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29 Aug Latest Issue of Sandgrouse ["Ian" ] 29 Aug White Storks over SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 27 Aug Rutland Birdwatching Fair boosts OSME Conservation and Research Fund ["Ian" ] 27 Aug Second Edition of Birds of the Middle East ["Ian" ] 25 Aug RE: Summary Report of ABBA Survey 42 to South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 24 Aug Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [] 23 Aug FW: [WestPalBirds] recent Turkey trip ["Chris" ] 23 Aug Summary Report of ABBA Survey 42 to South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 [] 21 Aug Aras Bird Research and Education Center [soner oruç ] 19 Aug Arabic edition of National Geographic ["Ian" ] 19 Aug White Storks over SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 18 Aug Amur Falcon migration route [] 17 Aug CYPRUS BIRD NEWS ["Colin Richardson" ] 17 Aug Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia ["Ian" ] 17 Aug Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Clive Mann ] 16 Aug RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Yahya Alshehabi ] 16 Aug RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 ["M.Istvan" ] 16 Aug RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Ahmad Aidek ] 16 Aug RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 15 Aug Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Mary Megalli ] 15 Aug Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [mudhafar salim ] 14 Aug Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [Jamie Buchan ] 14 Aug Volunteers Batumi Raptor Count [Johannes Jansen ] 14 Aug Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 [] 9 Aug Re: Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' [Clive Mann ] 9 Aug Re: Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' ["Richard Klim" ] 9 Aug Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' [James Wolstencroft ] 7 Aug White Storks via SRS-Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 5 Aug White Stork colour ringing project in Turkey [Ortaç Onmuþ ] 04 Aug Birds of Africa - original plates for sale ["keith_betton" ] 31 Jul Re: [WestPalBirds] Blue cheeked bee eater in Naharaim Israel [James Wolstencroft ] 18 Jul Re: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear ["Richard Klim" ] 18 Jul Re: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear ["Richard Klim" ] 18 Jul RE: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear [Ian Andrews ] 17 Jul Re: Eastern Turkey [Mary Megalli ] 17 Jul Birdlie Release: Bald Ibis ["keith_betton" ] 15 Jul Re: Info regards local contact in Al Aqabha, Jordan [Ian Harrison ] 14 Jul Info regards local contact in Al Aqabha, Jordan [Richard Saval ] 12 Jul Fwd: GBWC 2010 Gujarat India [Ian Harrison ] 10 Jul Re: 2nd Breeding record of Macqueen’s Bustard in SRS [Richard Saval ] 10 Jul 2nd Breeding record of Macqueen’s Bustard in SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 6 Jul Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear [David Murdoch ] 6 Jul Re: Mongolia to export Saker falcons [Ian Harrison ] 1 Jul Shorebird news from your area [Gyorgy Szimuly/WorldWaders ] 25 Jun Re: European Serin (Serinus serinus) [Axel Braunlich ] 25 Jun Re: European Serin (Serinus serinus) ["Richard Klim" ] 25 Jun European Serin (Serinus serinus) [Axel Braunlich ] 24 Jun Re: Trip to the southern Red Sea, Egypt [Mary Megalli ] 18 Jun Trip to the southern Red Sea, Egypt [Mindy Rosenzweig ] 13 Jun Fwd: Egypt bird report 3-10 June 2010 [Ian Harrison ] 13 Jun Re: RE: hunters from the Gulf and elsewhere [kym beirut ] 13 Jun RE: First record of YT Sparrow in Egypt [Massimiliano Dettori ] 12 Jun First record of YT Sparrow in Egypt ["M.Istvan" ] 12 Jun Fwd: [WestPalBirds] Cattle Egret - data request [Ian Harrison ] 12 Jun Re: Bad News [Desmond Allen ] 12 Jun Re: Bad News [Desmond Allen ] 9 Jun RE: hunters from the Gulf and elsewhere [David Murdoch ] 08 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 08 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 08 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 07 Jun Latest Issue of Sandgrouse ["Ian" ] 07 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 7 Jun Re: Re: [EBN] Kuwait [] 7 Jun Re: [MEBirdNet] Re: [EBN] Kuwait [] 07 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 07 Jun Re: [EBN] Kuwait [howardk ] 05 Jun OSME SUMMER MEETING ["Ian" ] 3 Jun Tomas Syria trip report [David Murdoch ] 1 Jun RE: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 31 May Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS ["thierry_bara" ] 31 May RE: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS ["Avner Cohen" ] 31 May RE: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 30 May Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS ["thierry_bara" ] 30 May NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ] 29 May Syria & Egypt trip reports on updated website [Tomas Haraldsson ] 29 May Re: TOC of PODOCES 4(2) [mudhafar salim ] Subject: Latest Issue of Sandgrouse From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:05:47 -0000 Latest Issue of Sandgrouse Dear subscriber The latest issue of Sandgrouse, the Journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia (OSME) - Volume 32,2 (2010) - was published recently and is being mailed to members on the current OSME membership list. If you have not renewed your membership you will not receive this issue! Please note also that if you have not renewed your membership at the new rates, you will not receive this latest issue. This issue of Sandgrouse is accompanied by the third in OSME's series of special Supplements – a Checklist of the Birds of the United Arab Emirates. This has been funded by the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the compilers are Tommy Pedersen and Simon Aspinall . If you wish to receive this copy of Sandgrouse together with the special Supplement or if you are interested in getting future issues, please contact the Treasurer at treasurer AT osme.org, or join online at www.osme.org The List of Contents of Sandgrouse 32,2 is given below. Sandgrouse Volume 32(2) 2010 The birds of Wadi Rima: a permanently flowing mountain wadi in western Yemen revisited after 20 years. Paul Scholte Distribution, habitat and differentiation of the poorly-known black morph of Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens lugens in Jordan. Fares Khoury, Marc I Förschler, Mohammed Janaydeh, Mansour Aliabadian & Abdel-Razzaq Al-Hmoud New Important Bird Areas in Lebanon—a research and community conservation project March 2005–February 2008. Nabil H Khairallah & Colin Conroy First confirmed breeding record of Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius for Lebanon, 2009. Shadi Indary Eradication of the House Crow Corvus splendens on Socotra, Yemen. Ahmed Saeed Suleiman & Nadim Taleb On the validity of the `Steppe Grey Shrike' as an independent species. Evgeniy N Panov & Anna A Bannikova First record of Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor in the United Arab Emirates. Oscar Campbell First record of White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga for Iraq. Mudhafar Salim Shikra Accipiter badius breeding in Armenia. Vasil Ananian, Karen Aghababyan, Siranush Tumanyan, Grigor Janoyan & Keith Bildstein Breeding ecology of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in two localities of Turkey. Çaðrý Göcek, Ayþegül Çiftçi, Mehmet Sýký & Piotr Tryjanowski Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca a new breeding species for Egypt, in a temporary artificial wetland near Aswan. Dick Hoek, Haitham Ibrahim & Khaled Noby Western Rock Nuthatches Sitta neumayer feeding their nestlings bread, Armenia. Rolf Nessing Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME secretary AT osme.org Subject: White Storks over SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:00:37 +0200 Dear all At this night August 29\ 2010 one group of White Storks( 52) fly over Southern Region of Syria. Best A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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 [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: Rutland Birdwatching Fair boosts OSME Conservation and Research Fund From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:50:33 -0000 One of the popular events at the annual British Birdwatching Fair is the Bird Brain of Britain Quiz that taxes the specialist and general ornithological knowledge of a representative of each of the four regional bird clubs. This year, OSME was represented by new Council member, Nick Moran, whose specialist subject was Rare Birds in the United Arab Emirates. After each contestant had faced two Mastermind-style interrogations by quizmaster, Chris Packham, Nick was the victor winning £1,000 towards conservation of or research on a globally threatened species in the OSME region. His answer to a question on the direction that a boat-assisted Red-footed Booby was travelling will remain a classic –"forwards". This is the second time that OSME has won the quiz – 2007 was the last time. But we do earn money just by entering – even the money earned for fourth prize helps the Conservation and Research Fund. We are looking already for a volunteer for next year…! Looking forward to hearing from you. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME Subject: Second Edition of Birds of the Middle East From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:23:03 -0000 The second edition of Birds of the Middle East has just been published. Written by Richard Porter and Simon Aspinall, it will be reviewed more fully in OSME's journal, Sandgrouse but is obviously absolutely essential for any visitor to the Middle East or for anybody interested in the region. The book can be obtained through one of OSME's corporate sponsors NHBS -use the link on the OSME website (www.osme.org) or go directly to www.nhbs.com. It can also be obtained from the publisher A & C Black (www.acblack.com) who very generously gave two copies of the book to OSME for use as raffle prizes. One of these was won at the OSME Summer Meeting but the second one is one of the six prizes in the annual OSME raffle – to be drawn on 30 September. If you are interested in purchasing tickets at £1.00 please contact me. Monies earned will go into the Conservation and Research Fund. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME ME BIrdnet Moderator Subject: RE: Summary Report of ABBA Survey 42 to South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:54:14 +0200 Dear Mike and Amar and Jabr and all Thank you for your report. I working in Aseer area long time(1990-2002) . Yes ;the Magpie(asirensis) need special study and urgent protecting because many students hunters bring it to the weekly market in Khamees Musheet city at last time. You can see it( asirensis) also near the road of Raydah Reserve from main road Abha- Jebal As-Souda it named Al-Walajh village and in Dalaghan park east of Abha. Thanks again-Yousef A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:53:58 +0100 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Summary Report of ABBA Survey 42 to South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 Please find below the summary report of the recent survey I made to south-west Saudi Arabia. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ ABBA Survey 42: Asir Province and the Tihama of South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 Members: Mike Jennings (ABBA), Amar al-Momen (SWC) and Jabr Haresi (SWC) The main objective of ABBA Survey 42 (2-26 July) was to compare habitats and bird life in the Asir Province especially the Raydah Protected Area on the west face of Jebal Souda, with what was observed during a similar survey in July 1987. The 1987 survey (ABBA Survey 4) and the 2010 survey were both sponsored by the Saudi Wildlife Commission, Riyadh. Since 1987 there has been significant touristic development in the south-west highlands, especially in the region of Jebal Souda, catering for the domestic tourist market and to a lesser extent tourists from elsewhere in Arabia. This development has meant the loss of some of the indigenous habitat on the east side of the south-west Arabian escarpment and put pressure on some of the indigenous bird species of the area. It was also evident that other environmental factors are at play, a significant dieback of juniper trees in some areas suggests climate change and a large increase in the number of Baboons Papio hamadryas in the region may also have had an effect on birds. Nevertheless ten of the eleven endemic bird species of the Arabian mainland were recorded. (The Arabian Accentor Prunella fagani has never been recorded in Saudi Arabia). Some resident birds were noticeably reduced in number for example Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus, and others were not located at all, such as Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus and Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus, both of which were recorded in 1987. Some species appeared to be more numerous such as African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis and Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius. The absence of the Arabian endemic subspecies of the Eurasian Magpie Pica pica asirensis on Jebal Souda (it has been declining there since the 1970s), noted on the first days of the surveys, resulted in a special search for the species throughout the region. It was eventually located at three sites but it is almost certainly still in decline and a special study is needed to establish its present distribution and numbers, in order to protect it. Whist on Jebal Souda word was received that satellite tagged Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita from the only remaining Asian population in Syria were passing through Saudi Arabia. In response to this news the team spent some time on the Tihama near Sabya in order to locate the birds, to establish the habitats they are using on migration and identify any threats. Despite good night roost locations being received the species was not located during three days of the initial search. However later Amar and two ornithologists from Syria who were following the Bald Ibises, were able to find three satellite tagged birds at two sites. In addition one bird of the year was found dead by the army and reported to SWC. It was emaciated and had probably starved. It had not been shot, indeed the areas where they were found appeared to present a benign environment for them and they were unlikely to be seriously disturbed. The excursions to the Tihama in search of the Bald Ibis and later to look for Magpies on the isolated Jebal Gaha, produced a number of interesting observations. At an effluent lagoon near Sabya three pairs of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus were found breeding (large young) in an acacia tree colony of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis situated on a small island of the lagoon. At the same lagoon there were at least eight Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis present. This is the first breeding record anywhere in Arabia for the Glossy Ibis and the numbers of Painted Snipe (previously a rare non-breeding visitor to Arabia and never recorded before in Saudi Arabia), suggest that breeding for that species is also likely. Also seen nearby were the first Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala for Saudi Arabia and local rarities such as Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris, nesting Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii, Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus and Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus were recorded. Jebal Gaha and the nearby Jebal Aswad, had at least one pair of Magpies, Mountain Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus and a pair of Verreaux's Eagles Aquila verreauxii. A notable observation on return to Riyadh by road was a late morning drinking congregation of vultures, comprising 35 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos, two Griffons and 16 Egyptian Vultures, including eight immature birds. The latter is a particularly encouraging observation in view of the species general decline throughout its range. A full report is in preparation and will be available as a PDF to collaborators and Phoenix subscribers. