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Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook
Great Snipe Gallinago media
^oketa – osebek opazovan 1.5.2000 ob mlaki blizu
ceste proti Rudinam na otoku Krku (UTM VL60,
Hrva{ka)
On 1 May 2000, Eva Vukeli~ and I were searching for birds
in the surroundings of Rudine on the island of Krk. In a
pond along the road to Rudine, overgrown with Bulrush
Schoenoplectus sp., we found a Little Bittern Ixobrychus
minutus, Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus, Wood Sandpiper Tringa gareola,
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra, Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus
schoenobaenus, Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus
arundinaceus, and a Common Whitethroat Sylvia
communis. In a certain moment, a brown and heavy snipe-
like bird flew up from the wet shore. The tail was spread and
showed some whiteness on the sides. The bird then landed
on the other side of the pond. We reached a conclusion that
we were dealing with a Great Snipe. This bird is a rare and
not regular migrant in the period from March to April, and
more common in the eastern parts of Croatia [Kralj, J.
(1997) Croatian ornithofauna in the last 200 years. – Larus
46: 1-112]. In the same period, another observation was
reported by Slavko Polak at another locality on Krk.
However, the rare observations can also be due to the few
observers, to the bird’s inconspicuous behaviour and to the
difficulties in distinguishing it from the Common Snipe
[Harris, A., Shirihai, H. & Christie, D. (1996): The
Macmillan birder’s guide to European and Middle Eastern
Birds. – Macmillan, London]. 
Maarten de Groot, Droevendaalse steeg 61, 6708 PN Wageningen, 
The Netherlands, e-mail: m.degroot@rocketmail.com
Podhujka Caprimulgus europaeus
European Nightjar – between 24 and 26 Apr 2002,
European Nightjars census was conducted in the
southern part of Dugi otok island, around the town of
Sali (UTM WJ17, N Dalmatia). On the 12.1 km long
transect from lake Mir past Sali to the Dragoraj, 11
calling males were counted. 
Med popisom sov na Dugem otoku med 24.4. in 26.4.2002
v okviru dalmatinskega biolo{kega tabora, kjer sem
popisoval veliko uharico [Bordjan, D. (2002): Gostota
pojo~ih samcev velike uharice Bubo bubo na Dugem otoku
(S Dalmacija, Hrva{ka). – Acrocephalus 23 (115): 189-
191], sem popisoval tudi podhujko na transektu od jezera
Mir na enem polotoku mimo mesta Sali do Dragoraja na
drugem polotoku na ju`ni strani Dugega otoka. Popisoval
sem z metodo izzivanja s pomo~jo kasetnika kak{no uro po
son~nem zahodu in kon~al nekje po polno~i. Na transektu,
dolgem 12,1 km, sem popisal 11 pojo~ih samcev. Podhujke
sem na{el v treh jasno lo~enih skupinah. Ena je bila na in v
okolici Gmajnega polja s petimi pojo~imi osebki, druga v
dolini Magrovica s tremi in tretja s tremi samci med gri~em
Stra`ica in Dragoraj. Prva skupina je bila opazovana na
travnikih v bli`ini borovih gozdi~kov, druga v bli`ini
olj~nega nasada s travniki v njegovem zaledju. Tretja
skupina je zasedala obmo~je posesti, razmejenih s kamnitimi
zidovi. Na teh posestih so bili pa{niki, nasadi breskev in oljk
ter vinogradi, med njimi pa posamezni borovi gozdi~ki.
Tudi Rucner [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale
Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo
razvitka i obnove, Zagreb] omenja podhujko kot pogosto
gnezdilko mediteranske in submediteranske Hrva{ke.
Omenja jo tudi kot pogosto na Dugem otoku, kar lahko
potrdim tudi s svojimi podatki.
Dejan Bordjan, ul. 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
Srbija (Srbija in ^rna Gora)/
Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro)
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
Pritlikavi kormoran – {tiri opazovanja na
krapovskem ribniku v Ba~u (UTM CR62, JZ Ba~ka,
Vojvodina), ki ka`ejo na mo`nost gnezdenja vrste v
bli`ini: (1) 1.8.2001 en osebek, (2) 24.8.2001
skupina 9 osebkov, (3) 28.10.2001 en osebek, (4)
25.11.2001 velika skupina 45 osebkov 
According to the results of the last countrywide census of
heron and cormorant colonies in Serbia, carried out in
1998, there are no breeding pairs of Pygmy Cormorant in
southwestern Ba~ka, Vojvodina [Puzovi}, S., Gergelj, J. &
Luka~, [. (1999): Heron and Cormorant colonies in Serbia.
– Ciconia 8: 11-114]. However, the area is very rich with
stagnant euthrophic waterbodies, suitable for feeding by this
species, and a number of still suitable niches for its breeding,
particularly in the Danube floodplain between Mladenovo
and Plavna. Unfortunately, it can be stated that the entire
area has been still poorly studied from the ornithological
point of view. However, I made several excursions to the
largest waterbody in the area, carp fishpond situated near
Ba~ (UTM CR62). It is a 581 ha large system of six big and
several very small ponds managed semiextensively. This
means that all of the ponds are belted with spacious belts of
emergent vegetation, and most of the surface of two the
biggest ponds is covered by flotant vegetation. In one of the
ponds, numerous islets covered with reed can also be found.
Pigmy Cormorant is a regular summer and autumn visitor
to the fishponds. On 1 Aug 2001 I saw one bird overflying,
while on 24 Aug 2001 a group of nine individuals was
observed. In this group, I determined eight adults and a
single juvenile. One bird was also observed on 28 Oct 2001.
The greatest flock was seen on 25 Nov 2001 in the very
wide channel used as a collecting depression for the
neighbouring ponds during fish harvest. The flock of 45
individuals was resting on the reed and reedmace stand very