Two days ago, during the afternoon, about half an hour before sunset, I was surpised to see the familiar skythe shape wing shade bird scarving over a bush...
Spending as usual every year few days near Urbino, Marche Region, Central Italy. There is a stream (Candigliano River) cutting a sistem of beautifull gorges;...
I've had a query, quite an interesting one, about how long it takes a Swift to get from Europe to Southern Africa. I imagine it is very variable, depending on...
Hi Edward, It is possible to come up with solid facts. However, for the time being it is too expensive. Untill there will be a sattelite transmitter, small &...
There will be ringing recoveries but not many. EURING will have them. However, we must not assume these birds move directly to "final" wintering grounds. It is...
Pls check here for Pedersen's sightings in Congo. As far as I know the only long time observations from Africa. http://www.commonswift.org/2880Pedersen.html ...
I have just returned from Zambia, where I carefully grilled every Swift, and I only found Little, White-rumped, Palm and Black Swifts, but no Common Swifts....
Hi Dick, Came in my place in Nigeria, I'll show you some millions of Euro swallows along many other european passeriens are wintering there !! ... Francesco. ...
Hello all, nothing much to do with the interest of the group, but maybe somebody can help me. I am in the process of trying to make a website covering birding...
Hi Eddie, Here a website covering the migration route passing over Israel. Over 550 million birds(!) soar over twice a year. Now is the begining of the fall...
I gave a lecture about Swifts to Westminster City Council planning staff the other day, and mentioned the mystery of where they get their calcium supplies, not...
Did you ask the lady if her Swift was black and white with a white rump? On the subject of Calcium in insects, if you Google ³ insect calcium², there are a...
Some nest in a very "concrete" situation : in walls and so forth. But I never saw Swifts pecking on the ground before egg laying in my obs box. I could try of...
Dear All, As a recent subscriber to the group I am not sure whether the following questions are appropriate here - but they may be of interest. I am currently...
Hi Christopher, Though I cannot help you with your first two questions, you ask for opinions on the third, so here goes. I would imagine the disturbance of an...
Hi all: Today I've been over at the eastern end of the Sierra Nevada (the Spanish one) at the La Ragua pass where the observation altitude was 2.000 m /ca....
Andy
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Oct 1, 2006 12:02 am
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The Swiss bird organisation Vogelwarte has been using what looks like a military radar in the Mauretanian desert to measure bird migration statistics. They may...
It is being done for years. Here in Israel, in Latron (on the way to Jerusalem) were the migration path is. The center is using an old U.S.S.R Army special...
Many thanks, Ammonn. I shan't ask and only speculate about how your people came across an old USSR radar! Regards, Andy ... From: "Amnonn Hahhn"...
Andy
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Oct 2, 2006 10:50 am
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Many thanks, Edward. I'll see if the remannts of my primitive schoolboy German can work out anything! Regards. Andy ... From: "Edward Mayer"...
Andy
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Oct 2, 2006 11:00 am
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Hi Andy, Go ahead, ask. No speculation needed. It was some kind of cloud detector Radar. The radar was bought from Rusia for 10,000 $ by the Tel-Aviv...
I forwarde the question about the swallowroost next to the airfield to our Dutch roost-expert Mr. Bennie v.d. Brink (not yet submitted to this group but that...
Dear me, Ammonn, And there was me thinking that the radar unit had been 'liberated' from some Arab/Palestinian nation for study during some incursion. Shows...
Andy
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Oct 3, 2006 8:31 am
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Dear Friends, Ulrich Tigges and I are keen to establish whether there is a regular Swift migration over the Eastern end of the Arabian Peninsular and down into...
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