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15710 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: Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:02:44 +0100 Thanks Jamie. Can you give me squares/sites for these records? Cheers, Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Buchan To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 Hi Mike, I hope that you are keeping well. Yes, I would appreciate a copy. I suspect that Quail, Straited Heron, and Corn Bunting bred this year, but no real proof except for present all months and lost of juveniles, especially Straited Heron. Best regards, Jamie --- On Sat, 14/8/10, ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com wrote: From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 To: "MEBirdNet" Date: Saturday, 14 August, 2010, 19:09 The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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] E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15720 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: FW: [WestPalBirds] recent Turkey trip From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:04:34 +0100 fwd for info _____ From: WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pierre-André CROCHET Sent: 23 August 2010 12:28 To: WP; EBN AT birdlife.fi; birdline AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [WestPalBirds] recent Turkey trip Dear all, Just back from a quick trip to Turkey with Eric Didner. Main target was seeing the babbler at Birecik (missing lifer for both of us) and we filled in the rest of the trip with relaxed birding and studying, photographing and sound-recording local specialties. A few sightings might be of interests to others: We had White-backed Woodpecker quite close to Akseki, at 37.0849°N 31.8035°E (WGS84, degree,ddddd). This is approx 5.5 - 6 km after Akseki on the old Konya road, in beautiful Abies cilicica forest with many old and dead trees. This can be an alternative to other better known sites where the species can be (as everywhere) elusive. Iraq Babblers were easy to find at Bireçik with many noisy family parties. We had quite a few in the "classical" spot (quarries on the west bank north of the bridge) but also along the eastern bank of the Euphrates south of the city, in the old gravel pits and also in the reeds along the Euphrates. Caspian Snowcock were still noisy and showy at Demirkazik, seen from just above (and NE of) the cattle drinking basin on the top of the deep gorges (next to "the Radde's hollow"). Note that the track is now in very good shape and that driving with our normal rented car was easy. We were fined 50 TL though (approx 25-30 euros) because it's apparently forbidden to drive in this area (national park). Forbidden for tourists obviously, as we met quite a few card belonging to nomads, tourist camps, etc etc The rest of our sightings were of expected species in expected places... Regards Pierre Pierre-André Crochet CNRS-UMR 5175 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive 1919, route de Mende 34293 Montpellier cedex 5 France tel: + 33 6 07 32 60 75 (mobile) + 33 4 67 61 32 98 (office) fax: + 33 4 67 41 21 38 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3089 - Release Date: 08/23/10 07:35:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Summary Report of ABBA Survey 42 to South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 From: <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:53:58 +0100 Please find below the summary report of the recent survey I made to south-west Saudi Arabia. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ ABBA Survey 42: Asir Province and the Tihama of South-West Saudi Arabia, July 2010 Members: Mike Jennings (ABBA), Amar al-Momen (SWC) and Jabr Haresi (SWC) The main objective of ABBA Survey 42 (2-26 July) was to compare habitats and bird life in the Asir Province especially the Raydah Protected Area on the west face of Jebal Souda, with what was observed during a similar survey in July 1987. The 1987 survey (ABBA Survey 4) and the 2010 survey were both sponsored by the Saudi Wildlife Commission, Riyadh. Since 1987 there has been significant touristic development in the south-west highlands, especially in the region of Jebal Souda, catering for the domestic tourist market and to a lesser extent tourists from elsewhere in Arabia. This development has meant the loss of some of the indigenous habitat on the east side of the south-west Arabian escarpment and put pressure on some of the indigenous bird species of the area. It was also evident that other environmental factors are at play, a significant dieback of juniper trees in some areas suggests climate change and a large increase in the number of Baboons Papio hamadryas in the region may also have had an effect on birds. Nevertheless ten of the eleven endemic bird species of the Arabian mainland were recorded. (The Arabian Accentor Prunella fagani has never been recorded in Saudi Arabia). Some resident birds were noticeably reduced in number for example Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus, and others were not located at all, such as Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus and Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus, both of which were recorded in 1987. Some species appeared to be more numerous such as African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis and Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius. The absence of the Arabian endemic subspecies of the Eurasian Magpie Pica pica asirensis on Jebal Souda (it has been declining there since the 1970s), noted on the first days of the surveys, resulted in a special search for the species throughout the region. It was eventually located at three sites but it is almost certainly still in decline and a special study is needed to establish its present distribution and numbers, in order to protect it. Whist on Jebal Souda word was received that satellite tagged Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita from the only remaining Asian population in Syria were passing through Saudi Arabia. In response to this news the team spent some time on the Tihama near Sabya in order to locate the birds, to establish the habitats they are using on migration and identify any threats. Despite good night roost locations being received the species was not located during three days of the initial search. However later Amar and two ornithologists from Syria who were following the Bald Ibises, were able to find three satellite tagged birds at two sites. In addition one bird of the year was found dead by the army and reported to SWC. It was emaciated and had probably starved. It had not been shot, indeed the areas where they were found appeared to present a benign environment for them and they were unlikely to be seriously disturbed. The excursions to the Tihama in search of the Bald Ibis and later to look for Magpies on the isolated Jebal Gaha, produced a number of interesting observations. At an effluent lagoon near Sabya three pairs of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus were found breeding (large young) in an acacia tree colony of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis situated on a small island of the lagoon. At the same lagoon there were at least eight Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis present. This is the first breeding record anywhere in Arabia for the Glossy Ibis and the numbers of Painted Snipe (previously a rare non-breeding visitor to Arabia and never recorded before in Saudi Arabia), suggest that breeding for that species is also likely. Also seen nearby were the first Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala for Saudi Arabia and local rarities such as Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris, nesting Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii, Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus and Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus were recorded. Jebal Gaha and the nearby Jebal Aswad, had at least one pair of Magpies, Mountain Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus and a pair of Verreaux's Eagles Aquila verreauxii. A notable observation on return to Riyadh by road was a late morning drinking congregation of vultures, comprising 35 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos, two Griffons and 16 Egyptian Vultures, including eight immature birds. The latter is a particularly encouraging observation in view of the species general decline throughout its range. A full report is in preparation and will be available as a PDF to collaborators and Phoenix subscribers. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15710 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Aras Bird Research and Education Center From: soner oruç <son_eroruc AT yahoo.com.tr> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:47:16 +0000 (GMT) Hi to all, The environmental NGO KuzeyDoga Society has been monitoring and ringing birds at Aras and Kuyucuk Bird Ringing stations in northeastern Turkey's Kars and Igdir provinces till 2006 fall. Aras Bird Research and Education Center "2010 Fall Bird Ringing" recently started. You can follow the activities and daily ringed birds in the bird ringing station from http://arasbirdstation.blogspot.com/ You can also be a volunteer in our work. Good birding...:)Soner Oruç Fıeld conservatıonıst KuzeyDoga Society soner AT kuzeydoga.org http://www.kuzeydoga.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Arabic edition of National Geographic From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:02:11 -0000 National Geographic to go Arabic from October An Arabic-language edition of The National Geographic magazine, which dates back to 1888, is to be published from October and distributed across the GCC as well as in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. See the following link: http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100802/BUSINESS/708029953/1005 Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME MEBirdnet Moderator Subject: White Storks over SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:02:50 +0200 Dear all Today Tuesday August 19\ 2010 one group of White Storks( 9) fly over Southern Region of Syria. Best A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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 [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: Amur Falcon migration route From: WWGBP AT aol.com Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:38:35 EDT Extracted from www.kestreling.com: Amur Falcon migration route finally plotted Bernd Meyburg and his team has presented the first ever satellite tracking data for Amur Falcons at two conferences, one in the East (Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network conference, Mongolia) and one in South Africa (Birds of Prey Programme Conference, Kimberley). The information gathered on 7 tracked Amur Falcons most probably represents the most exciting satellite tracking data from raptors since the first long distance raptor migrants were tracked. The Amur Falcon has one of the longest raptor migrations, but is also unique because it supposedly flies a long distance over the sea. It was believed that they flew mostly over land during their return journey, but data from Bernd has shown that they fly a distance 2,500 to 3,100km over the sea in spring and do this by flying non-stop for between 2 and 3 days. Other interesting information presented include that there is quite a lot of movement between roosts in their wintering area, they have stop over points on their migration route back to the breeding grounds, and fly south of the Himalayas in northern India. They are also capable of covering huge amounts of distance in a few days and were able to travel up much of Africa in only a few days. They have now arrived in their breeding grounds and hopefully Prof Meyburg will be able to track their return route back to South Africa at the end of the year. One wonders if they will return to the same roost? Project to track Amur Falcons - 2010-01-11 Satellite tracking of raptors on migration has become an indispensable tool in studying the routes taken by birds. It is especially useful when used in areas where there are little chance of recovering ringed birds.In the past, it was not possible to track any of the small falcons due to the size of the satellite transmitters. However, in 2009, the first transmitters became available that were small enough not to affect the survival of the birds (typically <3% of the body mass). Several studies have used these, including those on Eleanora's Falcon, Sooty Falcon, Hobby Falcon and Redfooted Falcon.The Amur Falcon stands out as one of the most interesting birds to track. It migrates over a very long distance (eastern China to southern Africa), it has different routes to and from its breeding grounds and it supposedly flies several thousands of its journey across the sea.Bernd Meyburg visited South Africa in January 2010, and with the help of Zephne and Herman Bernitz and Rina Pretorius and Sylva Francis, all volunteers of the Migrating Kestrel Project, trapped 10 Amur Falcons at the massive Newcastle roost and fitted satellite transmitters to these birds.Already the data collected from these birds have shown that they are capable of moving large distances each day, and do move around between roosts. We look forward to watching them as they move back to their breeding grounds, where ever these are! http://www.kestreling.