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Duplinska kozarka Tadorna tadorna
Shelduck – a male observed on 13 Apr 2008 in a 
flooded meadow between Bevke and Blatna Brezovica, 
SW of Ljubljana (UTM VL59, central Slovenia); this 
was the author’s second record of this species, for on 
26 Dec 2000 he observed 20 individuals at Planinsko 
polje (UTM VL59, central Slovenia)
V nedeljo, 13.4.2008 sem {el zjutraj gledat poplavljene 
povr{ine na zahodnem delu Ljubljanskega barja. Okrog 10 h 
sem z ravnega dela  ceste med Blatno Brezovico in Bevkami 
(UTM VL59) opazil na vodni povr{ini samca duplinske 
kozarke in ga tudi fotografiral. To je moje drugo sre~anje s to 
ptico. Dne 26.12.2000 sem na Planinskem polju opazoval 
dve skupini duplinskih kozark, skupaj 20 osebkov. 
Peter Legi{a, Pod brezami 34, SI–1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija,  
e–mail: peter.legisa@fmf.uni-lj.si
Rjavi {karnik Milvus milvus
Red Kite – one individual observed on 6 Apr 2008 
on migration above Babna gora (UTM VM40, central 
Slovenia) 
Dne 6.4.2008 dopoldne sem nad Babno goro pri Polhovem 
Gradcu (UTM VM40) opazil tri ujede, ki so kro`ile na 
termi~nem vzgornjiku. Po natan~nej{em ogledu sem 
ugotovil, da gre za dve kanji Buteo buteo, tretjo pa sem 
prepoznal za rjavega {karnika. Opazoval sem jih {e nekaj 
~asa, nato pa je {karnik odletel proti severu.
 
Miha Krofel, Zavrh pri Borovnici 2, SI–1353 Borovnica, Slovenija, 
e–mail: mk_lynx@yahoo.co.uk
Black Vulture Aegypius monachus
Rjavi jastreb – dne 1.6.2006 opa`en 1 osebek med 
preletom ~ez Mavhinje (Italija) in Pre~nik v Slovenijo 
(UTM UL97, Kras); podatek je potrdila Nacionalna 
komisija za redkosti – KRED (1. zapis za Slovenijo po 
1.1.1950 – A1)
On 1 Jun 2006, I had just returned from Rupingrande 
(Repen) at 15.20 h or so and sat down with a beer in the 
garden of my house at Malchina / Mavhinje to check for 
raptors (I’d already seen a Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus, a 
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus and a Goshawk Accipiter 
gentilis with prey that morning and conditions and visibility 
were excellent). As I sat down I saw a very large raptor moving 
NW / SE from the direction of Monte Ermada / Grmada, 
so I ran to the car and grabbed my binoculars. Seeing that it 
was a vulture, I sat down to enjoy the spectacle of a Griffon 
Gyps fulvus passing over my head and house at 100 m... not 
such a rare sight in the Karst at this time of year. I raised 
my binoculars again, but something wasn’t right... this bird 
seemed completely black underneath!!? A Black Vulture! I 
called my wife (who knows Griffons well) and she agreed 
that the bird was not a Griffon. As it moved slightly side on 
and away I could distinguish a slightly paler head and a dark 
brownish collar that contrasted with the black underbelly. 
Another difference from Griffon was that the »arm« of 
the wing appeared longer and the “hand” shorter when 
compared to that species, though the overall size seemed 
similar. At 15.27 h, as the bird drifted SE, I jumped in my 
car and gave chase. I picked up the bird not too far off as it 
glided over Precenicco / Pre~nik and on into Slovenia (UTM 
UL97, Kras)! I raced over the [empolaj / Gorjansko border 
crossing and got into a position where I could see all around 
but could not relocate the bird. My guess is that the bird is 
one of the French birds from the Cevennes project [www.
bvcf.org], like »Ophrys« who was in NE Italy in July and 
August 2005 as far east as the Griffon Project at Forgaria. 
Hopefully, someone will pick up this bird again as she moves 
on, perhaps to Kvarner with the Griffons. The record was 
confirmed by the National Rarities Committee – KRED (1st 
record for Slovenia after 1 Jan 1950 – A1).
Paul Tout, Malchina / Mavhinje 5/A, I–34013 Duino–Aurisina / Devin–
Nabre`ina, Italy, e–mail: paul_tout@hotmail.com
Stepski lunj Circus macrourus
Pallid Harrier – one individual seen in low flight 
together with a group of passerines on 12 Apr 2006; 
the observation was made in the village of Kamna gora 
near Frankolovo, on Konji{ka gora (UTM WM23, NE 
Slovenia); the record was confirmed by the National 
Rarities Committee – KRED (2nd record for Slovenia 
after 1 Jan 1950 – A2)
Dne 12.4.2006 sem se po kon~anem tetradnem popisu 
za novi atlas gnezdilk v vasi Kamna gora pri Frankolovem 
na Konji{ki gori (UTM WM23, SV Slovenija) pribli`eval 
avtomobilu. Tam sem zasli{al zna~ilno ogla{anje ptic, ki so 
razburjene, ko je v bli`ini skobec Accipiter nisus ali {krjan~ar 
Falco subbuteo. Ogla{anje se je bli`alo in uzrl sem kragulja 
Accipiter gentilis s skupinico spremljajo~ih pti~ev. Vendar s 
tem kraguljem nekaj ni bilo prav, saj je imel dalj{a in precej 
o`ja krila, ki jih je dr`al nekoliko privzdignjeno. Spoznal 
sem, da imam pred sabo lunja. A preletel me je tako blizu, 
da nisem mogel uporabiti daljnogleda, in po desetih do 
petnajstih sekundah je odjadral za hrib proti vzhodu. 
Svetlobne razmere so bile skoraj idealne, saj je lunj letel v 
moji vi{ini in tudi sonce sem imel nad seboj. ^eprav je ptica 
po stasu spominjala na mo~virskega lunja Circus pygargus, 
na perutih zgoraj ni imela ~rne ~rte, spodaj pa je bila bela. 
Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook