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this note went to the Medvedce reservoir SE of Pragersko
(NE Slovenia) to count birds. While counting ducks, we
spotted a female Smew Mergellus albellus on the other side
of the reservoir, from where it suddenly took off. I followed
it as long as possible. A few moments later I noticed a
strange silhouette in the air, and with the aid of my
binoculars I realised that the Smew had just been caught by
a Peregrine Falcon. It landed in a nearby field, where he
killed the Smew, removed its feathers and began to gorge
on it. We saw that it was an immature Peregrine Falcon.
Full of excitement we left it alone with its lunch. The
Peregrine Falcon’s diet has not been researched so far in
Slovenia, but according to Glutz von Blotzheim &
Bauer [Glutz von Blotzheim, U.N., K. Bauer & E.
Bezzel (1971): Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas. Bd. 4.
Akadem. Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden] the Anatidae
ducks can constitute up to 1% of its diet, sometimes even
up to 20%.
Dejan Bordjan, Ul. 8.februarja 50, SI-2204 Miklav` na Dravskem polju,
Slovenija, e-mail: dejanonih@email.si
Sokol selec Falco peregrinus
Peregrine Falcon – two individuals observed near
Vrbje fishpond (NE Slovenia) on June 26th 2001
Dne 26.6.2001 sva se s prijateljem Sandijem odpravila na
ribnik Vrbje. @e pred prihodom sva na cesti opazila divjo
grlico Streptopelia turtur, ki se je prehranjevala z zrnjem,
raztresenem po cesti. Ko sva pri{la do ribnika, sva si najprej
ogledala ptice, plavajo~e na vodi. Na{tela sva okoli 100 lisk
Fulica atra in 10 zelenonogih tukalic Gallinula chloropus. Na
nebu sva videla nekaj sivih vran Corvus corone cornix, kanj
Buteo buteo in postovko Falco tinnuncullus. Nad ribnik sta
kmalu priletela tudi dva (2) sokola selca. Dvajset minut sta v
zraku uganjala bliskovite manevre. Domnevam, da bi lahko
gnezdila v opu{~enem kamnolomu nekaj kilometrov stran.
Primo` Sedminek, Podlog 33a, SI-3311 [empeter, Slovenija
Moko` Rallus aquaticus
Water Rail – calls of a single individual heard on June
14th and 16th 1998 at Mali Plac near Bevke
(Ljubljansko barje, C Slovenia); according to the
habitat and the available data, the author suspects that
the Water Rail could have bred in the area.
Med nabiranjem herbarija sem 14. in 16.6.1998 na
Malem placu pri Bevkah sli{ala kruljenje moko`a. Mali
plac je ostanek nekdaj obse`nej{ega visokega barja in je
sedaj v veliki meri porasel z vodnimi in mo~virskimi
rastlinami (vodna perunika Iris pseudacorus, {irokolistni
rogoz Typha latifolia, {a{i Carex spp., lo~ki Juncus spp., le~e
Lens sp., pokon~ni je`ek Sparganium erectum, ipd.), med
katerimi so si spletle gnezda {tevilne mlakarice Anas
platyrhynchos, mali ponirki Tachybaptus ruficollis in
zelenonoge tukalice Gallinula chloropus. Pravega {oti{~a z
rosikami Drosera spp., munci Eriophorum spp. in
mahovnicami Oxycoccus spp. je le {e za vzorec, saj vanj
silijo krhlike Frangula alnus in breze Betula pendula. Glede
na datum in primerni, razmeroma mirni habitat je seveda
mo`na tudi moko`ova gnezditev.