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: CYPRUS BIRD NEWS From: "Colin Richardson" <Richar AT cytanet.com.cy> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:46:31 +0300 Hello Everyone, Just for your info, and sorry for cross-pointing. I have been sending out regular Cyprus sighting updates, usually 2 or 3 per week, for the last couple of years to our local birders and regular visitors. This in the hope of exchanging bird information and to gain bird records, as we only have a limited number of resident birders on the island. And it compliments our phone-in Birdline. If you can exchange info or would like to receive these Cyprus bulletins regularly, please do get in touch with me privately. Latest Cyprus report pasted below. Autumn migration has started. I am not aware, but does any birding authority in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon or Greece send out daily or weekly migrant sightings, not just rarities? Forgive me if the info is already out there somewhere! Many thanks Colin Richardson Cyprus Bird Recorder From: Colin Richardson [mailto:richar AT cytanet.com.cy] Sent: 17 August 2010 08:37 Subject: BIRD NEWS 69 Some interesting reports over the last few days: Polis Chrysochou Bay, 11.30- - 18.30h, 16-Aug (CR) Glossy Ibis 194 flying southwest around island Garganey 135 Collared Pratincole 2 Green Sand 1 Sand Martin 1 off the sea Zakaki Pond 16-Aug (MB) Wood Sandpiper 6 Little Egret 1 Glossy Ibis 3 White Stork 2 Spur Winged Plover 1 Collared Pratincole 1 Citrine Wagtail juv. 2 Yellow Wagtail 2+2juv. Whiskered Tern 1 Water Rail 2 Little Ringed Plover 3 Little Stint 9 Grey Heron 9 Ferruginous Duck 1 Marathounta, 15 & 16-Aug (PJE) Barn Owl 1 Akhna Dam, 16-Aug (AKe) Night Heron c28 adults & young Little Bittern 2 individuals 1 adult today & 1 young yesterday Mandria Canal, 16-Aug (BJ) Red-backed Shrike 1 Kensington Cliffs, 14-Aug (JSta) Griffon Vulture 1 Eleonora's Falcon 6+ Tsada (Minthis) Hills, 14-Aug (CR) Roller 2 Sardinian Warbler 13 Masked Shrike 6 Red-backed Shrike 1m Cretzschmar's Bunting 2 Aspro Dam pools, 14-Aug (KS) 2 Kingfishers 1 Masked shrike Asprokremmos Dam car park, 13-Aug (KS) 7 + Hoopoes Mandria, 13-Aug (KS) 40+ Stone Curlew 1 Barn Owl 1 Kingfisher Contributors: Andreas Kephalas, Pete Evans, Colin Richardson, Kevin Spearing, John Stapley, Mike Bowden This Bulletin is for interest and information only and is unchecked. All sightings should please be submitted to the Bird Recorder richar AT cytanet.com.cy in spreadsheet format to go on the country record. More sightings can be heard on the Cyprus Birdline information service (00357) 2593 4076 where you can also leave your bird news. Many thanks Colin Richardson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:28:58 -0000 A note from Mike Jennings & OSME about a new publication: The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia was published in the middle of July, as Volume 25 of Fauna of Arabia. This journal is a joint publication of the Senckenberg Institute Frankfurt a.m. and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In its 770 or so pages it covers the 273 breeding birds of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra (including 23 endemics) with notes on 24 other species that may breed. Breeding birds are mapped and illustrated. There are over 100 colour photos of birds and habitats etc and numerous other general maps. OSME has been happy to support and encourage the ABBA project since it started in 1984. A review will appear in a future issue of Sandgrouse. A copy of the atlas will be available to view on the OSME stand at the British Birdfair Rutland Water on 20-22 August. It is a hardback produced to a high standard, in A4 format and printed in Germany. Please note that because of the relatively short print run there are likely to be limited opportunities to obtain a copy of the atlas. Anyone wanting to buy a copy can obtain one as follows: 1. It is currently available from the Swiss distributors: Andrea Murdoch (Ms) Karger Libri International Subscription Agency Ltd Journals Administration & Book Series Petersgraben 31, 4009 Basle. phone: +41 61 306 15 23 fax: +41 61 306 15 67 Delivery will be made on prepayment. Orders can be made by email, fax or mail. (Free postage on orders of 5 or more at one time.) Alternatively customers can use the electronic order form on their website (http://www.libri.ch/App_Web/DE/services/faunaofarabia.aspx#03). Major credit cards such as VISA and Mastercard are accepted. Karger Libri have a general website at http://www.libri.ch/Default.aspx 2. It is also currently offered by the Natural History Book Service (www.nhbs.com/index.html). If NHBS brings it to the Birdfair, purchasers can get it postfree. 3. There will be a very few copies for sale by Mike Jennings on the OSME stand at the Birdfair at a special price which also includes a donation to OSME. Preference will given to those OSME members who have contributed any records to the ABBA project since 1984. Those likely to purchase should advise Mike Jennings at ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com before Thursday midday that they intend to collect in person, so he can bring the correct number of copies. It is first come first served. You can nominate someone to collect on your behalf but nominees will need to convince Mike who is ordering. Buyers should be aware that the Atlas contains a few photos that are printed too dark, so they may wish to see a copy before committing the full price. Also it is possible that there may be a cheaper commercial version printed later. However there are as yet no definite plans to do this and no offers from commercial publishers to do it. Mike will be happy to answer any questions about the book before you purchase ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME & MEBirdnet Coordinator Subject: Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Clive Mann <clivefmann AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:58:48 +0100 Dear Mike, I would very much appreciate a copy. Thanks in anticipation. Clive (Mann) On 14 August 2010 17:09, wrote: > > > The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is > now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. > > Mike Jennings > Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia > and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) > 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/ > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) > Database version: 6.15650 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Dr C F Mann [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: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Yahya Alshehabi <yahya30 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:44:14 +0000 Dear Mike It is great to have a copy of Arabian Ornithological Bibliography 2010. I appreciate your kindness. Thanks, Yahya Alshehabi To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:37 +0100 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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: RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:23:00 -0700 (PDT) Hi Mike, I really appreciate it, if you can send me the PDF as well. I can update it for free download (if it is not against your interest) on my website if you think so :www.birdinginegypt.com Best regards, Steve Moldován István -  Ornithologist  www.birdinginegypt.com Contact person of OSME in Egypt  www.osme.org Cell: +36-20-59-50-387  --- On Mon, 8/16/10, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 To: "MEBirdNET" Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 3:40 AM Dear Mike Thank you very much for your  kindest work .. Please  I need to have a copy of the list . Regards  from Syrian serin land Yousef Alzaoby A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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    To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:37 +0100 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010   The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Ahmad Aidek <ah_aidek AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:22:31 +0000 Dear Mike, Thank you very much for your efforts .. I need to have a copy of the list please. Best regards 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: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:37 +0100 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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: RE: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:40:04 +0200 Dear Mike Thank you very much for your kindest work .. Please I need to have a copy of the list . Regards from Syrian serin land Yousef Alzaoby A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:37 +0100 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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: Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:39:35 +0300 Dear Mike, Would love to have the pdf, will print for our NCE library. Thanks! On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 4:20 PM, mudhafar salim wrote: > > > Thank you very much Mike for your efforts .. Yes, I need to have a copy of > the list please. > > Regards > > Mudhafar > > > --- On Sat, 8/14/10, ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com< > ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com > wrote: > > From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com < > ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com > > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 > To: "MEBirdNet" > > Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 7:09 PM > > > > > The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is > now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. > > Mike Jennings > Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia > and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) > 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/ > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) > Database version: 6.15650 > 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] > > > -- 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: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: mudhafar salim <mudhafarsalim AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Thank you very much Mike for your efforts .. Yes, I need to have a copy of the list please.   Regards   Mudhafar --- On Sat, 8/14/10, ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com wrote: From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 To: "MEBirdNet" Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 7:09 PM   The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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] Subject: Re: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: Jamie Buchan <jamie_buchan AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:05:23 -0700 (PDT) Hi Mike,   I hope that you are keeping well. Yes, I would appreciate a copy.   I suspect that Quail, Straited Heron, and Corn Bunting bred this year, but no real proof except for present all months and lost of juveniles, especially Straited Heron.   Best regards,   Jamie --- On Sat, 14/8/10, ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com wrote: From: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 To: "MEBirdNet" Date: Saturday, 14 August, 2010, 19:09   The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 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] Subject: Volunteers Batumi Raptor Count From: Johannes Jansen <johannesjansen AT telenet.be> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:22:59 +0200 Hi to all raptor enthousiasts, this year another edition of the Batumi Raptor Count is held from this 17th of august until the 16th of october. The full period raptor migration just north of Batumi, Georgia, will be monitored and simultaniously a pilot count will be held in the Kazbegi valley (Caucasus Mts). There are still some blocks vacant for dedicated counters, especially from the 1st of october on. These blocks hold at least 7 counting days and two days 'off'. Both highly skilled birdwatchers, photographers as young birders are welcome. We offer free accomodation, local transport and food (except evening meals), raptor identification classes for students and mystery-evenings for pro's, as well as thousands of Eurasian raptors at close range, nice birding and an international atmosphere. Feel free to visit our website to see the results of last years, our monitoring directives, pictures and practical information: www.batumiraptorcount.org You can follow the count on the blog, we'll start on monday! Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested. Thanks! Johannes Jansen Batumi Raptor Count team Subject: Arabian Ornithological Bibliography: 21010 From: <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:37 +0100 The 2010 update of the rough draft Arabian Ornithological Bibliography is now available as a PDF. If anyone would like a free copy please advise. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) 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/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.15650 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' From: Clive Mann <clivefmann AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:12:41 +0100 Some years ago I attended a lecture at the Linn. Soc. London given by ?Pat Morris. He explained that a lot of mummified ibises from ancient Egypt were not in fact ibises. This was revealed by using X-ray equipment. Perhaps they were too 'precious' to mummify. Clive On 9 August 2010 13:45, Richard Klim wrote: > > > James, > > Matheu & del Hoyo 1992 (HBW1): > > "The ancient Egyptians acknowledged the Nile as the source and protector of > life, so the ibis, which appeared in the region during the annual flooding > of the great river, was considered worthy of their adoration. For the > Egyptians, the Sacred Ibis was the incarnation of Thoth, the god of wisdom > and knowledge; there are numerous mummified specimens, as well as murals > showing nesting ibises and young birds. It was probably the first bird in > the world ever to be protected... > > However, before worshipping the Sacred Ibis, the ancient Egyptians had > idolized the Northern Bald Ibis, which was apparently abundant in the past, > as shown by its representation in hieroglyphics dating back 5000 years. It > seems that the Sacred Ibis gradually replaced the Northern Bald Ibis as a > holy symbol in the subsequent centuries." > > Richard Klim > Somerset, UK > http://holarcticlisting.webs.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Wolstencroft > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:58 AM > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' > > Hello everyone, > Thanks Ali. > This reminds me - White Stork migration and bringing babies to other > bird-related 'mythology'... > I am interested: why were ibises considered sacred by the Pharaohs? > We tell birding customers here in Tanzania that perhaps it was because > "Sacred" Ibises would have arrived in the delta region along with the > Nile's flood waters and therefore these birds could be perceived as > bringing, or at least escorting, this water, the most precious and > vital essence of ancient egyptian life. > > Does anyone know any different? > > Best birding wishes to you all, > James > > "The Birdman of Arusha" > > http://birds.intanzania.com > > On 7 Aug 2010, at 07:00, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > > > Dear all > > Today August 7 \2010 at this morning and before 30 minutes group of > > White Storks (39) across the Southern Region of Syria SRS. > > Hope safety migration > > > > A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- > > (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). > > Mob: +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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Dr C F Mann [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. