone: +(99532)223353; +(995 32)220164; > Fax: + (99532)917192; > Private: +(99532)374335; +(995 32)372621; + (372)6578766; > Mobil: +(995 97)123560 > +(372)5589510 > E-mail: abuladze AT ... > http://www.abuladze.narod.ru > http://www.bcug.narod.ru > http://www.zoology.main.ge/index_eng.php?id=1 > > --- On Sat, 2/6/10, vasil_ananian wrote: > > > From: vasil_ananian > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: Kuwait Shikras > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8:48 AM > > > Ā > > > > > > I am more interested in the species' occurrence (especially in breeding season) west and north-west of its known breeding > range in south-east Transcaucasus (Lankaran lowland), if any. > Ā > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ā€¢ Unsubscribe ā€¢ Terms of Use > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
Subject: Video of birding trip to Israel
From: "keith_betton" <keith_betton AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:30:08 -0000

A friend put me onto this short video on Youtube about a birding trip to Israel. Worth watching (and good music too!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSSYiS0lGhc Keith
Subject: Information on North India and Nepal National Parks
From: Ahmad Barati <barati728 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 23:16:02 -0800 (PST)

Dear All We are planning a 20-day visit to North India and Nepal during March 2010 and looking for some information about the best wildlife areas. Could anyone give me some information about the interesting birdwatching sites and national parks in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarachal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan states of India and also best wildlife sanctuaries in Nepal for photography? Regards Ahmad Barati
Subject: Upper Nile IBA
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:27:01 -0800 (PST)

I just remembered the Upper Nile where Crocodile Island is located isĀ situated in anĀ IBA. Ā Mindy --- On Sun, 7/2/10, Mindy Rosenzweig wrote: From: Mindy Rosenzweig Subject: Crocodile Island Campaign To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 7 February, 2010, 6:20 AM Dear Friends of Nature in Egypt , Ā The Jolie Ville Hotel on Crocodile Island is one of Egypt ā€™s most famous sites for birdwatching tourism.Ā Visitors from around the world stay at the hotel or visit the island for birdwatching.Ā Ā The Movenpick, which formerly managed the hotel realized this and cultivated birding tourism.Ā They published a guide about the plant and animal life of the island. which they provided to their guests for free; offered guided birdwatching outings and even had binoculars which guests could barrow at the front desk.Ā This was the only hotel in Egypt which seemed to understand, value and cultivate birdwatching tourism.Ā Ā Resident, passage migrants, winter visitors and summer breeding birds could be seen on Crocodile Island .Ā While most of the birds occur elsewhere in Egypt, this location was a outstanding site where birders could see and obtain close views of a wide range of species, including specialty birds for which Egypt is known like Nile Valley Sunbird, Painted Snipe, Senegal Thickknee, Ā Purple Swamphen, Little Green Bee-Eater to name a few.Ā Some globally threatened birds, such as White-tailed Lapwing also occurred. Ā However, it was not just birdwatchers who appreciated the hotel and the island, but the average guest who stayed there, many of whom stayed at the hotel year after year.Ā Crocodile Island was an island retreat, different from any other hotel in Egypt ..Ā Ā The hotel was special in that nature, traditional culture and tourism coexisted side by side. Ā Ā What tourists enjoyed was the hotels setting on an island in the Nile , its lovely gardens and quaint bungalows as well as the traditional local communities which shared and farmed the southern part of the island and fished offshore.Ā Ā While it was not an ecolodge, it was a main stream hotel that was ecofriendly, the leading hotel in Egypt in this respect. Ā The holding company, HKS Group which owned the hotel, first forced the local community off the island. The owner even changed the name of the island, into King Island . Now, the hotel is undergoing a major expansion in the southern part of the island.Ā They are destroying the habitats there e.g. farmlands, marshes and reedbeds, with the end result that the wildlife too will lose their homes. Furthermore, this special hotel is being turned into yet another ā€big developmentā€¯, just like any other hotel in Egypt .Ā It is doubtful the holding company has any interest in birds or nature conservation. What is more surprising is that this business doesnā€™t even seem to understandĀ the attributes whichĀ made the islandĀ and hotelĀ attractive forĀ tourism. Ā Ā The island has been declared a Protected Area under Law 102/1982 so there might be some legal basis to challenge this action.Ā While it might be too late to save the island and its habitats, we are writing to the companies and authorities to complain.Ā We want to show them that we do care and value what is being destroyed!Ā Ā Ā We appreciate your support!Ā Contacts to e-mail or write are listed below. Ā Ā Mindy Baha El Din _________________________ Holding Company Owning Property and Undertaking the Construction Ā Mr. Hussein Salem Chairman HKS Group Ā Khaled Hussein Salem Vice President HKS Group Ā info AT hks-group.com Ā Maritim Hotel Management of Hotel Ā Maritim Hotel Global Office in Germany ATTENTION: CEO From their website: http://www.maritim.com/en/contact Ā Maritim Jolie Ville Island Resort, Kings Island Attention, General Manager Fax: +20 (0) 95 2274-936 info AT lux-maritim-jolieville.com> Ā Ā Dr. Samir Farag Governor of Luxor luxoregypt AT mcit.gov.eg Ā Eng. Maged George Elias Ghattas Egyptian Minister of State for Environmental AffairsĀ 30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Road, Maadi , Cairo , Egypt Ā "Behind Maadi Sofitel Hotel"Ā Fax (202) 25256490Ā eeaa AT eeaa.gov.eg Ā Mr. Zoheir Garanah Minster of Tourism Misr Travel Tower, Abbasia St. Cairo , Egypt Tlx: 940400 KUN Fax: 2859551 Mot AT idsc.gov.eg Get your new Email address! Grab the Email name you've always wanted before someone else does! Get your preferred Email name! Now you can AT ymail.com and AT rocketmail.com. http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Crocodile Island Campaign
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:20:47 -0800 (PST)

Dear Friends of Nature in Egypt , Ā The Jolie Ville Hotel on Crocodile Island is one of Egypt ā€™s most famous sites for birdwatching tourism.Ā Visitors from around the world stay at the hotel or visit the island for birdwatching.Ā Ā The Movenpick, which formerly managed the hotel realized this and cultivated birding tourism.Ā They published a guide about the plant and animal life of the island. which they provided to their guests for free; offered guided birdwatching outings and even had binoculars which guests could barrow at the front desk.Ā This was the only hotel in Egypt which seemed to understand, value and cultivate birdwatching tourism.Ā Ā Resident, passage migrants, winter visitors and summer breeding birds could be seen on Crocodile Island .Ā While most of the birds occur elsewhere in Egypt, this location was a outstanding site where birders could see and obtain close views of a wide range of species, including specialty birds for which Egypt is known like Nile Valley Sunbird, Painted Snipe, Senegal Thickknee, Ā Purple Swamphen, Little Green Bee-Eater to name a few.Ā Some globally threatened birds, such as White-tailed Lapwing also occurred. Ā However, it was not just birdwatchers who appreciated the hotel and the island, but the average guest who stayed there, many of whom stayed at the hotel year after year.Ā Crocodile Island was an island retreat, different from any other hotel in Egypt ..Ā Ā The hotel was special in that nature, traditional culture and tourism coexisted side by side. Ā Ā What tourists enjoyed was the hotels setting on an island in the Nile , its lovely gardens and quaint bungalows as well as the traditional local communities which shared and farmed the southern part of the island and fished offshore.Ā Ā While it was not an ecolodge, it was a main stream hotel that was ecofriendly, the leading hotel in Egypt in this respect. Ā The holding company, HKS Group which owned the hotel, first forced the local community off the island. The owner even changed the name of the island, into King Island . Now, the hotel is undergoing a major expansion in the southern part of the island.Ā They are destroying the habitats there e.g. farmlands, marshes and reedbeds, with the end result that the wildlife too will lose their homes. Furthermore, this special hotel is being turned into yet another ā€big developmentā€¯, just like any other hotel in Egypt .Ā It is doubtful the holding company has any interest in birds or nature conservation. What is more surprising is that this business doesnā€™t even seem to understandĀ the attributes whichĀ made the islandĀ and hotelĀ attractive forĀ tourism. Ā Ā The island has been declared a Protected Area under Law 102/1982 so there might be some legal basis to challenge this action.Ā While it might be too late to save the island and its habitats, we are writing to the companies and authorities to complain.Ā We want to show them that we do care and value what is being destroyed!Ā Ā Ā We appreciate your support!Ā Contacts to e-mail or write are listed below. Ā Ā Mindy Baha El Din _________________________ Holding Company Owning Property and Undertaking the Construction Ā Mr. Hussein Salem Chairman HKS Group Ā Khaled Hussein Salem Vice President HKS Group Ā info AT hks-group.com Ā Maritim Hotel Management of Hotel Ā Maritim Hotel Global Office in Germany ATTENTION: CEO From their website: http://www.maritim.com/en/contact Ā Maritim Jolie Ville Island Resort, Kings Island Attention, General Manager Fax: +20 (0) 95 2274-936 info AT lux-maritim-jolieville.com> Ā Ā Dr. Samir Farag Governor of Luxor luxoregypt AT mcit.gov.eg Ā Eng. Maged George Elias Ghattas Egyptian Minister of State for Environmental AffairsĀ 30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Road, Maadi , Cairo , Egypt Ā "Behind Maadi Sofitel Hotel"Ā Fax (202) 25256490Ā eeaa AT eeaa.gov.eg Ā Mr. Zoheir Garanah Minster of Tourism Misr Travel Tower, Abbasia St. Cairo , Egypt Tlx: 940400 KUN Fax: 2859551 Mot AT idsc.gov.eg New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new AT ymail and AT rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Re: Kuwait Shikras
From: Alexander Abuladze <lesser7kestrel AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:36:26 -0800 (PST)

