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Pomislil sem na kak{nega malega glodalca in velel Dejanu, ki 
je stal v bli`ini {opa, naj bo pri miru. ̂ ez nekaj ~asa je temna 
kepica vnovi~ pokukala iz {opa in ugotovil sem, da gre za 
eno izmed manj{ih tukalic. Seveda sem imel pripravljeno 
digiskopijo in uspelo mi je narediti enajst posnetkov te ptice. 
Kljun je bil zelene barve, baza pa rde~a, kar je bil zanesljivo 
znamenje, da gre za malo tukalico. Pritlikava tukalica 
Porzana pusilla, ki je izredno redka in mali podobna, ima v 
spomladanskem ~asu kljun zelene barve in brez rde~e baze 
(glej sliko).
Dare [ere, Langusova 10, SI−1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, e−mail: 
dsere@pms-lj.si 
Knot Calidris canutus 
Veliki prodnik – en osebek opa`en 3.9.2005 v 
obmo~ju Stonskih solin (UTM BN62, J Dalmacija, 
Hrva{ka) med hranjenjem v dru`bi dveh srpokljunih 
prodnikov Calidris ferruginea
During my visit to the Ston saltpans (UTM BN62, S 
Dalmacija, Croatia) on 3 Sep 2005, a specimen of Knot was 
noticed. The bird was feeding on the wet, muddy surface 
together with two Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea. 
This is a rare visitor to the coastal region of Croatia during the 
autumn �Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale Jadrana. 
– Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo razvitka i 
obnove, Zagreb�. During that day, the following birds were 
noticed in addition to the mentioned species whilst feeding: 
three Greenshanks Tringa nebularia, three Ringed Plovers 
Charadrius hiaticula, one Little Ringed Plover Charadrius 
dubius, one Little Stint Calidris minuta, two Little Egrets 
Egretta garzetta, six Grey Herons Ardea cinerea and one 
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus.
Dubravko Dender, Od [kara 4, HR−20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia, e−mail: 
dubravko_dender@yahoo.com
Zlatovranka Coracias garrulus
Roller − an adult spotted on 1 Aug 2005 sitting on 
a Tamarix Tamarix sp. bush in the southern part of 
Kolansko blato on the island of Pag (UTM VK92, 
Dalmatia, W Croatia). 
Dne 1.8.2005 sva med vo`njo po ju`nem delu Kolanskega 
blata na otoku Pagu opazila odrasel osebek zlatovranke. 
Posedala je na vrhu tamariske Tamarix sp. Ve~krat se je 
spreletela, nato pa odletela proti skrajnemu jugu Kolanskega 
blata. Kljub primernemu datumu se ni vedla teritorialno. 
Zlatovranka je redka selivka obalnega obmo~ja, ki na otoku 
Pagu {e ni bila opa`ena. Prav tako gre za zgoden jesenski 
podatek �Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale Jadrana. − 
Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministrstvo razvitka i obnove, 
Zagreb.� 
Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI−2204 Miklav`, Slovenija, e−mail: 
dejanonih@email.si
Ana Vidmar, Polan{kova 8, SI−1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, e−mail: 
ana_vidmar@email.si
Roller Coracias garrulus 
Zlatovranka – dne 15.6.2006 je bil opa`en en osebek 
v bli`ini vasi Hreljin (UTM VL61, blizu Kraljevice, 
Z Hrva{ka) na hrva{ki obali; na tem obmo~ju je bila 
zlatovranka zadnji~ opa`ena pred 45 leti
One of the authors, Boris Ende, recorded the Roller on 
15 Jun 2006 in the area not far from the village of Hreljin 
some 5 km northeast of Kraljevica in the Croatian Littoral 
(UTM VL61). The bird was sitting on electric wires 
above the railway, from where it  occasionally alighted 
on the ground and low surrounding vegetation to catch 
grasshoppers. The observation took about two hours, from 
11.30 to 13.30 h. During that time, the bird was foraging 
for food, but did not move away, which indicates that it 
did not feed the young. Several visits to the same area were 
paid in the coming days aiming at taking photographs 
of the bird, but the bird could not be found any longer. 
Rucner (1998) reported on the flock of Rollers dwelling in
Soline Bay on the island of Krk in August 1950  �Rucner, 
D. (1998): Birds of the Croatian coast of Adriatic. Croatian 
Natural History Museum, Zagreb�. The specimen from 
this flock was shot for the Scientific collection of bird skins
of the Institute of Ornithology where it is kept today, and 
the flock is most likely the same as the one described in
more detail including the closest location and date: Klimno 
(the island of Krk, UTM VL70), 29 Aug 1950. Catalogue 
form of the bird species from the mentioned collection was 
published in Ornithology in Croatia �Su{i}, G., Radovi}, 
D. & Bartovsky, B. (1988): Scientific collection of bird skins 
of the Institute of Ornithology of the Yugoslavian Academy