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' From: "Richard Klim" <richard AT klim.co.uk> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:45:50 +0100 James, Matheu & del Hoyo 1992 (HBW1): "The ancient Egyptians acknowledged the Nile as the source and protector of life, so the ibis, which appeared in the region during the annual flooding of the great river, was considered worthy of their adoration. For the Egyptians, the Sacred Ibis was the incarnation of Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge; there are numerous mummified specimens, as well as murals showing nesting ibises and young birds. It was probably the first bird in the world ever to be protected... However, before worshipping the Sacred Ibis, the ancient Egyptians had idolized the Northern Bald Ibis, which was apparently abundant in the past, as shown by its representation in hieroglyphics dating back 5000 years. It seems that the Sacred Ibis gradually replaced the Northern Bald Ibis as a holy symbol in the subsequent centuries." Richard Klim Somerset, UK http://holarcticlisting.webs.com ----- Original Message ----- From: James Wolstencroft To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:58 AM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' Hello everyone, Thanks Ali. This reminds me - White Stork migration and bringing babies to other bird-related 'mythology'... I am interested: why were ibises considered sacred by the Pharaohs? We tell birding customers here in Tanzania that perhaps it was because "Sacred" Ibises would have arrived in the delta region along with the Nile's flood waters and therefore these birds could be perceived as bringing, or at least escorting, this water, the most precious and vital essence of ancient egyptian life. Does anyone know any different? Best birding wishes to you all, James "The Birdman of Arusha" http://birds.intanzania.com On 7 Aug 2010, at 07:00, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > Dear all > Today August 7 \2010 at this morning and before 30 minutes group of > White Storks (39) across the Southern Region of Syria SRS. > Hope safety migration > > A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- > (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). > Mob: +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 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Sacred Ibises via 'White Storks across Syria' From: James Wolstencroft <gonolek AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:58:03 +0300 Hello everyone, Thanks Ali. This reminds me - White Stork migration and bringing babies to other bird-related 'mythology'... I am interested: why were ibises considered sacred by the Pharaohs? We tell birding customers here in Tanzania that perhaps it was because "Sacred" Ibises would have arrived in the delta region along with the Nile's flood waters and therefore these birds could be perceived as bringing, or at least escorting, this water, the most precious and vital essence of ancient egyptian life. Does anyone know any different? Best birding wishes to you all, James "The Birdman of Arusha" http://birds.intanzania.com On 7 Aug 2010, at 07:00, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > Dear all > Today August 7 \2010 at this morning and before 30 minutes group of > White Storks (39) across the Southern Region of Syria SRS. > Hope safety migration > > > > > > A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- > (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). > Mob: +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 > > > > [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: White Storks via SRS-Syria From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 06:00:09 +0200 Dear all Today August 7 \2010 at this morning and before 30 minutes group of White Storks (39) across the Southern Region of Syria SRS. Hope safety migration A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +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 [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: White Stork colour ringing project in Turkey From: Ortaç Onmuþ <ortac.onmus AT ege.edu.tr> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:33:59 +0300 Dear All, I am writing in order to inform you about the results of the first colour ringing study of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Turkey. This year we started to colour ring white storks in Izmir Province located at the western cost of Turkey. The ringing scheme is applied in coordination with the Euring and the National Ringing Scheme. I'd like to you to pay attention to the all White storks seen during migration and please try to observe the rings. I also would like to ask to you to distribute this email to the all ornithologist, birdwatchers, key persons and bodies like NGOs, Ministries etc., so that you can help us in monitoring the white storks. The details are given as follows: "Blue ring with 4 white letters (Txxx) (to be read from bottom to top). Contact person: Ortaç Onmuþ - Ornithologist PhD., Orhan Gul -Ornithologist Address: Natural History Museum Research and Application Centre, Aegean (Ege) University, 35100 Izmir - Turkey. e-mail: leylek AT mail.ege.edu.tr The number of colour ringed White storks: 81 For further information on the rings that we used please follow the links given below. http://home.scarlet.be/~pin02658/cr-WhiteStork.htm http://www.crb-photoguide.com/cicci.htm Before finalising the email we'd like to acknowledge Dirk Raes for his efforts in helping us in some matters related with Euring and communications. Thank you for your kind consideration in spending time in reading this email and the efforts in helping us for monitoring White Storks in Turkey. Our ringing project will continue in the future and the success of this project depends on the number of resigtings. Therefore your efforts in resigtings are greatly acknowledged. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Birds of Africa - original plates for sale From: "keith_betton" <keith_betton AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:52:00 -0000 Dear all Apologies for cross-posting. I want to tell you about something very special which ABC is announcing today. As I'm sure you know, Martin Woodcock was the artist for 215 of the total 232 plates of the seven volume Birds of Africa. We are pleased to announce that 31 of his original paintings are now available for purchase from the African Bird Club. All commission from sales will go into our Conservation Fund to support ornithological projects in Africa. You can view the paintings at http://www.africanbirdclub.org/club/paintingsales.html or via the ABC home page at http://www.africanbirdclub.org/index.html This is a great opportunity to own a original painting from one of the most significant works to be published in recent years. I hope you will take advantage of this rare opportunity. Regards Keith Betton Chairman African Bird Club Subject: Re: [WestPalBirds] Blue cheeked bee eater in Naharaim Israel From: James Wolstencroft <gonolek AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:10:42 +0300 Dear David and all, When do Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters typically occur in Israel, and elsewhere across the Middle East? For that matter when do they arrive in breeding areas in Morocco- Algeria-Tunisia? I am working nowadays in Sierra Leone where the species is a non- breeding visitor and very common - from perhaps (?) October until at least mid-late-March. However I saw adult birds in fine breeding plumage travelling north across the western areas of SL in some numbers throughout June, up to and including a dozen birds leaving the mangroves around the Freetown area ( i.e. at the Atlantic coastline only ca 8*N) as late as June 30. I assumed that many were bound for (potential) inundated riverine areas within the Sahel, after the ITCZ has restored them, but perhaps some were intending to cross the Sahara? Thanks, James On 30 Jul 2010, at 19:16, david porat wrote: > Hi all! > 30.07.10 - Jordan Rift Kinrot Valley, Naharaim Meropidae colony > nesting site - Blue-cheeked bee eater - 1 adult female ssp. per. > I have no idea the relationship/interaction with the site since the > nesting activity in the colony (except one pair of Roller+Barn owl > +Doves hybrid) ended. > Also there: > Sand partridge - 1 fem (?). > Best wishes! > David porat Afikim > Jordan valley > Israel > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > (c) WestPalBirds > ------------------------ > WestPalBirds also provides information for the monthly Western > Palearctic bird news section in Birdwatch (www.birdwatch.co.uk), > Europe's leading magazine for keen birders. For comprehensive > coverage of the region's birds, images of the latest rarities and > news, views and features on a wide range of subjects, call (++44) > (0)1778 392027 for subscription information.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Subject: Re: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear From: "Richard Klim" <richard AT klim.co.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:40:48 +0100 Sorry, forgot the link... http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4YN5PGC-4&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=26&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%236963%232010%23999439997%232104762%23FLA%23display%23Volume%29&_cdi=6963&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=34&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=333a2104544d9707dba3a2fd1ee95c9a [Or perhaps easier to go to Mol. Phyl. Evol. 56(2): 758-767.] Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Klim" To: Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear The abstract of Förschler et al. 2010 (which proposes species status for O. [lugens] persica Persian Mourning Wheatear) suggests that 'basalti' is still best treated as a colour morph of lugens. Richard Klim Somerset, UK http://holarcticlisting.webs.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Andrews" To: Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 2:02 PM Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear > > David > > When I wrote my 'Sandgrouse' paper (1994), the only 'taxonomic' evidence > (if you can call it that), then available was that quoted in BWP volume 5 > (1988) and 'British Birds' 80: 153. There it was said to be a 'morph', I > presume on the basis of unpublished information on interbreeding by L > Cornwallis. Regrettably, this was never written up and I believe he has > since left the birding scene. > > To my mind the evidence is not that conclusive, and clearly there is scope > for further work. Whether this has been or is being done, I don't know - > perhaps others can help here. > > Wouldn't it be nice to have another ME endemic! > > Ian > > To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; damurdoch AT hotmail.com > From: damurdoch AT hotmail.com > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:19:36 +0000 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear > > Basalt Wheatear is a very neglected form attributed at present to Mourning > Wheatear. > > Can anyone tell me the evidence that it is a form of Mourning? > > Is there clear DNA evidence of this? > > (or is it a rare, neglected ME endemic???) > > David Murdoch [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. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear From: "Richard Klim" <richard AT klim.co.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:33:39 +0100 The abstract of Förschler et al. 2010 (which proposes species status for O. [lugens] persica Persian Mourning Wheatear) suggests that 'basalti' is still best treated as a colour morph of lugens. Richard Klim Somerset, UK http://holarcticlisting.webs.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Andrews" To: Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 2:02 PM Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear > > David > > When I wrote my 'Sandgrouse' paper (1994), the only 'taxonomic' evidence (if you can call it that), then available was that quoted in BWP volume 5 (1988) and 'British Birds' 80: 153. There it was said to be a 'morph', I presume on the basis of unpublished information on interbreeding by L Cornwallis. Regrettably, this was never written up and I believe he has since left the birding scene. > > To my mind the evidence is not that conclusive, and clearly there is scope for further work. Whether this has been or is being done, I don't know - perhaps others can help here. > > Wouldn't it be nice to have another ME endemic! > > Ian > > To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; damurdoch AT hotmail.com > From: damurdoch AT hotmail.com > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:19:36 +0000 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear > > Basalt Wheatear is a very neglected form attributed at present to Mourning Wheatear. > > Can anyone tell me the evidence that it is a form of Mourning? > > Is there clear DNA evidence of this? > > (or is it a rare, neglected ME endemic???) > > David Murdoch [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: Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear From: Ian Andrews <ijandrews AT live.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:02:29 +0100 David When I wrote my 'Sandgrouse' paper (1994), the only 'taxonomic' evidence (if you can call it that), then available was that quoted in BWP volume 5 (1988) and 'British Birds' 80: 153. There it was said to be a 'morph', I presume on the basis of unpublished information on interbreeding by L Cornwallis. Regrettably, this was never written up and I believe he has since left the birding scene. To my mind the evidence is not that conclusive, and clearly there is scope for further work. Whether this has been or is being done, I don't know - perhaps others can help here. Wouldn't it be nice to have another ME endemic! Ian To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; damurdoch AT hotmail.com From: damurdoch AT hotmail.com Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:19:36 +0000 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Taxonomy of Basalt Wheatear Basalt Wheatear is a very neglected form attributed at present to Mourning Wheatear. Can anyone tell me the evidence that it is a form of Mourning? Is there clear DNA evidence of this? (or is it a rare, neglected ME endemic???) David Murdoch __________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now [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: Eastern Turkey From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:16:49 +0300 Dear Raymond, Thank you so much for that album of photos from Eastern Turkey. you, and Howard King in Bahrain, have that "crispy critter" photo quality that amazes me. Know what? sometimes it is so "crispy" that it may detract from a photo -- having 20-20 both eyes now after a cataract op this week! Three-quarters or more of your subjects are birds seen in Egypt, so I've suggested that they be posted on our EgyBirdGroup (yahoo) -- I lack internet power to post them myself. I am interested in the combination(s) of birders/photographers, as this is presently changing the way rarities committees work. Your photos are what we wish we had with us, sometimes! On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Raymond Galea wrote: > > > Hi all > > A selection of pictures from a birding trip to Eastern Turkey in June can > be found here > http://www.pbase.com/rngalea > > regards > > Ray > > [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. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Birdlie Release: Bald Ibis From: "keith_betton" <keith_betton AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:48:33 -0000 Donation of ibis gives Middle East's rarest bird renewed hope of survival 13-07-2010 In the time of the pharaohs, Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita was highly revered as of special significance and even had its own hieroglyphic symbol. But now this bird has become the rarest in the Middle East – with just three wild individuals in Syria, plus one juvenile reared this year. Formerly thought to be extinct in the wild in the Middle East, in 2002 researchers were delighted when they discovered a tiny population near the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, their last known refuge in the region. The Turkish Government (Nature Protection and National Parks) has donated six semi-captive birds from Turkey which have been taken to Syria in the hope they can prevent the disappearance of the wild Middle Eastern population. Two of these have been fitted with satellite transmitters and, with expert help, have been carefully introduced to the wild birds in the hope they will follow the wild bird and, ultimately, bolster the precariously small population. Meanwhile the Syrian General Commission for Al Badia Management has built aviaries where the remaining birds will be kept for breeding and future releases of juveniles. Two of the wild adult birds and the released juveniles have been fitted with satellite tracking devices, allowing researchers to monitor their movements. It is known the adult birds travel to Ethiopia to spend the winter, but the wintering grounds of the juveniles is incompletely known. A team of biologists will also be attempting to locate the birds on the ground, and to record habitat details and ensure that no illegal hunting takes place. This operation is the result of a major international collaboration of efforts between conservation NGOs, Governments, researchers, funders and individuals. It is this kind of joined-up conservation that is needed to protect migratory birds on their routes through different countries. Ali Hammoud, Director General of Syrian GCB said, "This is by far the biggest conservation partnership in the region to save the tiny Ibis colony from the brink of extinction. With such collaboration and despite of the challenges, the supplementation attempt is already a triumph." Yaþar Dostbil, the Director of Nature Protection and National Parks Directorate, in Turkey said, "This is one of the best conservation studies ever carried out on a species seriously threatened with extinction. We are very glad to be a part of these efforts." The seven adult birds discovered in 2002 had by this year dwindled to just three, despite extensive protection in Syria. There is increasing evidence that hunting and other pressures outside the breeding grounds have driven this decline, and satellite tracking the birds is a major tool for understanding and addressing the problems. Northern Bald Ibis is listed as Critically Endangered (the very highest category of threat) by BirdLife International on behalf of the IUCN. In addition to the tiny Syrian population, the bird has two further wild colonies, in south-west Morocco, where the population totals just 100 breeding pairs. To follow the progress of the birds on the web, please visit: www.rspb.org.uk/ibistracking Many organisations have provided financial help and assistance to the project, including The Syrian General Commission for Al Badia Management and Development constructed the aviaries. GCB is the local project partner in Syria and `Species Guardian'; Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks, Wildlife Department, who provided the Birecik birds to Syria and technical support to the Syrian team regarding the breeding station to be established in Syria. BirdLife International Middle East coordinates much of this work including the implementation of the Action Plan and has funded several of the activities. Doða Derneði (BirdLife Partner in Turkey) and BirdLife Middle East – initiated official links between the Syrian and the Turkish Governments through a meeting in May 2008 and continued to facilitate communications between two countries. Furthermore both organizations coordinated the work on the ground in Turkey and Syria respectively. Saudi Wildlife Commission (SWC) has helped in surveying stop over areas last year in Saudi Arabia and they are supporting the monitoring program this year. IUCN Jordan office is a key implementer of the Action Plan and has supported Gianluca Serra's expert input (also often as a volunteer) Waldrappteam (Austria) has provided technical input including Barbara Riedler and Norbert Lechner in the field RSPB - BirdLife Partner in the UK - has provided satellite tags and expertise, and funded other costs including technical expertise of Dr Lubomir Peske International advisory Group for Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI) provided ongoing expertise and input. Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has been a key donor to the emergency action plan and Ibis conservation program as a whole. It has become the BirdLife Species Champion for Northern Bald Ibis. The British Birdwatching Fair and Netherlands Embassy in Damascus have also supported the program National Geographical Society grant funded most of the current expedition to Saudi Arabia. Austrian Zoo Association provided funds including the pre-release aviary In addition: technical expertise was sought from Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic; Finally, the activities are under the patronage of the Syrian First Lady, H.E. Mrs Assad. Mrs Amine Erdogan, the wife to the Turkish Prime Minister, has also personally supported the effort. Subject: Re: Info regards local contact in Al Aqabha, Jordan From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:51:13 +0100 Richard I have sent a separate email with a lot of addresses and contacts on it. You will need a permit but easy to get. Careful where you point your binoculars - the border runs alongside. When I visited in May 2007, the Jordanian border guards assumed I was Israeli (there are quite a number of Israeli visitors to the Aqaba area) and that I was spying. No problem once I had shown them the permit. Did affect my very good and close view of a barred warbler, however. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME On 15 July 2010 01:01, Richard Saval wrote: > > > All: > > Does anyone know of a person in Al Aqabha that is a birder. I have ordered > Ian Andrews book. Did spend three weeks there last year, but no time for > birds. Going back for a new assignment, returned to USA in Feb 2010 after > two years in Kuwait. Most certain will take a taxi to the sewage ponds. > > Thank you in advance, > > Richard Saval > kwibirder AT gmail.com > > [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! 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Thank you in advance, Richard Saval kwibirder AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fwd: GBWC 2010 Gujarat India From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:13:39 +0100 I know the following is out of the OSME area but some people may be interested. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME MEBirdnet Moderator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gujarat Tourism Date: 10 July 2010 09:02 Subject: GBWC 2010 Gujarat India To: ianbirds AT gmail.com TOURISM CORPORATION OF GUJARAT LIMITED (A Government of Gujarat Enterprise) Block No. 16/17, 4th Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11, Gandhinagar. Gujarat. India Tel: +91-79-23222645 / 23222523 Web site: www.gujarattourism.com Dear Sir , *Sub: Global Bird Watchers Conference.* Government of Gujarat and Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited is proposing to have an International Bird Watchers Conference from 25th to 27 th November 2010 at Khijadiya, Dist: Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Jamnagar is an ex Princely State and is situated on the North West Coast of Gujarat, India. Jamnagar is well connected by air with Mumbai and by road as well as rail with most major cities of India. Gujarat is one of the most prolific bird watching areas in all of Asia. A variety of habitats-coastlands, wetlands and islands, saline desert plains, forests, hills, lakes and grasslands have made the state a migratory route of birds from Europe and West Asia. Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is a unique wetland area with sea water on one side and fresh water on the other side. This area is about 12 km. from Jamnagar (Gujarat). There are 3 Watch Towers for bird watchers, as well as inspection paths leading deep into the foliage. One can find both sea and coastal birds. Watching the arrival of the Cranes at sunset for roosting is a fantastic experience. The flagship bird found at Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is the Black Necked Stork. We propose to invite renowned Ornithologists from across the globe for this purpose. The conference would have deliberations on the migratory bird apart from other issues. *We would be truly grateful if you could provide us details of your activities as an Ornithologist / Bird watcher in the attached format which will make it easy for us to finalise the list of invitees.* Once the finalisation process is completed we then would send an official invitation for participation along with a detailed programme of the festival. We would also inform you in details all the facilities that we shall provide to enable you to join the festival and to make it a grand success. Needless to say, Government of Gujarat will take care of your Air Tickets by Economy class from the nearest International Airport to Ahmedabad / Jamnagar and back as well as the local hospitality during your stay in Gujarat. *We are also pleased to inform you that there will be “NO REGISTRATION FEES” for this event.* *We request you to kindly respond positively at the earliest by email.* Thanking you, Yours sincerely General Manager Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited. Web site: www.gujarattourism.com * * *RESUME* Full Name as per passport: Address: Nationality: Sex: Date of birth Mobile No. Tel. No (Office) Tel. No (Residence) Fax No. E mail Name of associations of which you are a member All Ornithologists events / conferences attended. Any special achievements or books published Any other details that you would like to give. Please attaché details on separate pages if required. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: 2nd Breeding record of Macqueen’s Bustard in SRS From: Richard Saval <kwibirder AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:33:42 -0700 Subject: Bird guide info for Aqaba, Jordan About a year ago I worked for 3 weeks in Aqaba. I have another assignment there, and this time I have time for birds. If anyone knows of a local guide person please send to me. I have ordered the book The Birds of The Hasemite Kingdom of Jordan. Thank you, Richard Saval kwibirder AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: 2nd Breeding record of Macqueen’s Bustard in SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:50:57 +0200 Dear all The Macqueen’s Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii) has been recorded breeding in Southern Region of Syria SRS for the second time on 28/05/2010. old nest was found in the same desert as last year but in a distant site from the previous record. This is an important record for the Middle east and conservation of this bird must start soon to preserve the breeding population from extention as it is subjected to hunting by wealthy Arab falconers and bird shooters alike. My thanks to.: Mr. Mike Evans and Mr. Masaki Kunieda the Japan’s ambassador of Damascus, Syria and Eng. AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan . After some time scientific article about breeding of Hubara will published in Sandgrouse Magazine soon. Best wishes, 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: 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! 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Tell us now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Mongolia to export Saker falcons From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:23:24 +0900 Dear Axel My colleagues and myself received verbal information yesterday (4 July) in Ulan Batar that the quota is three hundred this year. But whether 240 or 300, the idea of licensing people to take live birds to the Emirates or elsewhere in the Gulf is not really a good advertisement for conserving wildlife. Ironically, the traffic is not one way since in addition to oil being exported from the Gulf, it seems that there might also be an export trade in Golden Eagles - probably to Kazakhstan where they are used for hunting (possibly to western Mongolia where the ethnic Kazakhs continue the practice). This may be pure surmise but the two well grown chicks from the one successful nest in Oman this year were tethered to the nest tree, presumably to stop them successully fledging into the wild. Since live gazelle and oryx are taken up to the Emirates from Oman, it is reasonable to suppose that harvesting of Golden Eagles also takes place. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME On 29 June 2010 04:41, Axel Braunlich wrote: > > > Mongolia set a quota for exporting Saker Falcons at 240 this year. > > See Birding Mongolia www.birdsmongolia.blogspot.com > > Best, > Axel > > PS sorry for any cross-posting > > -- > Please consider biodiversity and the environment before > deciding whether to print this message and any attachments. > __________________________________________________________ > Axel Braunlich > Please visit my website about birding and bird conservation in Mongolia: > BIRDING MONGOLIA http://birdsmongolia.blogspot.com > __________________________________________________________ > > ORIENTAL BIRD CLUB (OBC) > Support conservation in Asia. Join OBC at www.orientalbirdclub.org > ORIENTAL BIRD IMAGES - a database of the OBC > almost 40,000 photos of 2,712 species: www.orientalbirdimages.org > __________________________________________________________ > > If you are not confused, you don't know what's going on! > > > [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: Shorebird news from your area From: Gyorgy Szimuly/WorldWaders <gyorgy.szimuly AT worldwaders.org> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 20:28:51 +0200 Dear All, Sorry for cross-posting. WorldWaders is looking for news on shorebirds/waders from your area, county, state or country worth to share with the wader-loving world. Contributors of WorldWaders has been doing a very nice job with posting or reposting news items on shorebirds/waders and their conservation or their status. I encourage you to pass interesting news to our news blog. The non-profit WorldWaders Posterous (http://www.worldwaders.org/news.html) news blog is dedicated to shorebirds only. If you make your visit to our website you can see how varied the news items are. Should you live in Hawaii, California, Australia, Argentina or China, there is always a room for wader related news in WorldWaders Posterous. Please drop me a mail if you wish to be one of the contributor from your area and I add you. Meanwhile browsing the news blog don't forget to visit our website and consider being a part of our mapping projects (http://www.worldwaders.org/news.html). Happy birding, Gyorgy Szimuly (Szimi)/WorldWaders ____________ Tata, Hungary Website: http://www.worldwaders.org Project enquiry: projects AT worldwaders.org Skype: worldwaders.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118733871495865 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: European Serin (Serinus serinus) From: Axel Braunlich <braunlich AT ipn.de> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:57:56 +0200 Dear Richard, Thanks for the info. Best, Axel On 25.06.2010 15:42, Richard Klim wrote: > > It's not mentioned in Wassink & Oreel 2007 (The Birds of Kazakhstan), > nor in > the 2008, 2009 & 2010 updates in Dutch Birding. > > Richard Klim > Somerset, UK > http://holarcticlisting.webs.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Axel Braunlich > To: Middle East Bird Net ; Birds in Russia > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 1:55 PM > Subject: [MEBirdNet] European Serin (Serinus serinus) > > Hello, > > does someone know if there is a record of European Serin (Serinus > serinus) from Kazakhstan? > > Best, > Axel Braunlich > > -- Please consider biodiversity and the environment before deciding whether to print this message and any attachments. ________________________________________________________________________ Axel Braunlich Please visit my website about birding and bird conservation in Mongolia: BIRDING MONGOLIA http://birdsmongolia.blogspot.com ________________________________________________________________________ ORIENTAL BIRD CLUB (OBC) Support conservation in Asia. Join OBC at www.orientalbirdclub.org ORIENTAL BIRD IMAGES - a database of the OBC almost 40,000 photos of 2,712 species: www.orientalbirdimages.org ________________________________________________________________________ If you are not confused, you don't know what's going on! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: European Serin (Serinus serinus) From: "Richard Klim" <richard AT klim.co.