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White Wagtail Motacilla alba 
Bela pastirica – po~ivali{~e v trsti~ju na zahodni strani 
Vranskega jezera (UTM WJ46, S Dalmacija); vsaj 
1400 ptic je bilo opazovanih 31.10.2004 na preletu 
med 16.30 in 16.55 v jatah s 50 do 150 osebki 
On 31 Oct 2004, between 16.30 and 16.55 hrs, at 
least 1400 White Wagtails flew over the new built 
ornithological ringing station in Vransko Jezero 
Nature Park to the reed beds at the west end of the 
Lake, arriving from the cultivated areas west of the 
Lake. The flock sizes were estimated at 50 to 150 
individuals. As the eastern wind was blowing, the 
birds flew very low only 10 m above the vegetation. 
The reed belt is protected as the Park’s core zone and 
as one of the most important reed beds on the Eastern 
Adriatic coast. It would be interesting to describe the 
functions of the area for bird species, which use this 
site as their night quarters throughout the year. 
Martin Schneider-Jacoby, Euronatur, Konstanzer Str. 22, D-78315 Radolfzell, 
Germany, e-mail: martin.schneider-jacoby@euronatur.org
Gojko Pintur, Vransko Jezero Nature Park, Kralja Petra Sva~i}a 2, HR-23210 
Biograd n/m, Croatia, e-mail: pp-vransko-jezero@zd.hinet.hr
Travni{ki vrabec Passer hispaniolensis
Spanish Sparrow – two new colonies found on 
Pelje{ac Peninsula (S Dalmatia); on 13 Jun 2004, a 
large colony (at least 50 breeding pairs) was found in 
the village Praprotno on the coast (UTM YH14), and 
a colony with approximately 20 nests on 14 Jun 2004 
in Trpanj park (UTM XH86)
Travni{ki vrabec je gnezdilka polotoka Pelje{ac v ju`ni 
Dalmaciji. Obmo~je naseljuje v manj{ih kolonijah, ki 
jih ve~inoma najdemo v naseljih [Vrezec, A. (2003): 
Travni{ki vrabec Passer hispaniolensis. – Acrocephalus 
24 (118): 115–116]. Doslej so bile kolonije najdene 
v sedmih naseljih [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske 
obale Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, 
Ministarstvo razvitka i obnove, Zagreb; Vrezec, 
A. (2001): Travni{ki vrabec Passer hispaniolensis. 
– Acrocephalus 22 (106/107): 132; Vrezec 2003]. 
Ve~ina kolonij, z izjemo kolonije v Malem Stonu, je 
manj{ih z le nekaj gnezde~imi pari (Vrezec 2003). 
V juniju 2004 sva se s Petro Vrh namenila poiskati 
{e kak{no kolonijo te na Hrva{kem sicer precej 
ekspanzivne vrste [npr. Kralj, J. (1997): Ornitofauna 
Hrvatske tijekom posljednih dvjesto godina. – Larus 
46: 1−112; Rubini~, B. (2001): [irjenje severozahodne 
meje gnezditvenega areala travni{kega vrabca Passer 
hispaniolensis vzdol` Jadranske obale: kako se vede 
nova populacija v hrva{ki Istri. – Acrocephalus 22 
(109): 207–211]. Na{la sva dve koloniji, in sicer prvo 
dne 13.6.2004 v vasi Praprotno tik ob morju, kjer sva 
ocenila, da v kro{njah borov Pinus sp. gnezdi vsaj 50 
parov, in v naselju Trpanj, kjer sva dne 14.6.2004 v 
mestnem parku ravno tako v kro{njah borov na{tela 
kakih 20 gnezd. Obe koloniji sodita med ve~ji na 
Pelje{cu, vpra{anje pa je, ali gre za stari ali za povsem 
novo nastali koloniji.
Al Vrezec, Pra`akova 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, e-mail: al.vrezec@nib.si
Srbija (Srbija in ^rna gora)/ 
Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro)  
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Rjavovrati ponirek – 14 osebkov (13 odraslih, 1 
mladosten) 3.4.2004 na ribnikih v Be~eju (UTM 
DR14, Vojvodina, S Srbija) v treh skupinah (5, 5 in 
4 os.)
The spring migration of Red-necked Grebe in 
Vojvodina (N Serbia) starts in the second half of 
March and ends in the first half of May. However, 
migration flocks with more than 10 birds are very rare 
[Hulo, I. (1997): Migration of birds from orders of 
Gaviidae, Podicipedidae and Anatidae on Pali} lake 
between 1981 – 1996. – Ciconia 6: 51−70]. So far, 
its migration in central part of the Tisa valley has 
been documented only during the autumn [[}iban, 
M. (2004): New data on some rare species recorded 
on Biserno ostrvo and Be~ej fishpond. – Ciconia 
12, in print]. Together with Milan Ru`i} and Robert 
MacCurrach, the author visited Be~ej fishponds on 3 
Apr 2004. On “Pond 3”, 14 Red–necked Grebes (13 
adults and 1 immature) were observed in 3 separate 
flocks (5, 5 and 4 individuals). These flocks were 
observed among 100 Black-necked Grebes Podiceps 
nigricollis, 70 – 80 Wigeons Anas penelope and 
about 120 Shovelers Anas clypeata. This is the first 
documented spring observation of this species on the 
fishponds and, so far, the biggest flock of Red–necked 
Grebes recorded in Serbia. 
Marko [}iban, Bate Brki}a 18, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro, 
e-mail: sciban@eunet.yu
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
Pritlikavi kormoran – ve~ primerov kr{itev varstva 
vrste s strani lovcev na obmo~ju Zapadne Morave v 
okolici ^a~ka (Z Srbija); najdbe kadavrov ustreljenih