Dear Vasil, During my field works in South Caucasus in 1972-2009, these birds were recorded in the following sites: Shikra (Accipiter badius) is vagrant to Georgia. Eight records were in Georgia. All records were in southern areas of Eastern Georgia, in all cases only solitary individuals were recorded and never pairs or flocks. During last two decades there were the following records: - on 17 October 1993 in semi-desert 2,5 km N of Jandari Lake was observed solitary hunting on lizards; - on 16 September 1994 in small village near Kumisi Lake was watched from a distance of 20-25 m during 3-4 min bird sitting on tree in garden; - on 26 September 1996 solitary was recorded on arid gentle slope at right side of Khrami River valley in lower part (1 km of Red Bridge, near border with Azerbaijan, Kvemo-Kartli Region, E Georgia); - single was seen on 12 May 2007 in field near Sadakhlo village, Gardabani district SE Georgia. Beside that, this species was reported for two sites in SE Georgia in 1998, but without details of records (Galvez, R.A., Gavashelishvili, L., Javakhishvili Z., 2006. Raptors and Owls of Georgia). I personally have seen this bird only one time in Armenia - at left side of Kasakh River valley lower Ashtarak (directly on motor-road Astarak - Ejmiatsin) on 3 August 2007 + your fine photos sending to list :)). Ā In Azerbaijan Shikra is rare resident (probably partly migrant?) breeder. During my several trips in Azerbaijan in 1970ā€™s-1980ā€™s were recorded more-or-less regularly only at lowlands along northern edge of Talysh and around Lankoran. Most of records (at least 20) during breeding seasons were near Hircan reserve. Birds were recorded in various forests, gardens in settlements including urban parks. Ā Two records were outside of Lankoran area in Zuvand mountains ā€“ in arid gorges with scattered trees and bushes in Yardymly district and near Lerik town. One record was in winter Ā at coastal lowland near Lankoran on 7 December. Ā Best wishes Alexander Dr. Alexander Abuladze Expert in Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology Chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Georgia 31 Ilia Chavchavadze ave., 0197, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: +(99532)223353; +(995 32)220164; Fax: + (99532)917192; Private: +(99532)374335; +(995 32)372621; + (372)6578766; Mobil: +(995 97)123560 +(372)5589510 E-mail: abuladze AT inbox.ru http://www.abuladze.narod.ru http://www.bcug.narod.ru http://www.zoology.main.ge/index_eng.php?id=1 --- On Sat, 2/6/10, vasil_ananian wrote: From: vasil_ananian Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: Kuwait Shikras To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8:48 AM Ā I am more interested in the species' occurrence (especially in breeding season) west and north-west of its known breeding range in south-east Transcaucasus (Lankaran lowland), if any. Ā This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ā€¢ Unsubscribe ā€¢ Terms of Use . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Kuwait Shikras
From: "vasil_ananian" <vasil.ananian AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:48:45 -0000

Hello George and Lee, Thanks for the replies. Perhaps there would be a number of sightings in and around Kuwait.. I am more interested in the species' occurrence (especially in breeding season) west and north-west of its known breeding range in south-east Transcaucasus (Lankaran lowland), if any. I have HEISS&GAUGER (2009) though. AT Lee The summary would suffice. So now I can cancel my request. CANCELLED! :) Will email you later today. Thanks, Vasil > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, LGREUK400 AT wrote: > > > > Not sure what information is required but Shikra has proven to be a regular > > winter visitor to Kuwait (with up to 5 birds some winters) and I have also > > seen them on passage in spring > > > > Best wishes > > > > Lee > > > > (PS If you don't manage to get a copy of the paper, I will summarise the > > important bits of it for you) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
Subject: Re: Kuwait Shikras
From: "vasil_ananian" <vasil.ananian AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:46:21 -0000

Hello George and Lee, Thanks for the replies. Perhaps there would be a number of sightings in and around Kuwait.. I am more interested in the species' occurrence west and north-west of its known breeding range in south-east Transcaucasus (Lankaran lowland), if any. I have HEISS&GAUGER (2009) though. AT Lee The summary would suffice. So now I can cancel my request. CANCELLED! :) Will email you later today. Thanks, Vasil --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, LGREUK400 AT ... wrote: > > Not sure what information is required but Shikra has proven to be a regular > winter visitor to Kuwait (with up to 5 birds some winters) and I have also > seen them on passage in spring > > Best wishes > > Lee > > (PS If you don't manage to get a copy of the paper, I will summarise the > important bits of it for you) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
Subject: SV: Asian House Martin
From: "Stefan Cherrug" <cherrug AT bredband.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:14:33 +0100

The Swedish record is rejected. Stefan Cherrug Från: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] För MARTIN SCOTT Skickat: den 5 februari 2010 08:18 Till: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com Ämne: [MEBirdNet] Asian House Martin This months Birding World suggests there are no accepted WP records of Asian House Martin. I am aware of claims from Sweden and Israel. Does anyone know the status of these records? Are the published photos deemed just not to to be enough in terms of ratifyng the records or are there outstanding ID issues? Also does anyone know about reports of possibles in Egypt years ago that apparently turned out to be considered dusky-looking (eastern?) House Martins? Any comments would be appreciated either here or in a PM to scillybirder AT hotmail.com Thanks Martin __________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Kuwait Shikras
From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:50:36 EST

Not sure what information is required but Shikra has proven to be a regular winter visitor to Kuwait (with up to 5 birds some winters) and I have also seen them on passage in spring Best wishes Lee (PS If you don't manage to get a copy of the paper, I will summarise the important bits of it for you) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Kuwait Shikras
From: "ggregory71" <ggregory71 AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:16:31 -0000

Dear I recommend that you contact the Editor of Birdingworld, Steve Gantlett, by email: Steve AT birdingworld.co.uk However, since the article was published there have been more sightings of Shikra in Kuwait. Best wishes, George Gregory.
Subject: Re: Shikra in Armenia
From: "ggregory71" <ggregory71 AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:10:58 -0000

Dear Vasil, I recommend that you contact the Editor of Birdingworld, Steve Gantlett, by email: Steve AT birdingworld.co.uk However, since the article was published there have been more sightings of Shikra in Kuwait. Best wishes, George Gregory. --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "vasil_ananian" wrote: > > > > Dear birders, > > Would it be possible to get any electronic copy (pdf, jpgs of pages…) of this article? > Gregory, G. 2007. Shikra in the Western Palearctic. Birding World 20 (4):159-161. > > Our library has just ordered this issue of BW, a bit late, while the article is needed asap. > > Many thanks, > Vasil > -- > Vasil Ananian > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "vasil_ananian" wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > Following the discovery of the first breeding shikra in Armenia, > > another nest was found yesterday, again in Yerevan city. > > While the three (not two) chicks from the first nest have already > > fledged, in the newly found nest they are too small yet to be > > properly seen/counted from the ground. > > > > Regards, > > Vasil > > -- > > Vasil Ananian > > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "vasil_ananian" wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > Our team revisited the site this morning and the breeding has been proven - a nest with at least two downy young. > > > Photos of the birds could be viewed here: > > > > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/male.jpg > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female.jpg > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female1.jpg > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female_nest.jpg > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female_chick.jpg > > > > > > Regards, > > > Vasil > > > -- > > > Vasil Ananian > > > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > > > > > > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Vasil Ananian wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This morning a territorial pair of Shikra was found in Yerevan, Armenia. > > > > Both male and female were observed (and heard) at close quarters for few > > > > hours by four observers. Several pictures taken, we'll try to upload these > > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Vasil Ananian > > > > > > > > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >
Subject: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: "vasil_ananian" <vasil.ananian AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:41:48 -0000