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:42:32 +0100 It's not mentioned in Wassink & Oreel 2007 (The Birds of Kazakhstan), nor in the 2008, 2009 & 2010 updates in Dutch Birding. Richard Klim Somerset, UK http://holarcticlisting.webs.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Axel Braunlich To: Middle East Bird Net ; Birds in Russia Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 1:55 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] European Serin (Serinus serinus) Hello, does someone know if there is a record of European Serin (Serinus serinus) from Kazakhstan? Best, Axel Braunlich Subject: European Serin (Serinus serinus) From: Axel Braunlich <braunlich AT ipn.de> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:55:08 +0200 Hello, does someone know if there is a record of European Serin (Serinus serinus) from Kazakhstan? Best, Axel Braunlich -- Please consider biodiversity and the environment before deciding whether to print this message and any attachments. ________________________________________________________________________ Axel Braunlich Please visit my website about birding and bird conservation in Mongolia: BIRDING MONGOLIA http://birdsmongolia.blogspot.com ________________________________________________________________________ ORIENTAL BIRD CLUB (OBC) Support conservation in Asia. Join OBC at www.orientalbirdclub.org ORIENTAL BIRD IMAGES - a database of the OBC almost 40,000 photos of 2,712 species: www.orientalbirdimages.org ________________________________________________________________________ If you are not confused, you don't know what's going on! Subject: Re: Trip to the southern Red Sea, Egypt From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:22:42 +0300 Dear Mindy, Just got internet, after seven days without. I stayed at the Gorgonia June 16, and Johannes said he'd met you -- I quickly figured out who the "half Egyptian" lady was! Good trip! Am looking forward to your report. I spent a couple of hours at the Hamata mangrove, but no Goliath; I have an extra day when we finish -- can you share where you saw it? The HEPCA trip has been cetaceans only, but doing transects they note all wildlife, so I've been able to help them with the birds, and I'll leave them my Collins. One single solitary Crab Plover on Surnaka, and like you, no Tropicbird, though we were often 20 miles out to sea. Certainly had several Olivaceous Warblers at Hamata mangrove (and a Sooty Falcon zooped by), but it had more "markings" on it; I thought I recognized the voice, but will be eager to see that article. On 6/19/10, Mindy Rosenzweig wrote: > > > > The following are observations from a recent mission to the southern Red Sea > from June 10 to 16 2010 for birding tourism development and local guide > training.  Sites visited included areas north and south of Shalatein > including the Rhizophora mucronata mangroves, a boat trip to Hamata and > Surnaka Islands and the Baryka Bay Resort in Marsa Allam.  The first two > sites have had little prior ornithological coverage.  A number of WP > specialties were seen along with other breeding residents and migrants > including:   Lappet-faced Vulture, Goliath Heron, Crab Plover, Fulvous > Babbler (northernmost location recorded), African Collared Dove, > Lammergeyer, Bonelli's Eagle, Bridled Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Crested > Tern, White-checked Tern, Brown Booby, Sooty Falcon, Lanner Falcon and > Mangrove Olivaceous Warbler (see the June 2010 issue of Birding World). > Breeding Little Terms were observed, probably Saunder's, but further > investigation is needed.  There > were no signs of Mangrove Reed Warbler, no Red-billed Tropicbird as was > hoped and there was an unsuccessful attempt to see the Chestnut shouldered > Petronia, the first for Egypt at the Baryka Bay Resort.   It is hoped that > these sites will be open to birders in the future. A detailed report will > follow. > > Mission organized by:  Mohammed Gad, Plus Egypt Ltd. (www.plusegypt.com) > and Mindy Baha El Din in cooperation with the National Parks Department and > the Ecotourism Society, southern Red S > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com Subject: Trip to the southern Red Sea, Egypt From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:03:41 -0700 (PDT) The following are observations from a recent mission to the southern Red Sea from June 10 to 16 2010 for birding tourism development and local guide training.  Sites visited included areas north and south of Shalatein including the Rhizophora mucronata mangroves, a boat trip to Hamata and Surnaka Islands and the Baryka Bay Resort in Marsa Allam.  The first two sites have had little prior ornithological coverage.  A number of WP specialties were seen along with other breeding residents and migrants including:   Lappet-faced Vulture, Goliath Heron, Crab Plover, Fulvous Babbler (northernmost location recorded), African Collared Dove, Lammergeyer, Bonelli's Eagle, Bridled Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Crested Tern, White-checked Tern, Brown Booby, Sooty Falcon, Lanner Falcon and Mangrove Olivaceous Warbler (see the June 2010 issue of Birding World).  Breeding Little Terms were observed, probably Saunder's, but further investigation is needed.  There were no signs of Mangrove Reed Warbler, no Red-billed Tropicbird as was hoped and there was an unsuccessful attempt to see the Chestnut shouldered Petronia, the first for Egypt at the Baryka Bay Resort.   It is hoped that these sites will be open to birders in the future. A detailed report will follow.    Mission organized by:  Mohammed Gad, Plus Egypt Ltd. (www.plusegypt.com) and Mindy Baha El Din in cooperation with the National Parks Department and the Ecotourism Society, southern Red S [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fwd: Egypt bird report 3-10 June 2010 From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:27 +0100 The attached report including the 1st record of Yellow-throated Sparrow in Egypt was received today. Ian Harrison MEBirdNet Moderator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Massimiliano Dettori Date: 13 June 2010 19:54 Subject: Egypt bird report 3-10 June 2010 To: secretary AT osme.org hi guys, here attached the report of my trip in Marsa Alam where I found the Yellow-throated Sparrow (1st record for Egypt) regards, Max ------------------------------ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: RE: hunters from the Gulf and elsewhere From: kym beirut <kymbeirut AT yahoo.es> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:27:18 +0000 (GMT) I am not surpised about your findings David.We saw several hunting parties in and around Palmyra and Deir Es Zoor this april. Large 4 wheel drives cruising across the desert sometimes accompanied by local guide vehicles. THe guys we spoke to were from Dubai but I have no doubt the Lebanese go as well as the situaution here in Lebanon is pretty atrocious. Education is of course key but rich educated peoples boredom is a different matter. Mike has had mitigated success by subverting some of his university classes with discussions  about   hunting issues but  he finds it difficult to convince young well off lebanese men (who are not all bored either) that they should care at all about the consequences of their actions. I either get angry or depressed but where possible I am still working on education and bird conservation especially through art because its a way to get people to actually SEE birds in a different light and maybe create a crack in their current perception which could lead to change. Karen Wade --- El mié, 9/6/10, David Murdoch escribió: De: David Murdoch Asunto: [MEBirdNet] RE: hunters from the Gulf and elsewhere Para: "MEBirdNet MEBirdNet" , lgreuk400 AT aol.com, "Dave Murdoch" , "Rob Sheldon" , "Ahmad Aidek" Fecha: miércoles, 9 de junio, 2010 12:37 Hunting trips from the Gulf (and probably Lebanon) have cleaned out much of the remaining wildlife in the Syrian desert (Badia); many species have declined dramatically in the last generation, notably sandgrouse, but also vultures (to extinction), Coursers, Stone Curlew.   Houbara Bustards are effectively extinct and the few wintering Great Bustards heavily persecuted. The Badia is now more or less empty of large birds.  Worst of all, there is direct evidence that Gulf hunting parties have shot Sociable Lapwings.  My personal feel is that hunting when SLs stage on migration through the area is a major reason (perhaps the major reason?) for their calamitous decline. The key is education.  In the past in other countries (including the UK), a strong hunting group has become ardent conservationists.  This has certainly happened with some hunters in the Middle East.   The key is the production of good conservation literature in people's home language (NOT English), so that everyone can access it David Murdoch To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com; wim.vader AT uit.no; breeding AT epaa-shj.gov.ae; r-jaradi AT cyberia.net.lb; misobhan AT dm.gov.ae; nick.askew AT birdlife.org; orientalbirding AT yahoogroups.com; ORNITH-L AT LISTSERV.UARK.EDU; richardporter AT dialstart.net CC: birding-aus AT vicnet.net.au; sabirdnet AT lists.ukzn.ac.za; ebn AT birdlife.fi From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:57:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Re: [EBN] Kuwait   Howard This is a subject very close to my heart and really makes my blood boil. I am delighted that you have highlighted the carnage in such a visual way. I am currently uploading your information on the Press Association Wires to get this subject global and have uploaded it to my national websites. I took matters into my own hands in Kuwait and suffered the consequences but I don't care - I shall continue to confront these killers wherever they may go. I will not let Kuwait off the hook here - action must be taken to outlaw this mindless slaughter. Those committing such attrocities are hugely wealthy and extremely well educated - the nicest people you could meet around a dinner table - but they are bored, and killing birds is what they find as entertainment. I will not run another tour to Kuwait whilst this destruction continues, not least because I am unlikely to get out alive but also because I cannot stomach seeing so many treasured bird species silenced...... Many, many thanks for taking the time to write the article Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Keep up with Lee's daily exploits on his DIARY PAGE at http://thebirdingdiariesofleeevans.blogspot.com/ Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alerts: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) _http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/_ (http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/) 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]                           _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now [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: First record of YT Sparrow in Egypt From: Massimiliano Dettori <dettori_m AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:58:02 +0000 hi Steve and thank you, I have been very lucky to see the 1st Y-T Sparrow for Egypt and tick the species in my WP list. Previously I have seen it on July 2007 in Hatta Dam, U.A.E. The bird was easily spotted because it was continuosly calling and captured my attention, the call is very like House Sparrow so at first I thought it was one of those even if I did not see any in the resort on the previous days. When I pointed my binoculars I have seen immediately the yellow throat and chestnut colour feathers on wing and recognized it. The bird was very shy but I started to imitate the call of the sparrow and it got closer to me so I could make some pics, not very sharp but at least you can see all the charateristics of the species. After a while he flew away but I had the opportunity to see it on the next day and on the 9th again in an acacia tree just outside the resort. It was also singing from the tree top, a guttural low-tone short song. As you can see from the pictures it is not in fully breeding plumage, lacks of black bill. Besides the Petronia xantocollis I was not expecting to still see migrant passerines on June in the resort, that, I have to say, with its big gardens and trees it is a perfect location to stop over during the migration. Last year in March I had my first Citrine Wagtail amonst hundreds of White and Yellow Wagtails roosting on a ficus benjamina tree in the same hotel. It worth also to mention the 2 Upcher's Warbler that I have seen in the mangroves of Marsa Hemira on June 7th. rgrds, Max To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com CC: WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com From: idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:23:25 -0700 Subject: [MEBirdNet] First record of YT Sparrow in Egypt Dear Friends, A new species have been recorde in Egypt, this week at Marsa Alam by Massimiliano Dettori. The first Yellow-throated Sparrow ( Petronia xanthocollis) for Egypt has been observed at Braica Bay (Marsa Alam). Details has been updated to http://www.birdinginegypt.com/rare-bird-alert.php and photos can be seen at http://www.birdinginegypt.com/gallery.php Also has been uploaded by Massimiliano`s to: http://www.pbase.com/max020/image/125466430 A trip report will follow soon, and I will let you know imediatelly as it will be online,. It seems that summer, can produce also huge surprises, not only the passange and wintering period. Congratulation to Max again. Your comments regarding the specimen are much apreciated. Best wishes, Steve Moldován István - 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] _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 [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: First record of YT Sparrow in Egypt From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:23:25 -0700 (PDT) Dear Friends, A new species have been recorde in Egypt, this week at Marsa Alam by Massimiliano Dettori. The first Yellow-throated Sparrow ( Petronia xanthocollis) for Egypt has been observed at Braica Bay (Marsa Alam). Details has been updated to http://www.birdinginegypt.com/rare-bird-alert.php and photos can be seen at http://www.birdinginegypt.com/gallery.php  Also has been uploaded by Massimiliano`s to: http://www.pbase.com/max020/image/125466430 A trip report will follow soon, and I will let you know imediatelly as it will be online,. It seems that summer, can produce also huge surprises, not only the passange and wintering period. Congratulation to Max again. Your comments regarding the specimen are much apreciated. Best wishes, Steve Moldován István -  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: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] Cattle Egret - data request From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:12:34 +0100 See below. Armenia, Azerbeijan, Georgia and part odf Russia is part of OSME region. Ian harrison Secretary, OSME MEbirdnet Moderator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ahmed ross Date: 12 June 2010 11:03 Subject: [WestPalBirds] Cattle Egret - data request To: westpalbirds AT yahoogroups.com I need to know the year in which Cattle Egrets first bred in the countries listed below. Please cite any references which were checked. Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Georgia Romania Russia Tunisia Cheers Ross Ahmed [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: Bad News From: Desmond Allen <dnsallen AT ukonline.co.