Katarina Denac, Gorki~eva 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, e-mail:
katarina.senegacnik@guest.arnes.si
Grahasta tukalica Porzana porzana
Spotted Crake – observation of a single individual on
Bajer pond near Zalo{~e (SW Slovenia), August 27th
2001 
Bil je 27.8.2001, ko sem se zjutraj ob 7.00 uri odpravil k
tako imenovanemu Bajerju pri Zalo{~ah. Upal sem, da bom
lahko spet opazoval kozico Gallinago gallinago, ki sva jo dan
prej tu videla s Toma`em Bercetom, vendar se mi je
nasmehnila druga sre~a. Imel sem prilo`nost opazovati
grahasto tukalico. Sprva sem pomislil, da opazujem
mladostni osebek zelenonoge tukalice, ki jih je v Bajerju
kakih 4 do 5, a ptica je bila preve~ temno obarvana.
Podrepje je bilo v celoti bele barve, medtem ko ima
zelenonoga tukalica bele barve le v obliki polkroga. Grahasta
tukalica je bila verjetno le na selitvi, kajti prej je tod {e nisem
opazil, vendar pa gnezditev tudi ni izklju~ena. Podatek je
zanimiv, saj atlas gnezdilk [Geister, I. (1995): Ornitolo{ki
atlas Slovenije. DZS, Ljubljana] grahaste tukalice kot
gnezdilke za JZ Slovenijo ne omenja.
Erik [inigoj, [inigojska ul. 5, SI-5294 Dornberk, Slovenija
Sloka Scolopax rusticola
Woodcock – spring and autumn observations in a
continuous Dinaric beech forest with fir Omphalodo-
Fagetum s. lat. on Mt. Krim (C Slovenia). In spring
(March 29th 1997), one individual was observed flying
over a small clearing at an altitude of 780 m a.s.l. In
the autumn (November 2nd 2000), two ex. were
frightened away at 760 and 940 m a.s.l. in a
continuous forest habitat. 
O sloki slovenski ornitologi ne vemo kaj dosti, predvsem
zaradi njenega skoraj neopaznega na~ina `ivljenja. Medtem
ko smo se, ve~inoma po zaslugi Petra Trontlja, nekako
spoznali z odkrivanjem sloke v gnezditvenem obdobju,
teritorialnimi leti samcev v mraku, pa nam je selitveno
obdobje {e vedno tuje. O jesenskem pojavljanju sloke na
selitvi so ve~ino podatkov v preteklih obdobjih zbrali lovci
[Sovinc, A. (1994): Zimski ornitolo{ki atlas. Tehni{ka
zalo`ba Slovenije, Ljubljana], sicer pa ve~ina ornitolo{kih
opa`anj zadeva le naklju~na sre~anja. Jeseni se z Daretom
Fekonjo navadno odpraviva pregledovat gnezdilnice po
Krimskem hribovju. Tako je bilo tudi 2. 11. 2000.
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Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook
Presene~enje naju je ~akalo na Krimu, saj sva v eni izmed
gnezdilnic za koza~o Strix uralensis naletela na koza~ina
peresa, medtem ko je vhod druge, ta je bila namenjena
koconogemu ~uku, zazidal brglez Sitta europaea. Med
pregledovanjem gnezdilnic sva na dveh mestih spla{ila sloko.
Prvi~ na nadmorski vi{ini 760 m, drugi~ na 940 m, obakrat
v strnjenem bukovem gozdu z jelko Omphalodo-Fagetum s.
lat. Sloke, ki jih poznamo kot gnezdilko vla`nih gozdov
[Geister, I. (1995): Ornitolo{ki atlas Slovenije. DZS,
Ljubljana], na seltvi o~itno zaidejo tudi v vi{e le`e~e dinarske
gozdove, kjer je prst dovolj mehka za njihov na~in
prehranjevanja. Ali v tem okolju tudi gnezdi, pa ni znano. V
tej povezavi je zanimiv tudi podatek o ve~ernem opazovanju
sloke 29.3.1997, ko se je osebek spreletel nad manj{o
poseko v bli`ini hriba Strmec na nadmorski vi{ini okoli 780
m. Sklepam, da je Krim pomembna postaja tudi na
spomladanski selitvi teh ptic.