Dear Mamikon, That sounds interesting. The species is misclassified though. If proven, your obs would be the third or fourth for Armenia - notable, nevertheless. Regards, -- Vasil Ananian, Researcher Acopian Center for the Environment American University of Armenia 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave., Yerevan 0019 Republic of Armenia Phone: +374 10512520 | Fax +374 10287922 http://www.aua.am/ Personal Website: http://www.armeniabirding.info/ --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, ASPB wrote: > > Dear all, > > I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. > > During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. > > Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? > > Many thanks in advance, > > > Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director > Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) > P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia > Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) > e-mail: armbirds AT ... http://www.aspbirds.org >
Subject: Re: Shikra in Armenia
From: "vasil_ananian" <vasil.ananian AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:33:43 -0000

Dear birders, Would it be possible to get any electronic copy (pdf, jpgs of pages…) of this article? Gregory, G. 2007. Shikra in the Western Palearctic. Birding World 20 (4):159-161. Our library has just ordered this issue of BW, a bit late, while the article is needed asap. Many thanks, Vasil -- Vasil Ananian Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "vasil_ananian" wrote: > > Dear all, > > Following the discovery of the first breeding shikra in Armenia, > another nest was found yesterday, again in Yerevan city. > While the three (not two) chicks from the first nest have already > fledged, in the newly found nest they are too small yet to be > properly seen/counted from the ground. > > Regards, > Vasil > -- > Vasil Ananian > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "vasil_ananian" wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > Our team revisited the site this morning and the breeding has been proven - a nest with at least two downy young. > > Photos of the birds could be viewed here: > > > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/male.jpg > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female.jpg > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female1.jpg > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female_nest.jpg > > http://www.aua.am/shikra/female_chick.jpg > > > > Regards, > > Vasil > > -- > > Vasil Ananian > > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > > > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Vasil Ananian wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > > > > This morning a territorial pair of Shikra was found in Yerevan, Armenia. > > > Both male and female were observed (and heard) at close quarters for few > > > hours by four observers. Several pictures taken, we'll try to upload these > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Vasil Ananian > > > > > > Acopian Center for the Environment, AUA > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >
Subject: RE: Asian House Martin
From: MARTIN SCOTT <scillybirder AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:51:23 +0000

Thanks Lee Certianly no SBC found in Egypt where habitat is clearly being squeezed by developemnt Martin To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com; mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:41:43 -0500 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Asian House Martin Martin Birding World's statement is correct. If you browse the Surfbirds identification query panel in reference to the most recent Israel report of this species, you will find some related discussion and all of the answers you are looking for. I take it you (and others) failed to confirm the presence of Slender-billed Curlew in North Africa and the Middle East Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alert: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) Related Blog Sites: _http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/_ (http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/) _ http://rarebirdsinthewesternpalearctic.blogspot.com/ http://birdingamersham.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdingamersham.blogspot.com/) _ http://birdingtringreservoirs.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdingtringreservoirs.blogspot.com/) _http://calvertbirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://calvertbirding.blogspot.com/) _http://hertfordshirebirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://hertfordshirebirding.blogspot.com/) _http://buckinghamshirebirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://buckinghamshirebirding.blogspot.com/) _http://birdreportexchange.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdreportexchange.blogspot.com/) Chaffinch House 8 Sandycroft Road Little Chalfont Amersham Buckinghamshire England HP6 6QL Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157 Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629 (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird occurrences in Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine and other related publications; Bird Tours for Birders) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Asian House Martin
From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:41:43 EST

Martin Birding World's statement is correct. If you browse the Surfbirds identification query panel in reference to the most recent Israel report of this species, you will find some related discussion and all of the answers you are looking for. I take it you (and others) failed to confirm the presence of Slender-billed Curlew in North Africa and the Middle East Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alert: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) Related Blog Sites: _http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/_ (http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/) _ http://rarebirdsinthewesternpalearctic.blogspot.com/ http://birdingamersham.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdingamersham.blogspot.com/) _ http://birdingtringreservoirs.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdingtringreservoirs.blogspot.com/) _http://calvertbirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://calvertbirding.blogspot.com/) _http://hertfordshirebirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://hertfordshirebirding.blogspot.com/) _http://buckinghamshirebirding.blogspot.com/_ (http://buckinghamshirebirding.blogspot.com/) _http://birdreportexchange.blogspot.com/_ (http://birdreportexchange.blogspot.com/) Chaffinch House 8 Sandycroft Road Little Chalfont Amersham Buckinghamshire England HP6 6QL Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157 Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629 (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird occurrences in Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine and other related publications; Bird Tours for Birders) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Asian House Martin
From: MARTIN SCOTT <scillybirder AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:18:27 +0000

This months Birding World suggests there are no accepted WP records of Asian House Martin. I am aware of claims from Sweden and Israel. Does anyone know the status of these records? Are the published photos deemed just not to to be enough in terms of ratifyng the records or are there outstanding ID issues? Also does anyone know about reports of possibles in Egypt years ago that apparently turned out to be considered dusky-looking (eastern?) House Martins? Any comments would be appreciated either here or in a PM to scillybirder AT hotmail.com Thanks Martin _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Crocodile Island, Luxor
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:50:07 -0800 (PST)

Sorry I sent the complete e-mail, but only part of it appeared in the email.Ā I am trying again. Ā Mindy Ā I received the following e-mail today (below).Ā Ā I have known for some time of the owner of the Movenpick's intent to expand the hotel toĀ cover the whole of the island destorying the habitats for birds and the uniqueĀ character of this island retreat.Ā Removing the local community from the island was the first step.Ā I am not sure what we are able to do at this point?Ā I doubt the owner has any interest in birds orĀ nature conservation or even understandsĀ the attributes whichĀ made the islandĀ and hotelĀ attractive forĀ tourism.Ā Ā The island though is a protected area under Law 102/1982 as are the other islands in the Nile.Ā Perhaps writing letters to the Movenpick, EEAA, Ministry of Tourism and CabinetĀ would have some effect and at least get them to consider taking nature and environment into consideration.Ā Anyway, I put this list together from online sources...I don't know if the contacts will work...perhaps others can modify and correct the info as appropriate. Ā Cheers! Ā Mindy Ā ____________________________________ . Ā MĆ¶venpick Hotels & Resorts Management AG Corporate Centre Flughofstrasse 61 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland Phone:Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Get your new Email address! Grab the Email name you've always wanted before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Crocodile Island, Luxor
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:42:48 -0800 (PST)

I did not realize it, but the Movenpick Hotel no longer manages Crocodile Island, Luxor. It Ā is now being managed under the Maritim hotel chain.Ā Ā Ā +49Ā (0)Ā 6151Ā 905Ā 760Ā Ā You can also contactg them via thierĀ website at: http://www.maritim.com/en/contact Ā As someone pointed out, this is the hotel management company, an Egyptian holding company owns the actual property.Ā If anyone knows, the name of the holding company or the owner, it would be most useful. Ā Thanks! Ā Mindy Baha El Din --- On Thu, 4/2/10, Mindy Rosenzweig wrote: From: Mindy Rosenzweig Subject: [MEBirdNet] Crocodile Island, Luxor To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 4 February, 2010, 5:46 PM Dear All, Ā I received the following e-mail today (below).Ā Ā The Movenpick Crocodile Island in Luxor is one of Egypt's most famous birding sites.Ā Ā MostĀ foreign and local birdersĀ visitĀ the islandĀ for birdwatching and many stay at the hotel.Ā Ā Ā WeĀ have known for some time of the owner of the Movenpick's intent to expand the hotel toĀ cover the whole of the island destorying the habitats for birds and the uniqueĀ character of this island retreat.Ā Removing the local community from the island was the first step.Ā I am not sure what we are able to do at this point?Ā I doubt the owner has any interest in birds orĀ nature conservation or even understandsĀ the attributes whichĀ made the islandĀ and hotelĀ attractive forĀ tourism.Ā Ā Ā The island though is a protected area under Law 102/1982 as are the other islands in the Nile.Ā Perhaps writing letters to the Movenpick, EEAA, Ministry of Tourism and CabinetĀ would have some effect and at least get them to consider taking nature and environment into consideration.Ā Ā Anyway, I put this list together from online sources for those who want to write letters to draw attention to this issue...I don't know if these contacts will work...perhaps others can modify and correct the info as appropriate.Ā Ā Cheers! Ā Mindy Ā ____________________________________ . Ā MĆ¶venpick Hotels & Resorts Management AG Corporate Centre Flughofstrasse 61 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland Phone:Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā < ėˇ„Å�>Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new AT ymail and AT rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Crocodile Island, Luxor
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:46:10 -0800 (PST)