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:29:28 +0100 shady indary wrote: > I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,We came down here to England > for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night,at the > park of the hotel where we lodged all cash,creditcards and cell were > stolen off me, thank God we have our life and passport. > I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping > issues at all,they asked us to wait for 3weeks but we can't wait till > then. Our flight leaves in less than 3hrs from now and we are having > problems settling the hotel bills. > The hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the hotel > bills.you can speak with him through this number +447024074948,or > +447024016935 his name is James Williams. we are freaked out at the moment > you can wire the money to me through westernunion all you need is > Nameon my passport and location below. > Name:Shadi IndaryLocation:60 Hyde Park Gate - Kensington London sw7 > 5bb KingdomAmount: $2,250 > I'll def refund your cash as soon as i get home. A well-known scam attempt in case any of you don't know. I have tried reporting this to the police here before, but unless someone has actually sent money and lost it, it appears there has been no crime committed and they are not very interested. [The phone numbers are, of course, mobiles, and the hotel is not named.] Des Allen London Subject: Re: Bad News From: Desmond Allen <dnsallen AT ukonline.co.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:29:28 +0100 shady indary wrote: > I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,We came down here to England > for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night,at the > park of the hotel where we lodged all cash,creditcards and cell were > stolen off me, thank God we have our life and passport. > I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping > issues at all,they asked us to wait for 3weeks but we can't wait till > then. Our flight leaves in less than 3hrs from now and we are having > problems settling the hotel bills. > The hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the hotel > bills.you can speak with him through this number +447024074948,or > +447024016935 his name is James Williams. we are freaked out at the moment > you can wire the money to me through westernunion all you need is > Nameon my passport and location below. > Name:Shadi IndaryLocation:60 Hyde Park Gate - Kensington London sw7 > 5bb KingdomAmount: $2,250 > I'll def refund your cash as soon as i get home. A well-known scam attempt in case any of you don't know. I have tried reporting this to the police here before, but unless someone has actually sent money and lost it, it appears there has been no crime committed and they are not very interested. [The phone numbers are, of course, mobiles, and the hotel is not named.] Des Allen London Subject: RE: hunters from the Gulf and elsewhere From: David Murdoch <damurdoch AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:37:30 +0000 Hunting trips from the Gulf (and probably Lebanon) have cleaned out much of the remaining wildlife in the Syrian desert (Badia); many species have declined dramatically in the last generation, notably sandgrouse, but also vultures (to extinction), Coursers, Stone Curlew. Houbara Bustards are effectively extinct and the few wintering Great Bustards heavily persecuted. The Badia is now more or less empty of large birds. Worst of all, there is direct evidence that Gulf hunting parties have shot Sociable Lapwings. My personal feel is that hunting when SLs stage on migration through the area is a major reason (perhaps the major reason?) for their calamitous decline. The key is education. In the past in other countries (including the UK), a strong hunting group has become ardent conservationists. This has certainly happened with some hunters in the Middle East. The key is the production of good conservation literature in people's home language (NOT English), so that everyone can access it David Murdoch To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com; wim.vader AT uit.no; breeding AT epaa-shj.gov.ae; r-jaradi AT cyberia.net.lb; misobhan AT dm.gov.ae; nick.askew AT birdlife.org; orientalbirding AT yahoogroups.com; ORNITH-L AT LISTSERV.UARK.EDU; richardporter AT dialstart.net CC: birding-aus AT vicnet.net.au; sabirdnet AT lists.ukzn.ac.za; ebn AT birdlife.fi From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:57:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Re: [EBN] Kuwait Howard This is a subject very close to my heart and really makes my blood boil. I am delighted that you have highlighted the carnage in such a visual way. I am currently uploading your information on the Press Association Wires to get this subject global and have uploaded it to my national websites. I took matters into my own hands in Kuwait and suffered the consequences but I don't care - I shall continue to confront these killers wherever they may go. I will not let Kuwait off the hook here - action must be taken to outlaw this mindless slaughter. Those committing such attrocities are hugely wealthy and extremely well educated - the nicest people you could meet around a dinner table - but they are bored, and killing birds is what they find as entertainment. I will not run another tour to Kuwait whilst this destruction continues, not least because I am unlikely to get out alive but also because I cannot stomach seeing so many treasured bird species silenced...... Many, many thanks for taking the time to write the article Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Keep up with Lee's daily exploits on his DIARY PAGE at http://thebirdingdiariesofleeevans.blogspot.com/ Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alerts: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) _http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/_ (http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/) 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] _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:04:24 +0300 Killing Fields The article on Kuwait was not written by myself it was submitted to me by a Kuwait based birder - I am from Wales but based in the Kingdom of Bahrain were thankfully shooting is the least of our problems - I/we choose to publish the article through my Hawar-Island web pages to deliver the message independently to a wider world and maintain the safety of those involved =============================== www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.com To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request AT vicnet.net.au =============================== Subject: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:04:24 +0300 Killing Fields The article on Kuwait was not written by myself it was submitted to me by a Kuwait based birder - I am from Wales but based in the Kingdom of Bahrain were thankfully shooting is the least of our problems - I/we choose to publish the article through my Hawar-Island web pages to deliver the message independently to a wider world and maintain the safety of those involved Subject: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:04:24 +0300 Killing Fields The article on Kuwait was not written by myself it was submitted to me by a Kuwait based birder - I am from Wales but based in the Kingdom of Bahrain were thankfully shooting is the least of our problems - I/we choose to publish the article through my Hawar-Island web pages to deliver the message independently to a wider world and maintain the safety of those involved Subject: Latest Issue of Sandgrouse From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:40:57 -0000 Dear subscriber The latest issue of Sandgrouse, the Journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia (OSME) - Volume 32,1 (2010) - was published recently and has been mailed to members on the current OSME membership list. If you have not renewed your membership you will not receive this issue! Please note also that if you have not renewed your membership at the new rates, you will not receive the next copy (32,2) If you wish to receive this copy of Sandgrouse or if you are interested in getting future issues, please contact the Treasurer at treasurer AT osme.org, or join online at www.osme.org The List of Contents is given below. Sandgrouse Volume 32 (1) 2010 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus preying on White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus in Egypt. Attila D Sándor & István Moldován Migration of harriers and other raptors at Ashura Deh, Iran, April 2008. Magnus Ullman & Mattias Ullman Notes on nest and breeding of Afghan Snowfinch Pyrgilauda theresae, Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. Simon Busuttil, Raffael Ayé & Chris Shank Rare birds (Streptopelia roseogrisea, Caprimulgus europaeus unwini, Iduna rama, Acrocephalus agricola) at Eilat's ringing station, Israel, autumn 2008. Noam Weiss & Reuven Yosef Spring migration of soaring birds over the Bosphorus, Turkey, in 2006. Özkan Üner, Kerem Ali Boyla, Ergün Bacak, Ertuðrul Birel, Ýlhan Çelikoba, Cem Dalyan, Evrim Tabur, Ümit Yardým Probable breeding of the Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca on Cyprus. Christoph Randler & Alan Crabtree First record of Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris in Iran and the Middle East. Saeed Cheraghi & Mohammad Tohidifar Status of East Siberian Wagtail Motacilla (alba) ocularis in Kazakhstan. Arend Wassink Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel new to Yemen. Simon Aspinall & David Stanton Studies of Socotran birds V. On the validity of Anthus similis sokotrae and a few remarks on Arabian and north-east African populations of Long-billed Pipit A. similis. Guy M Kirwan & Andrew Grieve Observations on the Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae in Yemen, May 2009. Werner Müller First record of White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus in Saudi Arabia. Graham R Lobley & Philip Roberts Observation of tool use by an Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus on Socotra, Yemen. RF Porter Observation of a large flock of Sociable Lapwings Vanellus gregarius in southeast Egypt. Attila D Sándor, Cristian Domþa & István Moldován Bird Sites of the OSME Region 6—Birding the Palmyra area, Syria. DA Murdoch Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME secretary AT osme.org Subject: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:28 +0300 At the request of Birders in Kuwait I have put up another article from there called The Killing Fields of Kuwait on my pages under (environmental) News see http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/20_stub.php Howard King =============================== www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.com To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request AT vicnet.net.au =============================== Subject: Re: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:57:03 EDT Howard This is a subject very close to my heart and really makes my blood boil. I am delighted that you have highlighted the carnage in such a visual way. I am currently uploading your information on the Press Association Wires to get this subject global and have uploaded it to my national websites. I took matters into my own hands in Kuwait and suffered the consequences but I don't care - I shall continue to confront these killers wherever they may go. I will not let Kuwait off the hook here - action must be taken to outlaw this mindless slaughter. Those committing such attrocities are hugely wealthy and extremely well educated - the nicest people you could meet around a dinner table - but they are bored, and killing birds is what they find as entertainment. I will not run another tour to Kuwait whilst this destruction continues, not least because I am unlikely to get out alive but also because I cannot stomach seeing so many treasured bird species silenced...... Many, many thanks for taking the time to write the article Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Keep up with Lee's daily exploits on his DIARY PAGE at http://thebirdingdiariesofleeevans.blogspot.com/ Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alerts: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) _http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/_ (http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/) 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: Re: [MEBirdNet] Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:57:03 EDT Howard This is a subject very close to my heart and really makes my blood boil. I am delighted that you have highlighted the carnage in such a visual way. I am currently uploading your information on the Press Association Wires to get this subject global and have uploaded it to my national websites. I took matters into my own hands in Kuwait and suffered the consequences but I don't care - I shall continue to confront these killers wherever they may go. I will not let Kuwait off the hook here - action must be taken to outlaw this mindless slaughter. Those committing such attrocities are hugely wealthy and extremely well educated - the nicest people you could meet around a dinner table - but they are bored, and killing birds is what they find as entertainment. I will not run another tour to Kuwait whilst this destruction continues, not least because I am unlikely to get out alive but also because I cannot stomach seeing so many treasured bird species silenced...... Many, many thanks for taking the time to write the article Very best wishes Lee G R Evans British Birding Association UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist Keep up with Lee's daily exploits on his DIARY PAGE at http://thebirdingdiariesofleeevans.blogspot.com/ Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) Rare Bird Alerts: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) _http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/_ (http://rarebirdsinbritain.blogspot.com/) 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: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:28 +0300 At the request of Birders in Kuwait I have put up another article from there called The Killing Fields of Kuwait on my pages under (environmental) News see http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/20_stub.php Howard King Subject: Re: [EBN] Kuwait From: howardk <howardk AT batelco.com.bh> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:28 +0300 At the request of Birders in Kuwait I have put up another article from there called The Killing Fields of Kuwait on my pages under (environmental) News see http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/20_stub.php Howard King Subject: OSME SUMMER MEETING From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:42:29 -0000 OSME Summer Meeting Dear all This is a reminder that OSME's Summer Meeting & AGM will be held at The British Trust for Ornithology in Thetford on Saturday 10 July - starting at 11.00. Coffee/tea will be served from 10.00. This year we have a very exciting programme of presentations with a wide geographical spread - Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan. This is the first time we will have an OSME Vice-President - Azzam Alwash from Nature Iraq - making a presentation. We will also have some more detailed information on the 2009 discovery of Large-billed Reed Warbler by Raffael Ayé & Manuel Schweizer in Tajikistan - before this is published in the literature. The difficulties facing conservation and birding in Afghanistan is dealt with by Simon Busuttil while IBAs in Central Asia in general are described by Geoff Welch. Finally, Graham Lobley will talk about another under-birded country, Saudi Arabia. (Please note that the Provisional Programme being sent out with the latest issue of Sandgrouse is slightly different to the final one below.) We plan again to hold a dinner after the Meeting - at Watton's Restaurant in Thetford which is opening specially for us. Could you please let me know if you are planning to come so I can let them know numbers. I will send the Menu for those people who sign up so you can make choices. PROGRAMME 11.00 Introduction – Geoff Welch, Chairman 11.15 Afghanistan - Birding and Conservation in a (post) Conflict Situation. Simon Busuttil 12.00 Large-billed Reed Warbler in Tajikistan Raffael Ayé & Manuel Schweizer 12.45 Lunch break A range of sandwiches and drinks will be available 13.45 32nd Annual General Meeting 14.15 Conservation Issues in Iraq* Azzam Alwash 15.00 Short break 15.15 Birding Saudi Arabia *Graham Lobley 16.00 Important Bird Areas in Central Asia – Geoff Welch 16.45 Drawing of raffle and closing remarks. 