Al Vrezec, Pra`akova 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, e-mail: al.vrezec@uni-lj.si
Rjavi galeb Larus fuscus
Lesser Black–backed Gull – 1 ad. at Medvedce
reservoir on May 1st 2002 SE of Pragersko (NE
Slovenia) 
Skupaj z Nado Labus in Cvetko Markholt smo se dne
1.5.2002 odpeljali na Medvedce JV od Pragerskega
pre{tevat vodne ptice. Bili smo sredi pogovora, ko sem v
zraku opazil nekaj ve~jega in svetlega. V pri~akovanju
rumenonogega galeba sem pogledal proti ptici. Galeb je
vsekakor bil, vendar je imel zgornjo stran peruti skoraj ~rno
in glede na velikost ni mogel biti kaj drugega kot odrasel
osebek rjavega galeba. Vsi smo ga tega dne prvi~ videli, zato
smo si ga ogledali {e posebej natan~no. Galeb je samo
zdolgo~aseno dvakrat zakro`il nad nami in odjadral proti
jugu. 
Dejan Bordjan, Ul.8.februarja 50, SI-2204 Miklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Koza~a – v gnezdilnici na Krimu smo 11.6.2002 na{li
vale~o samico na treh jajcih. Z metodo 24-urnega
snemanja z IR kamero smo `eleli registrirali prinose
hrane mladi~em. Opravili smo dva snemalna dneva.
1.7.2002 je okoli 21.40 priletela samica, 4.7.2002 pa
je gnezdilnico ob 21.00 obiskal par. Obakrat je bila
gnezdilnica obiskana le enkrat v no~i. 8.7.2002 smo
pogledali vanjo in ugotovili, da je gnezdo propadlo.
Kljub temu pa je par {e vedno obiskoval in nadzoroval
gnezdilni prostor.
In Slovenia, the Ural Owl breeds in nest boxes very rarely,
for in spite of a number of boxes placed in the forests in
which this species breeds with certainty, only a single case of
box nesting has been established so far, i.e. on Mt. Kum
[Bo`i~, I.A. (2000): Ural Owl Strix uralensis. Acrocephalus
21 (98-99): 95]. In 1997, three nest boxes were placed on
Mt. Krim near Ljubljana for this bird. Although periodically
checked, no breeding was confirmed in them. In 2002,
however, a Ural Owl’s nest was discovered in a nest box near
Srednji hrib on Mt. Krim at an altitude of 800 m in the
standing growth of Omphalodo-Fagetum s. lat. within
otherwise dominant forest association. In the box placed on
a beech Fagus sylvatica some eight metres from the ground
we found, on June 11th 2002, a female sitting on three eggs. 
Towards the evening of the same day, a male and a female
were heard calling near the box, which is quite characteristic
of these birds during the incubation period [Lundberg, A.
(1980): Vocalizations and courtship feeding of the Ural Owl
Strix uralensis. Ornis Scandinavica 11: 65-70]. In the next
10 days, we periodically monitored the events in the box
without disturbing the brooding female. The eggs and the
female were observed for the last time on June 24th 2002. In
order to evaluate the Ural Owl’s activities, we wished to
monitor the events around the nest box and to register the
male and the female bringing food to their young. To avoid
the disturbing factor of human presence, which could
possibly affect the birds’ activities, we opted for the method
of 24hour shooting with IR film camera, placing it some six
metres from the box to cover its entrance as well as the
nearest branch (see photograph). The first trial shooting
took place on June 27th 2002, but to our surprise no Ural
Owl appeared at the nest box. At 21.40 hrs of July 1st,
however, the female landed on the box’s opening, stuck her
head inside for some 10 seconds, continuously calling at the
same time. We were surprised, however, that in the ensuing
hours the box was not revisited. 
On July 7th 2002, the shooting was repeated, and at about
21.00 hrs the male and the female appeared at the box. The
female again stuck her head into the opening and then flew
away, and a few minutes later the male looked into it as well
(see photograph). The entire visit lasted about five minutes,
the only one in that particular night. We presumed that
there were just hatched young in the box, which would
mean that the frequency of food being brought to the box
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