Dear All, Ā I received the following e-mail today (below).Ā Ā The Movenpick Crocodile Island in Luxor is one of Egypt's most famous birding sites.Ā Ā MostĀ foreign and local birdersĀ visitĀ the islandĀ for birdwatching and many stay at the hotel.Ā Ā Ā WeĀ have known for some time of the owner of the Movenpick's intent to expand the hotel toĀ cover the whole of the island destorying the habitats for birds and the uniqueĀ character of this island retreat.Ā Removing the local community from the island was the first step.Ā I am not sure what we are able to do at this point?Ā I doubt the owner has any interest in birds orĀ nature conservation or even understandsĀ the attributes whichĀ made the islandĀ and hotelĀ attractive forĀ tourism.Ā Ā Ā The island though is a protected area under Law 102/1982 as are the other islands in the Nile.Ā Perhaps writing letters to the Movenpick, EEAA, Ministry of Tourism and CabinetĀ would have some effect and at least get them to consider taking nature and environment into consideration.Ā Ā Anyway, I put this list together from online sources for those who want to write letters to draw attention to this issue...I don't know if these contacts will work...perhaps others can modify and correct the info as appropriate.Ā Ā Cheers! Ā Mindy Ā ____________________________________ . Ā MĆ¶venpick Hotels & Resorts Management AG Corporate Centre Flughofstrasse 61 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland Phone:Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new AT ymail and AT rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Indian Birder - New post - The babbler chick who lost its way
From: "birding_passion" <birding_passion AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:36:48 -0000

Hello birders, Please check out my latest post on my birding blog . Your comments are appreciated.Here is the link :- http://indianbirder.blogspot.com Regards, Harshit
Subject: RE: Tern Study in Bahrain
From: Brendan Kavanagh <bkavanagh AT rcsi-mub.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:14:17 +0300

Dear Ahmad A comparative study would be excellent. We already have some evidence that lesser-crested terns from Bahrain have moved to a colony in Kuwait as a photographer photographed a bird there with one of our rings. It is likely that there is movement (dispersal) between Iranian and Bahrain colonies also. Can you give me any information on the status of terns in Iranian territory. Do they breed on many islands? Have they been surveyed? Would you envisage a research project, a student or would you do the study yourself?? Regards and thank you for your interest. Brendan [cid:image002.jpg AT 01CAA582.CF0B3470]Brendan Kavanagh Associate Professor in Biology, Chairman of the Academic Board Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ā€“ Medical University of Bahrain P.O. Box 15503, Adliya Kingdom of Bahrain ' +973 17351450 ext.2340 7 +973 17330806 / 17330906 ā€¢ bkavanagh AT rcsi-mub.com ā€¢ www.rcsi-mub.com This email (including any attachment) is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, you may not use, distribute, disclose or copy any of the information contained within it and it may be unlawful to do so. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning this email to us at info AT rcsi-mub.com and destroying all copies. P Before printing, please think about the environment! Thank you. From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ahmad Barati Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:08 AM To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Tern Study in Bahrain Dear Brendan Kavanagh I am not aware of possible funding for the study, however it seems interesting to me. Lesser-crested, Bridled and white-cheeked terns are also common breeders in some southern island of Iran. I guess it will be useful to arrange some collaboration for a comparative study on the breeding ecology (colony dynamics, nest-site selection, hatching and breeding success, causes of failures, possible predation, chicks condition and factors affecting chicks growth and survivalā€¦) of this terns within colonies of Persian gulf. Best regards Ahmad Barati --- On Wed, 2/3/10, Brendan Kavanagh > wrote: From: Brendan Kavanagh > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Tern Study in Bahrain To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" > Cc: "Aleksandra Borawska" >, "A.Qader Khamis" >, "saeed Mohammed" > Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:42 PM One of the islands in Bahrain (Al Jarrim) has a population of terns in excess of 5,ooo pairs of Lesser-crested, over 300 pairs of Bridled and over 600 pairs of white-cheeked terns. It is composed of two small manmade islands separated by a few hundred meters. Visits to the islands over the past few years for ringing, has provided sufficient data to consider it as an IBA in the Gulf. We hope to promote this with the assistance of Birdlife Middle east. Further details will be published in the next issue of Phoenix. To cut to the chase, I have a graduate student interested in conducting research on the terns for her PhD degree. However sources of funding for a study of this type are few and far between in this region. Can anybody suggest any organizations, companies or foundations that would be interested in supporting this project. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome. There may be an existing project on terns elsewhere that might be interested in support and collaboration. Incidentally we have had two recoveries of birds ringed at Al Jarrim, a bridled tern and a lesser-crested tern both recovered near Mumbai in India. Regards Brendan Kavanagh [cid:image002.jpg AT 01CAA4CA. 26636E40]Brendan Kavanagh Associate Professor in Biology, Chairman of the Academic Board Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain P.O. Box 15503, Adliya Kingdom of Bahrain ' +973 17351450 ext.2340 7 +973 17330806 / 17330906 * bkavanagh AT rcsi- mub.com * www.rcsi-mub. com This email (including any attachment) is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, you may not use, distribute, disclose or copy any of the information contained within it and it may be unlawful to do so. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning this email to us at info AT rcsi-mub. com and destroying all copies. P Before printing, please think about the environment! Thank you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Greater Scaup sightings in Syria
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:51:01 +0200

Dear Mamikon &all No any sightings to Greater Scaup in southern region of Syria( Dara’a-Sweida- Quneitra) through 5 years ago.Regards A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Tern Study in Bahrain
From: Ahmad Barati <barati728 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:07:51 -0800 (PST)

Dear Brendan Kavanagh I am not aware of possible funding for the study, however it seems interesting to me. Lesser-crested, Bridled and white-cheeked terns are also common breeders in some southern island of Iran. I guess it will be useful to arrange some collaboration for a comparative study on the breeding ecology (colony dynamics, nest-site selection, hatching and breeding success, causes of failures, possible predation, chicks condition and factors affecting chicks growth and survivalā€¦) of this terns within colonies of Persian gulf. Ā Best regards Ahmad Barati --- On Wed, 2/3/10, Brendan Kavanagh wrote: From: Brendan Kavanagh Subject: [MEBirdNet] Tern Study in Bahrain To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Cc: "Aleksandra Borawska" , "A.Qader Khamis" , "saeed Mohammed" Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:42 PM Ā One of the islands in Bahrain (Al Jarrim) has a population of terns in excess of 5,ooo pairs of Lesser-crested, over 300 pairs of Bridled and over 600 pairs of white-cheeked terns. It is composed of two small manmade islands separated by a few hundred meters. Visits to the islands over the past few years for ringing, has provided sufficient data to consider it as an IBA in the Gulf. We hope to promote this with the assistance of Birdlife Middle east. Further details will be published in the next issue of Phoenix. To cut to the chase, I have a graduate student interested in conducting research on the terns for her PhD degree. However sources of funding for a study of this type are few and far between in this region. Can anybody suggest any organizations, companies or foundations that would be interested in supporting this project. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome. There may be an existing project on terns elsewhere that might be interested in support and collaboration. Incidentally we have had two recoveries of birds ringed at Al Jarrim, a bridled tern and a lesser-crested tern both recovered near Mumbai in India. Regards Brendan Kavanagh [cid:image002.jpg AT 01CAA4CA. 26636E40]Brendan Kavanagh Associate Professor in Biology, Chairman of the Academic Board Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain P.O. Box 15503, Adliya Kingdom of Bahrain ' +973 17351450 ext.2340 7 +973 17330806 / 17330906 * bkavanagh AT rcsi- mub.com * www.rcsi-mub. com This email (including any attachment) is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, you may not use, distribute, disclose or copy any of the information contained within it and it may be unlawful to do so. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning this email to us at info AT rcsi-mub. com and destroying all copies. P Before printing, please think about the environment! Thank you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Lambertini of BirdLife International in Qatar on 8 Feb
From: April Conkey <aprilanntc AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:11:03 +0300

*Qatar Bird Club*, founded in November 2008, extends an invitation to attend a meeting on *8 February* at *7.30 pm* at the *Friends of the Environment* *Center [FEC]*, near the Sports Roundabout, Doha, Qatar. For directions or a location mapplease email Reem Said on qatarbirdproject AT gmail.com or call her on +974-585-6913. The Chief Executive of BirdLife International, *Dr Marco Lambertini*, will give a presentation on *The Effect of Climate Change on Birds.* Dr Marco, who has been with BirdLife International for ten years, was previously director of the Italian arm of BirdLife, LIPU : the Italian Society for the Protection of Birds. During his career he has been involved in all aspects of conservation, and his efforts in his native Italy have helped trigger a major shift in Italian attitudes towards birds and wildlife. Under his leadership LIPU ran successful campaigns to reduce hunting of wild birds and increase the number of protected areas. Over the last 10 years, largely owing to Dr Marco's dedication and experience, BirdLife International has developed into one of the most influential, international, non-governmental conservation organisations worldwide, expanding its network to cover over a hundred countries/territories. -- April Ann Torres Conkey Qatar Support Office PO Box 11130 College Station, TX 77842 aprilanntc AT gmail.com Adjunct Professor of Biology Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar aprilconkey AT cmu.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Tern Study in Bahrain
From: Brendan Kavanagh <bkavanagh AT rcsi-mub.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:12:27 +0300