17.00 Close of meeting We have arranged a dinner at Watton's Restaurant in Thetford after the meeting. We hope you will be able to join us at this social occasion. Please let Ian Harrison know on 01545 571022 or by email at ianbirds AT gmail.com – from whom further details can also be obtained. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME Subject: Tomas Syria trip report From: David Murdoch <damurdoch AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:02:33 +0000 Thanks Read through it and enjoyed very much My trip summary on the way soon Dave PS I wish the Brits were as open to new places as you guys! To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; egybirdgroup AT yahoogroups.com From: tomasharaldsson AT hotmail.com Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 19:00:04 +0200 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Syria & Egypt trip reports on updated website Hi all, I have updated my website and the latest version contains the trip reports from Syria and Egypt, both trips in April this year. There are also some fresh photos, video clips of some of the rarities, some new links and other stuff from the region. See www.tomasharaldsson.se /Tomas __________________________________________________________ Vårfina smileys till Messenger här! http://springpack.msn.se [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now [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: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:48:46 +0200 Hi Thierry and all Thank you very much. With the special dance you can compare and I have photos for juv. Many places in my area unknown need more survey and may be find many surprises. Thanks 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 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: tbara AT free.fr Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 19:19:21 +0000 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS Well, interesting ! Yousef, if you can see it again and possibly take pictures of it, it will be very instructive. Thierry --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > Hi Thierry and all > Thank you very much > > Yes; this is right but I sure the species is Black Wheatear and I confirm with 2 referances as :Bird guide for Killian and .... > > and Birds of the middle east for Porter and S7P7Hansen > > Thank you again > > 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 ... > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > Member of Global Owl Project > > > > > > > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: tbara AT ... > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:21:17 +0000 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS > > > > > > Hi Youssef, > > You've written : "Black Wheatear( first time in SRS)". > > The normal range of the Black Wheatear is in Western Mediterranean. So this record is very surprising. > Are you sure it was not the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear ? This form is very similar to the Black Wheatear. There is a good picture of the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear in the "Field guide to the birds of the Middle East" (Porter, CHristensen and al.). > > Best regards > Thierry > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > > > > Dear all > > Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). > > Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck's Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. > > Cheers -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 > > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > > Member of Global Owl Project > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: "thierry_bara" <tbara AT free.fr> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 19:19:21 -0000 Well, interesting ! Yousef, if you can see it again and possibly take pictures of it, it will be very instructive. Thierry --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > Hi Thierry and all > Thank you very much > > Yes; this is right but I sure the species is Black Wheatear and I confirm with 2 referances as :Bird guide for Killian and .... > > and Birds of the middle east for Porter and S7P7Hansen > > Thank you again > > 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 ... > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > Member of Global Owl Project > > > > > > > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: tbara AT ... > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:21:17 +0000 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS > > > > > > Hi Youssef, > > You've written : "Black Wheatear( first time in SRS)". > > The normal range of the Black Wheatear is in Western Mediterranean. So this record is very surprising. > Are you sure it was not the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear ? This form is very similar to the Black Wheatear. There is a good picture of the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear in the "Field guide to the birds of the Middle East" (Porter, CHristensen and al.). > > Best regards > Thierry > > --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > > > > Dear all > > Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). > > Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck's Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. > > Cheers -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 > > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > > Member of Global Owl Project > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Subject: RE: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: "Avner Cohen" <AvnerCo AT fundtech.co.il> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 09:10:54 +0300 Another option is the Black Morph or Eastern Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe picata). We recently had a photographed record in Israel that is still remained unidentified: http://nubijar.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-images-of-wheatear.html Regards, Avner Cohen Office: 972-9-9590537 Cell: 972-52-6116537 -----Original Message----- From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Yousef Ali Alzaoby Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 6:28 AM To: MEBirdNET Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS Hi Thierry and all Thank you very much Yes; this is right but I sure the species is Black Wheatear and I confirm with 2 referances as :Bird guide for Killian and .... and Birds of the middle east for Porter and S7P7Hansen Thank you again 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 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: tbara AT free.fr Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:21:17 +0000 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS Hi Youssef, You've written : "Black Wheatear( first time in SRS)". The normal range of the Black Wheatear is in Western Mediterranean. So this record is very surprising. Are you sure it was not the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear ? This form is very similar to the Black Wheatear. There is a good picture of the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear in the "Field guide to the birds of the Middle East" (Porter, CHristensen and al.). Best regards Thierry --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > Dear all > Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). > Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck's Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. > Cheers -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 ... > Syria - Dara'a - Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance > bird guide Member of Global Owl Project > > > __________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. 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 Subject: RE: Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 05:27:40 +0200 Hi Thierry and all Thank you very much Yes; this is right but I sure the species is Black Wheatear and I confirm with 2 referances as :Bird guide for Killian and .... and Birds of the middle east for Porter and S7P7Hansen Thank you again 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 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: tbara AT free.fr Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:21:17 +0000 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Re: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS Hi Youssef, You've written : "Black Wheatear( first time in SRS)". The normal range of the Black Wheatear is in Western Mediterranean. So this record is very surprising. Are you sure it was not the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear ? This form is very similar to the Black Wheatear. There is a good picture of the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear in the "Field guide to the birds of the Middle East" (Porter, CHristensen and al.). Best regards Thierry --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > Dear all > Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). > Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck's Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. > Cheers -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 ... > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > Member of Global Owl Project > > > __________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. 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: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: "thierry_bara" <tbara AT free.fr> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:21:17 -0000 Hi Youssef, You've written : "Black Wheatear( first time in SRS)". The normal range of the Black Wheatear is in Western Mediterranean. So this record is very surprising. Are you sure it was not the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear ? This form is very similar to the Black Wheatear. There is a good picture of the black morph of the Mourning Wheatear in the "Field guide to the birds of the Middle East" (Porter, CHristensen and al.). Best regards Thierry --- In MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com, Yousef Ali Alzaoby wrote: > > > Dear all > Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). > Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck's Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. > Cheers -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 ... > Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ > Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide > Member of Global Owl Project > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Subject: NEW TRIP SIGHTINGS of SRS From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 08:02:27 +0200 Dear all Please enjoy with the new species discovered in last week of last trip to the far desert including some rains marshes in my area: southern region of Syria (SRS). Black Wheatear( first time in SRS) ; (House & Spanish) Sparrow ; Palm Dove ; Masked Shrike; Crested Lark ; Lesser short-toed Lark ; Temminck’s Lark ; Desert Finch ; Thrush Nightingale ; Rock Pipit ; Grey-necked Bunting ; Barn Swallow ; Desert Sparrow (second time in SRS) ; Short-toed Lark ; Desert Wheatear ; Desert Lark ; Bar-tailed Lark ; Wood Lark ; Bimaculated Lark ; Night Heron ; Chukar ; Lesser grey Shrike ; Cream-colored Cursor ; Trumpeter Finch ; Namaqua Dove ; Squacco Heron ; mourning Wheatear ; Black-winged Stilt ; Marsh Sandpiper ; Tawny Pipit. Cheers -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: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. 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! 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See www.tomasharaldsson.se /Tomas _________________________________________________________________ Vårfina smileys till Messenger här! http://springpack.msn.se [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: TOC of PODOCES 4(2) From: mudhafar salim <mudhafarsalim AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 09:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Thank you very much Abolghasem for your effort towards regional conservation ..  I do appreciate that !  Also I would like to congratulate you and your kind friends in PODOCES for your hard work in making it better and better ..   Warmest regards   Mudhafar A. Salim Head of Bird Devision Nature Iraq mudhafar.salim AT natureiraq.org + 964 (0) 7707 220 188 --- On Sat, 5/29/10, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh wrote: From: Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh Subject: [MEBirdNet] TOC of PODOCES 4(2) To: westpalbirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Mebirdnet OSME" , aliabadian AT yahoo.com, elchin_sultanov AT aos.az, "Behrouz Behrouzirad" , "arif km" , "ashraf ali hosseini" , "Mohammad Naeem Awan" , "Mohammad Tohidifar" , "Ismaeil Alizadeh" , "Prof. Murat Biricik" , "Mike Blair" , "Mohammad Kaboli" , "Dr Max Kasparek" , "Dr Sergey Bukreev" , "recep karakas" , "Dr Jamshid Mansoori" , "Dr Taej Mundkur" , "Dr Sajid Nadeem" , "Dr Boris Nikolov" , "Dr Adwan SHEHAB" , "hamid amini" , "Bahram Kiabi" , "Mohammad ebrahim Sehhati Sehhati" , "Jevgeni Shergalin" , "Ellen Vuosalo" , "Dr Karami" , "Magnus Ullman" , "Dr Sasan Fereidouni" Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 1:26 PM   Dear All I'm annoucing TOC of the latest issue of PODOCES. I'm regret to release so late of this issue due to some problems. But I'm very appreciated to all contributors (authors, reviewers, editors). I hope PDF version of this issue will be uploaded during the next days. However I will try to publish the next issues on time. ---------------------------- *PAPERS 71–44* Comparison of morpho-skeletal characteristics (using standardised criteria sets) of the Great Tit *Parus major* (Linnaeus 1758) in three Iranian populations (Mashhad, Noor and Hamedan)- T. ARBABI, M. ALIABADIAN & A. KHALEGHIZADEH 71 Distribution and number of herons (Ardeidae), White Stork *Ciconia ciconia *and Greater Flamingo *Phoenicopterus roseus *at their main wintering sites in the Azerbaijan Republic – E.H. SULTANOV & A.F. JABBAROVA 81 Waterbird populations during dry and wet years in the Hamoun Wetlands Complex, Iran/Afghanistan border – B. BEHROUZI-RAD 88 Some aspects of feeding ecology of the Lesser Sand Plover *Chardrius mongolus *in three different zones in the Kadalundy Estuary, Kerala, South India – A. KUNNADKKUM MUHAMMAD 100 Effects of sunflower cultivars and different sowing dates on the damage rate caused by birds, in particular House Sparrow *Passer domesticus­* – E. ALIZADEH 108 *SHORT COMMUNICATIONS 115**–129*** The first record of the Amur Falcon *Falco amurensis* from Iran – M.P. LANTSHEER, R. VERMOOLEN, A.A. HOSEINI & H. ASKARI 115 Changes to the Checklist of the Birds of Muzaffarabad City, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan- M.N. AWAN, S.M. RAFIQUE & M.I. CHAUDRY 117 Observations on breeding birds of Meyghan wetland and adjacent areas, Markazi Province, west-central Iran – M. TOHIDIFAR, M. KABOLI, M. KARAMI & M.B. SADOUGH 124 ---------------------------- With best regards, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh Editor of PODOCES [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]