Acrocephalus 23 (115): 193 – 202, 2002
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smeri SSZ. Savcem najbli`ja gnezdi{~a planinskih kavk v
Sloveniji so na zahodnem robu Kamni{ko-Savinjskih Alp in
v Karavankah (Peca) oddaljena 105 km [Geister, I. (1995):
Ornitolo{ki atlas Slovenije, DZS, Ljubljana] in v Avstriji v
Apneni{kih Alpah (Kalkalpen) nad Leobnom na avstrijskem
{tajerskem oddaljena okoli 135 km  [Sackl, P. & O.
Samwald (1997): Atlas der Brutvögel der Steiermark.
BirdLife Österreich – Landesgruppe Steiermark &
Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz]. Po
mojem vedenju gre za edino subpanonsko opazovanje vrste
v Sloveniji.
Borut [tumberger, SI-2282 Cirkulane 41, Slovenia, e-mail:
stumberger@siol.net
Croatia / Hrva{ka
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Ploskokljunec – prvi podatek za Kopa~ki rit (UTM
CR35, V Hrva{ka); ve~ opazovanj med 14.8.2002 in
8.9.2002, ko sta bila opazovana 2 osebka
On August 14th, 2002, we observed four Broad-billed
Sandpipers at Podunavlje fishponds, Kopa~ki rit Nature
Park. They we actively foraging in the ponds’ muddy
substrate, together with 12 Little Stints Calidris minuta,
three Curlew Sandpipers C. ferruginea, and one Sanderling
C. alba. Comparing the Broad-billed Sandpipers with other
similar-looking Calidris waders at close distance helped us
in their accurate identification. One Broad-billed Sandpiper
was subsequently seen at the same location on August 23rd,
26th, 29th and 31st. Finally, two birds were seen at same
location on September 8th. Broad-billed Sandpipers are rare
visitors to Croatia; they are mainly seen along the Adriatic
coast [Kralj, J. (1997): Croatian ornithofauna in the last
200 years. Larus 46: 1-112]. Apparently, there is only one
record of this species from the continental part of the
country, i. e. from Ormo` on August 18th, 1981 [Kralj
(1997), [tumberger, B. (1983): Ploskokljuni prodnik
Limicola falcinellus. Acrocephalus 4 (17-18): 31]. As this
species has never been recorded at Kopa~ki rit during some
150 years of its ornithological research, the above
observations are the first records of this species for the area.
Alma Mikuska & Jozsef Mikuska, Department of Biology, University of
Osijek, L. Jagera 9, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia, e-mail:
almaogresevic@yahoo.com & Tibor Mikuska, Kopa~ki rit Nature Park
Management Office, Ul. Petefi Sandora 33, HR-31327 Bilje, Croatia, e-mail:
tmikuska@pedos.hr
Velika uharica Bubo bubo
Eagle Owl – two records from S Dalmatia: on April
28th, 1999, a male was found dead on the road near
Pri`ba on Kor~ula Island (UTM XH45, S Dalmatia); on
April 30th, 1999, 1 ex. was observed on Mt. Sv. Ilija on
Pelje{ac Peninsula, when sleeping in a dense pine forest
V vasi Pri`ba na Kor~uli sva 28.4.1999 ob cesti na{la
povo`eno veliko uharico, samca. Na Kor~uli bi utegnila celo
gnezditi, na primer v steni ob stari cesti proti Pupnatski luki,
kjer sicer gnezdi sokol selec Falco peregrinus. Stena je
strukturirana, s {tevilnimi votlinami in razpokami, visoka
pribli`no 50 metrov in nedostopna. Dva dni kasneje,
30.4.1999, sva veliko uharico opazovala tik pod najvi{jim
vrhom Pelje{ca, Svetim Ilijo. Nehote sva jo spla{ila pri
dnevnem po~itku v gostem borovju. Velika uharica je na
Hrva{kem znana kot gnezdilka in stalnica Primorja,
Dalmacije in Gorate Hrva{ke [Kralj, J. (1997): Ornitofauna
Hrvatske tijekom poslednjih dvjesto godina. Larus 46: 1-
112].
Damijan in Katarina Denac, Gorki~eva 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, 
e-mail: katarina.senegacnik@guest.arnes.si
Lesna sova Strix aluco
Tawny Owl – a floating cadaver observed on
September 15th, 2002, from ferryboat in the sea near
Pelje{ac Peninsula some 600 m off the coast (UTM
XH86, S Dalmatia, Croatia): rare record from
Dalmatia and the first for Pelje{ac Peninsula
Dne 15.9.2002 smo se s prijatelji odpravili v Dalmacijo.
Bilo je `e pozno popoldne, ko smo se vkrcali na trajekt
(Plo~e–Trpanj), ki povezuje celino s severnim delom
polotoka Pelje{ac. Kmalu po izplutju je za~elo rositi, takoj
izza rta je potegnil mo~an severozahodnik. V zmerno
vzvalovanem morju smo pribli`no 600 m od obale, s krova
trajekta, med valovi, ki so prav tako kot veter prihajali s
severozahoda, opazili v morju neko pernato »gmoto«, s
hrbtnim delom navzgor. Izkazalo se je, da gre za kadaver
lesne sove. V Dalmaciji je lesna sova sicer redka ptica
[Kralj, J. (1997): Ornitofauna Hrvatske tijekom poslednjih
dvjesto godina. Larus 46: 1-112]. Znana sta namre~ le dva
zimska podatka, in sicer 2.2.1955 in 9.1.1957 iz bli`nje
okolice Metkovi~a [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale
Jadrana. Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo
razvitka i obnove, Zagreb], medtem ko s polotoka Pelje{ac
ni podatka. 
Tina Eler{ek, Nacionalni in{titut za biologijo, Ve~na pot 111, SI-1001
Ljubljana, Slovenija, e-mail: tina.elersek@nib.si 
Srednji detel Dendrocopos medius
Middle Spotted Woodpecker – first observation on
Pelje{ac Peninsula (UTM YH24, S Dalmatia) on
October 12th, 2000, in a poplar plantation at Ston
Potem ko sem se dodobra nagledal dveh pritlikavih
kormoranov Phalacrocorax pygmaeus, ki sta nepla{no
statirala na dveh koli~kih v Stonskem kanalu na Pelje{cu,
sem zavil {e pogledat, kaj se godi med topoli za obzidjem
tega prijaznega srednjeve{kega mesteca. O koloniji
travni{kih vrabcev Passer hispaniolensis, ki spomladi z