One of the islands in Bahrain (Al Jarrim) has a population of terns in excess of 5,ooo pairs of Lesser-crested, over 300 pairs of Bridled and over 600 pairs of white-cheeked terns. It is composed of two small manmade islands separated by a few hundred meters. Visits to the islands over the past few years for ringing, has provided sufficient data to consider it as an IBA in the Gulf. We hope to promote this with the assistance of Birdlife Middle east. Further details will be published in the next issue of Phoenix. To cut to the chase, I have a graduate student interested in conducting research on the terns for her PhD degree. However sources of funding for a study of this type are few and far between in this region. Can anybody suggest any organizations, companies or foundations that would be interested in supporting this project. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome. There may be an existing project on terns elsewhere that might be interested in support and collaboration. Incidentally we have had two recoveries of birds ringed at Al Jarrim, a bridled tern and a lesser-crested tern both recovered near Mumbai in India. Regards Brendan Kavanagh [cid:image002.jpg AT 01CAA4CA.26636E40]Brendan Kavanagh Associate Professor in Biology, Chairman of the Academic Board Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain P.O. Box 15503, Adliya Kingdom of Bahrain ' +973 17351450 ext.2340 7 +973 17330806 / 17330906 * bkavanagh AT rcsi-mub.com * www.rcsi-mub.com This email (including any attachment) is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, you may not use, distribute, disclose or copy any of the information contained within it and it may be unlawful to do so. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning this email to us at info AT rcsi-mub.com and destroying all copies. P Before printing, please think about the environment! Thank you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: John Miles contact details
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:19:49 +0200

Steve! Can the John Miles thing! Everybody's said how erroneous he was, so let it go!! On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, M.Istvan wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > Does anyone knows the contact of John Miles, the author of Pharao`s Birds? > I have found one of his trip reports on birdtours.co.uk but there are no > contact details given. > > http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/egypt/egypt16/egypt-dec-04.htm > > Looking forward for your answers in private.Any help would be much > apreciated. > > Best regards, > Steve > > Moldovįn Istvįn - Ornithologist > www.birdinginegypt.com > > Contact person of OSME in Egypt www.osme.org > Cell: +36-20-59-50-387 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: John Miles contact details
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:16:37 -0800 (PST)

Dear Friends, Does anyone knows the contact of John Miles, the author of Pharao`s Birds? I have found one of his trip reports on birdtours.co.uk but there are no contact details given. http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/egypt/egypt16/egypt-dec-04.htm Looking forward for your answers in private.Any help would be much apreciated. Best regards, Steve Moldovįn Istvįn - Ornithologist www.birdinginegypt.com Contact person of OSME in Egypt www.osme.org Cell: +36-20-59-50-387 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: RE: Greater Scaup sighting
From: David Murdoch <damurdoch AT hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:25:33 +0000

No Syrian records of which I am aware A possibility on northern reservoirs (very underwatched) in a cold winter - the first Syrain Smew were only in 2004 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: lesser7kestrel AT yahoo.com Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:33:09 -0800 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Greater Scaup sighting Dear Mamikon, Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) is occasional passage migrant and irregular winter visitor in small numbers to Black Sea coastal waters of Georgia and vagrant to inland waters. There are about 35 records of solitary individuals and small flocks, mostly in coastal waters during last three decades. About 3/4 of records were in January-February. Usually recorded in large mixed flocks of various ducks. Since 1972 at least nine times were recorded at inland water bodies - 7 records were in Western Georgia (e.g. in Black Sea basin) and 2 records were in Eastern Georgia (e.g. in Caspian Sea basin). Last record at inland water bodies in Georgia was on 2 February 2006: - single male was observed in mixed flock of ducks at Jandari Lake (Georgia-Azerbaijan border, SE Georgia). If you need, I can prepare list of records in Georgia and send you. Best wishes Alexander Dr. Alexander Abuladze Expert in Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology Chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Georgia 31 Ilia Chavchavadze ave., 0197, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: +(99532)223353; +(995 32)220164; Fax: + (99532)917192; Private: +(99532)374335; +(995 32)372621; + (372)6578766; Mobil: +(995 97)123560 +(372)5589510 E-mail: abuladze AT inbox.ru http://www.abuladze.narod.ru http://www.bcug.narod.ru http://www.zoo.caucasus.net --- On Fri, 1/29/10, ASPB wrote: From: ASPB Subject: [MEBirdNet] Greater Scaup sighting To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 4:17 PM Dear all, I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? Many thanks in advance, Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo. com http://www.aspbirds .org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: Alexander Abuladze <lesser7kestrel AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:33:09 -0800 (PST)

Dear Mamikon, Ā Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) is occasionalĀ passage migrant and irregular winter visitor in small numbers to Black Sea coastal waters of Georgia and vagrant to inland waters. There are about 35 records of solitary individuals and small flocks, mostly in coastal waters during last three decades. About 3/4 of records were in January-February. Usually recorded in large mixed flocks of various ducks. Since 1972 at least nineĀ times were recorded at inland water bodies - 7 records were in Western Georgia (e.g. in Black Sea basin) and 2 records were in Eastern Georgia (e.g. in Caspian Sea basin).Ā Ā Last recordĀ at inland water bodies in Georgia was on 2Ā FebruaryĀ 2006: -Ā single male was observed in mixed flock of ducksĀ at Jandari Lake (Georgia-Azerbaijan border, SE Georgia). Ā If you need, I can prepare list of records in Georgia and send you. Ā Best wishes Ā Alexander Dr. Alexander Abuladze Expert in Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology Chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Georgia 31 Ilia Chavchavadze ave., 0197, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: +(99532)223353; +(995 32)220164; Fax: + (99532)917192; Private: +(99532)374335; +(995 32)372621; + (372)6578766; Mobil: +(995 97)123560 +(372)5589510 E-mail: abuladze AT inbox.ru http://www.abuladze.narod.ru http://www.bcug.narod.ru http://www.zoo.caucasus.net --- On Fri, 1/29/10, ASPB wrote: From: ASPB Subject: [MEBirdNet] Greater Scaup sighting To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 4:17 PM Ā Dear all, I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? Many thanks in advance, Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo. comĀ Ā Ā http://www.aspbirds .org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: mohammad tohidifar <mohammad_8463 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:46:15 -0800 (PST)

Dear Mamikon, Barev zez, A male observed in southern coast of MiankalehĀ penninsula, Mazandaran province, Iran late Octobre 2008. Best regards MohammadĀ Ā --- On Fri, 1/29/10, ASPB wrote: From: ASPB Subject: [MEBirdNet] Greater Scaup sighting To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 5:47 PM Ā Dear all, I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? Many thanks in advance, Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo. comĀ Ā Ā http://www.aspbirds .org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh <akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:09:24 -0800

Dear Mamikon I refer you a published paper in PODOCES 2008 for status of this species: www.wesca.net/podoces/podoces.html With best regards, Abolghasem On 29/01/2010, ASPB wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region > and the vicinity. > > During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup > (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a > migrant or winter visitor' for our country. > > Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director > Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) > P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia > Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) > e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo.com > http://www.aspbirds.org > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Greater Scaup sighting
From: Jeff Gordon <jeffandolga AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:56:02 +0300

Hi, Hundreds and hundreds, maximum count 600+, visit the Manych Wetlands every year. This is only just out of the Caucasus region in Stavropol Krai. Regards, Jeff Gordon. On 29 January 2010 17:17, ASPB wrote: > > I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus > region and the vicinity. > > During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup > (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a > migrant or winter visitor' for our country. > > Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director > Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) > P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia > Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) > e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo.com > http://www.aspbirds.org > > > -- Jeff and Olga Gordon Sent from London, Eng, United Kingdom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Greater Scaup sighting
From: ASPB <armbirds AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:17:16 -0800 (PST)

Dear all, I would like to direct my question to ornithologists of the Caucasus region and the vicinity. During the recent midwinter counts in Armenia, we sighted Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) at Lake Sevan, a species classified as 'expected as a migrant or winter visitor' for our country. Has anyone seen the species at inland water bodies over the past 5 years? Many thanks in advance, Mamikon Ghasabyan, Director Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Armenia ) P. Sevak 7, Yerevan , 0014, Armenia Tel/Fax: +374 10 20 87 25 (w) e-mail: armbirds AT yahoo.com http://www.aspbirds.org
Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:54:19 -0800 (PST)

Norman, probably you are not marryed.... Ā Howard is right. Ā Nick, can I have 100 pills too?:)) Ā Steve MoldovĆ�n IstvĆ�n -Ā Ornithologist Ā www.birdinginegypt.com Contact person of OSME in EgyptĀ www.osme.org Cell: +36-20-59-50-387 Ā --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Norman D.van Swelm wrote: From: Norman D.van Swelm Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] (unknown) To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 11:47 PM Ā Don't do it Nick, he is too young! Norman > Nick can you send me 100 little blue ones as a sample in a plain envelope please Howard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: "Norman D.van Swelm" <Norman.vanswelm AT wxs.nl>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:47:41 +0100

Don't do it Nick, he is too young! Norman > Nick can you send me 100 little blue ones as a sample in a plain envelope please Howard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:47:02 +0000

Will take the appropriate action re MEBirdnet. Yahoo seems to be very vulnerable to this kind of takeover. Second example in as many days - a non-birding friend of mine was compromised. Will also ask dawn balmer to tell him in case he doesn't know already. Ian 2010/1/25 Nick Moran > > > http://sites.google.com/site/gejjhe3wjkll/phbh8c > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: Peter Hellyer <hellyer AT emirates.net.ae>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:13:08 +0400

Poor Nick! I have already told him that someone has hacked into his account Peter Hellyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard King" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] (unknown) > Nick > > can you send me 100 little blue ones as a sample in a plain envelope > please > > > Howard > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: Howard King <howardk AT batelco.com.bh>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:03:40 +0300

Nick can you send me 100 little blue ones as a sample in a plain envelope please Howard
Subject: RE: (unknown)
From: "lamsdell" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:44:14 -0000

Hi Ian another account take over? link goes to a Viagra advert.............. Chris or Nick has bought shares in a pharmaceutical company _____ From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Moran Sent: 25 January 2010 21:59 To: michelle_hall8 AT hotmail.com; mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; pittasuperba AT hotmail.com; mike_danzenbaker AT yahoo.com; arabianbirds AT dsl.pipex.com; barth AT emirates.net.ae; blair AT dialstart.net; mosesmugume AT yahoo.com; nenmoran AT talktalk.net; murrayle AT gmail.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] (unknown) http://sites. google.com/site/gejjhe3wjkll/phbh8c No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2644 - Release Date: 01/25/10 07:36:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: (unknown)
From: Nick Moran <nickmoran76 AT yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:59:10 +0000 (GMT)

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Subject: Re: Re: New species for Bahrain
From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:56 +0300

Evening Dominic I wish I could say but as yet since the first sighting it has been playing hard to get - Adrian says he saw it briefly last week but didn't follow up on it. I saw it from around a hundred meters or so in the reeds but only for a few minutes. I have no information on populations in Saudi Qatar or Kuwait so until we can get to grips with this rather evasive individual it will have to remain ssp??? ---------------------- Hi Howard Congratulations on your new species for Bahrain. Are you able to comment on the subspecies/form involved? Presumably caspius/seistanicus would be most likely. This record is of wider regional interest, and I have forwarded your original email to WestPalBirds. Rgds Dominic Mitchell
Subject: Re: searching BirdLife Middle East office
From: Laith El-Moghrabi <laith.elmoghrabi AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:36:19 +0200

The email address for Sharif Jbour has been changed to become sharif.jbour AT birdlife.org. I was in contact with him recently and he mentioned that they had some internet problems. Best Laith On 13/01/2010, Bassima Khatib wrote: > Dear Tomas, > > This is Bassima Khatib from SPNL-BirdLife partner in Lebanon. Here is the > email for Sharif Jbour the Scientific officer in the BirdLife Middle East > office sharif.jbour AT birdlifemed.org. I suggest you contact him directly. > > On the other hand, here is the email for Dr. Richard Porter also > richardporter AT dialstart.net. Good Luck! > > Best Regards, > > Bassima > > > > From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of Tomas Haraldsson > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:38 AM > To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: [MEBirdNet] searching BirdLife Middle East office > > > > > > > Hi friends, > > Does someone have the correct email address for the regional Middle East > office of BirdLife International (still in Amman?). The email given at the > web site doesn´t seem to be working, it results in fault/error replies. Or > the email of Richard Porter. It concerns questions about internship. > > best regards > > Tomas Haraldsson, Stockholm > > __________________________________________________________ > Hitta kärleken i vinter! > http://dejting.se.msn.com/channel/index.aspx?trackingid=1002952 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- Laith El-Moghrabi M&E Specialist IEM-JO Project Tel.: + 962 6 5337931 Mob.: + 962 7 99029719 P.O.Box 1215 Amman - 11941 Jordan
Subject: RE: Bird Orders
From: Ahmad Aidek <ah_aidek AT hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:26 +0000

Dear Mr. April: Thank you very much, it is very nice website. Best regards Ahmad Eng. Ahmad Aidek Directorate of Deir Ez-Zor Environment Affairs Department Head of Biodiversity & Protected Arias Syria – Deir Ez-Zor Mob: 00963 988191167 P.O. Box: 380 E-mail: ah_aidek AT hotmail.com > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: aprilanntc AT gmail.com > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:16:53 +0300 > Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Bird Orders > > Ahmad, > > There are 39 orders of modern (extant) birds. Please see the following > website from the International Ornithological Congress for the lists and > descriptions. > > http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names-fam-links.html > > Best, > April > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Ahmad Aidek wrote: > > > > > Dear all: > > I would like to know how many bird orders in the world, and what’s that? > > Best regards > > Ahmad > > > > > > Eng. Ahmad Aidek > > Directorate of Deir Ez-Zor Environment Affairs > > Department Head of Biodiversity & Protected Arias > > Syria – Deir Ez-Zor > > Mob: 00963 988191167 > > P.O. Box: 380 > > E-mail: ah_aidek AT hotmail.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > April Ann Torres Conkey, Ph.D. > Adjunct Professor > Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar > Education City, PO Box 24866 > Doha, State of Qatar > aprilconkey AT cmu.edu > aprilanntc AT gmail.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Bird Orders
From: April Conkey <aprilanntc AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:16:53 +0300

Ahmad, There are 39 orders of modern (extant) birds. Please see the following website from the International Ornithological Congress for the lists and descriptions. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names-fam-links.html Best, April On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Ahmad Aidek wrote: > > Dear all: > I would like to know how many bird orders in the world, and what’s that? > Best regards > Ahmad > > > Eng. Ahmad Aidek > Directorate of Deir Ez-Zor Environment Affairs > Department Head of Biodiversity & Protected Arias > Syria – Deir Ez-Zor > Mob: 00963 988191167 > P.O. Box: 380 > E-mail: ah_aidek AT hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- April Ann Torres Conkey, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Education City, PO Box 24866 Doha, State of Qatar aprilconkey AT cmu.edu aprilanntc AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: New species for Bahrain
From: "westpalbirder" <wpbirds2003 AT yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:10:11 -0000

Hi Howard Congratulations on your new species for Bahrain. Are you able to comment on the subspecies/form involved? Presumably caspius/seistanicus would be most likely. This record is of wider regional interest, and I have forwarded your original email to WestPalBirds. Rgds Dominic Mitchell -- http://dominicmitchell.blogspot.com/ www.birdwatch.co.uk --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, howardk wrote: > > 23rd January - Purple Gallinule /Porphyrio porphyrio/ > > In the reeds of the effluent ponds and outfall behind Dilmen Poultry > plant Hamalah - no photograph as yet > > Howard King >
Subject: Georgia bird records 2009
From: Alexander Abuladze <lesser7kestrel AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:19:24 -0800 (PST)

Dear all, Finally I could resume materials of the remarkable bird records at the territory of Georgia during 2009. List of these records are presented at the unofficial web-site of the Bird Conservation Union of Georgia under link http://bcug.narod.ru/2009.html The lists of remarkable bird records for previous years 1997-2008 may be found under link http://www.bcug.narod.ru/records.html All records are with short comments on the status, seasonal presence and numbers of listed bird species. In 2009, as well as in 2008, very interesting materials, which were collected by the members of BRC (Batumi raptor Count), are presented in their blog http://www.batumiraptorcount.org/apps/blog/ In this blog are presented mainly data on autumn passage of Birds of Prey at Eastern Black Sea fly-way, e.g. ā€Batumi bottle-neckā€¯, but I know from private mails that members of BRC collected interesting materials not only about Birds of Prey, but also about other groups of birds. I did not include in the list of Georgia 2009 bird records materials collected by the members of BRC team, because, ā€¦. unfortunately, I donā€™t know details of these records (exact dates, locations, conditions of observations, etc.). Beside that, I would like to turn your attention to trip report ā€Georgia, Caucasus & Steppe (8-15 May 2009)ā€¯ by Jos Stratford http://josstratford.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=1 It was a pleasure to get acquainted with this report and I recommend this nice report to everybody, who are interested in the birds of Georgia, Caucasus and Middle East. I hope that presented materials on the bird records in Georgia in 2009 are of interest to Caucasian birders. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have comments (errors, suggestions and queries) and additional information to provide! My apologies for possible cross-posting. With best wishes Alexander Abuladze Dr. Alexander Abuladze Expert in Ornithology of the Institute of Zoology Chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Georgia 31 Ilia Chavchavadze ave., 0197, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: +(99532)223353; +(995 32)220164; Fax: + (99532)917192; Private: +(99532)374335; +(995 32)372621; + (372)6578766; Mobil: +(995 97)123560 +(372)5589510 E-mail: abuladze AT inbox.ru http://www.bcug.narod.ru http://www.zoology.main.ge/index_eng.php?id=1 http://www.abuladze.narod.ru [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: (unknown)
From: Gavin Farnell <gavinfarnell AT yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:32:26 +0000 (GMT)

Abu Naklah Lagoons west of Doha (Qatar) which holds a substantial population of Purple Gallinule is currently being bulldozed and drained High probability that this is an Asylum Seeker from the lagoons. Expect further numbers as this site slowly and sadly gets destroyed. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Bird Orders
From: Ahmad Aidek <ah_aidek AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:47:16 +0000

Dear all: I would like to know how many bird orders in the world, and what’s that? Best regards Ahmad Eng. Ahmad Aidek Directorate of Deir Ez-Zor Environment Affairs Department Head of Biodiversity & Protected Arias Syria – Deir Ez-Zor Mob: 00963 988191167 P.O. Box: 380 E-mail: ah_aidek AT hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: New species for Bahrain
From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:31:04 +0300

23rd January - Purple Gallinule /Porphyrio porphyrio/ In the reeds of the effluent ponds and outfall behind Dilmen Poultry plant Hamalah - no photograph as yet Howard King
Subject: Report 2 Birds of Al-Lajat Reserve-Syria
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:54:10 +0200

Dear all Now the report number 2 from 11-14\1\2010 – birds of Al-Lajat Reserve Sweida –Syria OBSERVATOR : Yousef Alzaoby Kestrel 1 Chukar 8 Collared Dove 2 Great spotted Cuckoo 1 Little Owl 1 Crested Lark 13 Lesser Short-toed Lark 18 Black Redstart 4 Song Thrush 2 Finch’s Wheatear 3 Scrub Warbler 3 (House +Spanish ) Sparrow 11 Linnet 7 Green Finch 13 Desert Finch 6 Cinereous Bunting 3 Best regards A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_2:092009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor
From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh <akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:09:56 +0330

Dear all Many thanks for paying attention to our request. I appreciate also the MEBIRDNET to construct such media for birders in the region. Now I'm relief with helps of Sam, Francis and Mary. Dear Mary, I wait for your reply. Even you could edit one or two pages, I could evaluate of the level of your English edition. Of course, we intend to track any changes, if you could indicate with coloured fonts or coloured background. With best regards, Abolghasem On 21 January 2010 19:47, Mary Megalli wrote: > Abolghasem, > > Did you go with the other guy? As I said, all you need to do is to send me > an article (one at a time) as attachment. Then I can make it a Google doc > and write on it. Any changes of simple English don't need to be noted, but > any question of substance or meaning would get a written question about, my > version to be put into it, or not. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Hamid Amirebrahimi >wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Mr. Khaleghizadeh, > > I have read your publications and am glad that despite all the > > difficulties, nature lovers and Iran lovers are inexhaustibly active. > This > > old country needs all we can give. > > Considering the experience and expertise of our institution in Ecology, > we > > do have the capacity to edit scientific texts, especially environmental. > > Please forward me few pages of your work and provide information on the > > budget you have for the job (either for $/word, $/page or lump sum > basis). > > Since I am travelling outside Iran at the moment, please response by > email. > > Best Regards,Amirebrahimi Abdolhamid Amirebrahimi > > > > Director > > > > South Caspian Institution for Environmental Services (SCIENSE) > > > > P.O.Box 46815/459 > > > > Tonekabon, Iran > > > > Tel: (98) 192 422 7777 > > > > Fax: (98) 192 422 8855 > > > > Mobile: (98) 911 191 1210 > > > > Alternate Email: southcaspian AT gmail.com > > > > --- On Sun, 17/1/10, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh > > > wrote: > > > > From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh 40gmail.com> > > > > > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Temporarily need for (British) English language > editor > > To: "Mebirdnet OSME" 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Cc: "Dr Sasan Fereidouni" 40gmail.com> > > > > > Date: Sunday, 17 January, 2010, 13:36 > > > > > > > > > > Dear all > > > > Excuse me to everyone! I'm editor of PODOCES ornithological. As you know, > > > > all english texts published in PODOCES were edited by our British > > > > native-speaker editors so that the text is readable even for English > > > > native-speaker and high quality of English text. However, in the past > > autumn > > > > and this early winter when we need more condence work to complete our > issue > > > > they have been very busy or involved in other works. Therefore, the > Podoces > > > > papers need to be edited by someone else, temporarily to edit about six > > > > papers (even an slight edition). Could someone help us in this case? > > > > -- > > > > With best regards, > > > > Abolghasem > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mary Megalli > mary.megalli AT gmail.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Re: Buzzard ID Bahrain
From: "Wouter Faveyts" <wouter.faveyts AT telenet.be>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:10:25 +0100

Hi, In my opinion the photos are just too blurry to be able to pin down the identification with certainty, but I believe that this could be a Crested Honey Buzzard. The overall image is of a buzzard-type raptor (so no eagle, harrier or kite). The level-held or slightly drooping wings are a pointer towards a honey buzzard (Western of Crested), and the rounded shape of the wings and the relatively long tail are further indications of one of the honey buzzards. In one picture, the bird shows a broad spread tail shape that is typical of a(n immature) honey buzzard. Furthermore, the distinctly pale plumage at the base of the tail, seen from above (presumably the uppertail coverts), are a futher hint to an immature honey buzzard. The heavy and broad winged appearance point towards Crested more than Western Honey Buzzard. As far as I know, Crested Honey Buzzards are rare but regular winter visitors to the Arabian peninsula these days. But again, the photos do not allow any positive ID, I'm afraid. Better next time! Best regards Wouter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomas Haraldsson" To: Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Buzzard ID Bahrain > > Hi Howard, > > > > Took a quick look at your photos. From the dark colouration, slightly > drooping wings, a bit square-cut tail with whitish base/rump, pale oval > markings on the upper wings coverts, indication of pale/white "marker > lights" on each side of the head (by the front base of each wing), pale > "windows" in the primaries of the underwing, I got the feeling of a dark > morph Booted Eagle. But tricky to tell, it might be a dark buzzard also, > felt a bit buzzard in shape and wing formula also. > > > > Tomas Haraldsson > > > > To: orientalbirding AT yahoogroups.com; mikeinq8 AT gmail.com; > MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: howardk AT batelco.com > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:56:21 +0300 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Buzzard ID Bahrain > > > > > > Need some assistance in the identification of an unusual buzzard please > see the following link > > http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/id_stub.php > > Howard King > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Nya Windows 7 - Hitta en dator som passar dig! Mer information. > http://windows.microsoft.com/shop > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
Subject: RE: Buzzard ID Bahrain
From: Tomas Haraldsson <tomasharaldsson AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:05:46 +0100

Hi Howard, Took a quick look at your photos. From the dark colouration, slightly drooping wings, a bit square-cut tail with whitish base/rump, pale oval markings on the upper wings coverts, indication of pale/white "marker lights" on each side of the head (by the front base of each wing), pale "windows" in the primaries of the underwing, I got the feeling of a dark morph Booted Eagle. But tricky to tell, it might be a dark buzzard also, felt a bit buzzard in shape and wing formula also. Tomas Haraldsson To: orientalbirding AT yahoogroups.com; mikeinq8 AT gmail.com; MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: howardk AT batelco.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:56:21 +0300 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Buzzard ID Bahrain Need some assistance in the identification of an unusual buzzard please see the following link http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/id_stub.php Howard King _________________________________________________________________ Nya Windows 7 - Hitta en dator som passar dig! Mer information. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald ...
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:30:11 -0800 (PST)

It was discussed too much about the reinforcement of the colony with semi-captive birds fromĀ Birecik. It is in a human nature to overcomplicate the things, endlessly arguing on pros and cons, till it became too late. I am 100% sure that the species did not have anything to lose if some birds were moved there. I don`t know the details, but I know that sometimes the bureaucracy make impossible to do a step forward. But i think in this case, apart from the whole role of Homo distructivusĀ ourĀ super-precautionsĀ is to be blamed. Malesh. Ā Steve Ā MoldovĆ�n IstvĆ�n -Ā Ornithologist Ā www.birdinginegypt.com Contact person of OSME in EgyptĀ www.osme.org Cell: +36-20-59-50-387 Ā --- On Thu, 1/21/10, David Murdoch wrote: From: David Murdoch Subject: [MEBirdNet] For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald ... To: "MEBirdNet MEBirdNet" Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:27 PM Ā For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald Ibis, there is an update article in the next issue of Dutch Birding. The situation is desperate - it is very unlikely that more than 4 birds are still alive and very unlikely that the Syrian colony will survive much longer. If you want to see them, visit Palmyra soon! There is a major article on birding the Palmyra area (with information relevant to anyone birding Syria) in the coming issue of Sandgrouse, which should appear in the next couple of months ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt. com/UKM/go/ 195013117/ direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald ...
From: David Murdoch <damurdoch AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:50 +0000

For anyone interested in the Syrian Northern Bald Ibis, there is an update article in the next issue of Dutch Birding. The situation is desperate - it is very unlikely that more than 4 birds are still alive and very unlikely that the Syrian colony will survive much longer. If you want to see them, visit Palmyra soon! There is a major article on birding the Palmyra area (with information relevant to anyone birding Syria) in the coming issue of Sandgrouse, which should appear in the next couple of months _________________________________________________________________ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
Subject: Birds of Al-Lajat MAB Reserve-Syria-Report 1
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:34:51 +0200

Dear all Birds of Al-Lajat MAB Reserve from 3-8 Jan 2010 1 kestrel 8 Chukar 2 Collared Dove 1 Great spotted Cuckoo 1 Little Owl 13 Crested Lark 18 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 Black Redstart 2 Song Thrush 3 Finch’s Wheatear 3 Scrub Warbler 11 (House + Spanish ) Sparrow 7 Linnet 13 Green finch 6 Desert finch 3 Cinereous Bunting A project for Recording the birds in southern region of SYRIA (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Tel: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project _________________________________________________________________ Keep your friends updated—even when you’re not signed in. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:17:24 +0200

Abolghasem, Did you go with the other guy? As I said, all you need to do is to send me an article (one at a time) as attachment. Then I can make it a Google doc and write on it. Any changes of simple English don't need to be noted, but any question of substance or meaning would get a written question about, my version to be put into it, or not. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Hamid Amirebrahimi wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Khaleghizadeh, > I have read your publications and am glad that despite all the > difficulties, nature lovers and Iran lovers are inexhaustibly active. This > old country needs all we can give. > Considering the experience and expertise of our institution in Ecology, we > do have the capacity to edit scientific texts, especially environmental. > Please forward me few pages of your work and provide information on the > budget you have for the job (either for $/word, $/page or lump sum basis). > Since I am travelling outside Iran at the moment, please response by email. > Best Regards,Amirebrahimi Abdolhamid Amirebrahimi > > Director > > South Caspian Institution for Environmental Services (SCIENSE) > > P.O.Box 46815/459 > > Tonekabon, Iran > > Tel: (98) 192 422 7777 > > Fax: (98) 192 422 8855 > > Mobile: (98) 911 191 1210 > > Alternate Email: southcaspian AT gmail.com > > --- On Sun, 17/1/10, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh > > wrote: > > From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh > > > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Temporarily need for (British) English language editor > To: "Mebirdnet OSME" > > > Cc: "Dr Sasan Fereidouni" > > > Date: Sunday, 17 January, 2010, 13:36 > > > > > Dear all > > Excuse me to everyone! I'm editor of PODOCES ornithological. As you know, > > all english texts published in PODOCES were edited by our British > > native-speaker editors so that the text is readable even for English > > native-speaker and high quality of English text. However, in the past > autumn > > and this early winter when we need more condence work to complete our issue > > they have been very busy or involved in other works. Therefore, the Podoces > > papers need to be edited by someone else, temporarily to edit about six > > papers (even an slight edition). Could someone help us in this case? > > -- > > With best regards, > > Abolghasem > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: MEBirdNet-digest AT yahoogroups.com MEBirdNet-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Subject: Re: Large-billed Reed Warbler Afghanistan
From: "keith_betton" <keith_betton AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:37:06 -0000

Here's the Birdlife release on the same subject: 'World's least known bird' found breeding in Afghanistan 15-01-2010 The breeding site of one of the world's least known birds, Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus, has been discovered in the remote and rugged Wakhan Corridor of the Pamir Mountains of north-eastern Afghanistan. Using a combination of field observations, museum specimens, DNA sequencing, and the first known audio recording of the species, researchers verified the discovery by capturing and releasing almost 20 birds earlier this year, the largest number ever recorded. The discovery of Large-billed Reed-warblers in Afghanistan represents a watershed moment in the study of this bird. The first specimen was discovered in India in 1867, with more than a century elapsing before a second discovery of a single bird in Thailand in 2006 which was first reported by BirdLife International. A preliminary paper on the finding appears in the most recent edition of BirdingASIA, the magazine of the Oriental Bird Club. "Almost nothing was known about this species and it was consequently listed as Data deficient by BirdLife on the IUCN Red List, so the discovery of a breeding population marks a major step forward", said Dr Stuart Butchart, BirdLife's Global Research and Indicators Coordinator. The find serves as a case study in detective work. The story began in 2008, when Rob Timmins from WCS was conducting a survey of bird communities along the Wakhan and Pamir Rivers. He immediately heard a distinctive song coming from a small, olive-brown bird with a long bill. Timmins taped the bird's song. He later heard and observed more birds of the same species. Initially, Timmins assumed these birds to be Blyth's Reed-warblers Acrocephalus dumetorum, but a visit to the Natural History Museum at Tring in the UK to examine bird skins resulted in a surprise: the observed birds were another species. In summer 2009, WCS researchers returned to the site of Timmins' first survey, this time with mist nets used to catch birds for examination. The research team broadcast the recording of the song, a technique used to bring curious birds of the same species into view for observation and examination. The recording brought in Large-billed Reed-warblers from all directions, allowing the team to catch almost 20 of them for examination and to collect feathers for DNA. Later lab work comparing museum specimens with measurements, field images, and DNA confirmed the exciting finding: the first-known breeding population of Large-billed Reed-warblers. "This is great news from a little-known species from a remote part of the world and suggests that there may be more discoveries to be made here", said Mike Evans, BirdLife's compiler of the Important Bird Areas of the Middle East. --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, "asmustim" wrote: > > Dear All, > > thrilling news from Afghanistan published in BirdingASIA 12 (2009) 42-45 (currently only available as pdf?!) and the ornithological sensation of the year (o.k., it just began, but nothing can beat this:-): The first breeding population of the enigmatic Acrocephalus orinus ever have been found in the Wakhan-corridor /Badakhshan along riparian bushland above 3000m! > > http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/birdingasia/12.html > > One might speculate about how many orinus are breeding quietly and unnoticed somewhere between Almaty and Chorugh… > > Great incentive anyway to re-examine and scrutinize thoroughly all assumed odd singing/looking "dumetorum", especially in higher altitudes!? > > Regards, > > Asmus Schröter >
Subject: Re: Temporarily need for (British) English language editor
From: Hamid Amirebrahimi <caspianian AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:11:40 -0800 (PST)

Dear Mr. Khaleghizadeh, I have read your publications and am glad that despite all the difficulties, nature lovers and Iran lovers areĀ inexhaustiblyĀ active. This old country needs all we can give. Considering the experience and expertise of our institution in Ecology, we do have the capacity to edit scientific texts, especially environmental. Please forward me few pages of your work and provide information on the budget you have for the job (either for $/word, $/page or lump sum basis). Since I am travelling outside Iran at the moment, please response by email. Best Regards,AmirebrahimiĀ Abdolhamid Amirebrahimi Director South Caspian Institution for Environmental Services (SCIENSE) P.O.Box 46815/459 Tonekabon, Iran Tel: (98) 192 422 7777 Fax: (98) 192 422 8855 Mobile: (98) 911 191 1210 Alternate Email: southcaspian AT gmail.com --- On Sun, 17/1/10, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh wrote: From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh Subject: [MEBirdNet] Temporarily need for (British) English language editor To: "Mebirdnet OSME" Cc: "Dr Sasan Fereidouni" Date: Sunday, 17 January, 2010, 13:36 Ā Dear all Excuse me to everyone! I'm editor of PODOCES ornithological. As you know, all english texts published in PODOCES were edited by our British native-speaker editors so that the text is readable even for English native-speaker and high quality of English text. However, in the past autumn and this early winter when we need more condence work to complete our issue they have been very busy or involved in other works. Therefore, the Podoces papers need to be edited by someone else, temporarily to edit about six papers (even an slight edition). Could someone help us in this case? -- With best regards, Abolghasem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Subject: Large-billed Reed Warbler Afghanistan
From: "asmustim" <asmus.schroter AT helsinki.fi>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:22:16 -0000

Dear All, thrilling news from Afghanistan published in BirdingASIA 12 (2009) 42-45 (currently only available as pdf?!) and the ornithological sensation of the year (o.k., it just began, but nothing can beat this:-): The first breeding population of the enigmatic Acrocephalus orinus ever have been found in the Wakhan-corridor /Badakhshan along riparian bushland above 3000m! http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/birdingasia/12.html One might speculate about how many orinus are breeding quietly and unnoticed somewhere between Almaty and Chorugh… Great incentive anyway to re-examine and scrutinize thoroughly all assumed odd singing/looking "dumetorum", especially in higher altitudes!? Regards, Asmus Schröter

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