112 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Kup~ar – verjetna gnezditev v rezervatu Slano Kopovo (UTM DR45, Vojvodina) v letu 2004 On 15 Apr 2004, the surroundings of Slano Kopovo (UTM DR45) were researched together with Robert MacCurrach. Beside a road between the villages Novi Be~ej and Ba{aid, there are several elevated groves. In one of them there is a small bunker from the First World War with one small window in it. An adult Wheatear male was sitting on top of the bunker and singing occasionally. In the same place, probably the same bird was observed again during our next visit on 15 May 2004. Later in the year, we visited the bunker and found an old nest in it and therefore concluded that one pair actually bred there during the summer of 2004. Considering that Wheatear had not been observed earlier in the breeding period in the Slano Kopovo reserve �Ternovac, T., Luka~, [. (1989): Notes on ornithofauna of Slano Kopovo in 1986. Ciconia 1: 26−30.; Luka~, [., Ternovac, T. (1990): Notes on ornithofauna of Slano Kopovo from 1987 to 1989. Ciconia 2: 50−63.�, this is the first probable breeding data for this area. Marko [}iban, Bate Brki}a 18, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia, e−mail: sciban@eunet.yu Stonechat Saxicola torquata Prosnik – na jezeru Okanj (UTM DR43, Vojvodina) dne 19.3.2005 opa`ena jata 31 osebkov na selitvi On 19 Mar 2005, while visiting Lake Okanj (UTM DR43), the authors of this note and Robert MacCurrach observed 31 Stonechats flying together in a flock towards the north. Birds appeared at 11.05 h, after which they started to circle and flew to a greater altitude. After reaching more then 100 m above the ground, the birds continued to fly towards the north. This manner of Stonechat migration has never been documented or recorded in Serbia so far �Puzovi}, S. (1989 − 1990): Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra (L.) and Stonechat, Saxicola torquata (L.) in the East Srem Area. – Larus 41−42: 93−100�. Birds always appear solitary or in small packs in early March, while small numbers of birds can be observed in winter months. Marko [}iban, Bate Brki}a 18, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia, e−mail: sciban@eunet.yu Vladimir Raki}, Preradovi}eva 125, 21132 Petrovaradin, Serbia, e−mail: pandion@neobee.net Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Komatar – pojo~ samec podvrste alpestris opa`en dne 26.3.2005 na macesnu Larix decidua v Petrovaradinski trdnjavi v Novem Sadu (UTM DR11, Vojvodina) During a short visit to Petrovaradin Fortress near Novi Sad (UTM DR11) on 26 Mar 2005, accompanied by Tanja Bjelanovi}, I paid attention to birds. We walked through the park around the Academy of Arts in the SW part of the fortress. Around 15.35 I heard an unfamiliar song coming from the top of a large larch Larix sp. It was an adult male Ring Ouzel. Both of us clearly saw the white patch on its breast, dark body with paler wings and yellowish bill. The abdomen was barred and typical for the race alpestris. After few minutes it flew some 50 m to another tall tree, from where it sang short notes and disappeared from our sight. There are 9 previous records from Vojvodina, where single birds were observed during the spring migration �Gergelj, J., Tot, L. & Frank, Z. (2000): Ptice Potisja od Kanji`e do Novog Be~eja. − Ciconia 9: 121−158.; Sekere{, O. & Marton, F. (1998): Drozd ogrli~ar (Turdus torquatus) pored Tise kod Kanji`e. − Ciconia 7: 141.; @uljevi}, A. (1997): Podaci o nekim pti~jim vrstama u okolini Sombora. − Ciconia 6: 112.; @uljevi}, A. & Tucakov, M. (1998): Novi podaci o prole}noj migraciji drozda ogrli~ara (Turdus torquatus) na podru~ju severozapadne Ba~ke. − Ciconia 7: 141.� and just one record from autumn migration �Hulo, I. (1990): Podaci o nekim pti~jim vrstama u Vojvodini. − Ciconia 2: 88−90.�. Late March and the first half of April are therefore considered to be the main period for spring migration by Ring Ouzel through the Vojvodina lowlands. Milan Ru`i}, ul. 8/8 N. N. Atenica, 32000 ^a~ak, Serbia, e−mail: milruzic@yahoo.com Tur~ija / Turkey ^rna {torklja Ciconia nigra Black Stork − 1 individual observed on 17 Sep 2004 in the Ihlara valley in Central Turkey; in Sultan sazliği, 5 individuals on 21 Sep 2004, and on 22 Sep 2004 100 ind. that flew from the Sultan sazliği marshes and started to soar to high altitudes; on 24 Sep 2004 1 individual observed feeding in the Kizilirmak river near Avanos in Central Turkey; 11 individuals using thermal winds in Ala dağlari mountains near Nidğe on 27 Sep 2004; more were spotted on 2 Oct 2004 near Karataş south of Adana, and additional 20 were seen foraging along with White Storks Ciconia ciconia and Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in a roadside pool on 14 Oct 2004 near Afyon. Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook 113 Acrocephalus 27 (128-129): 99−113, 2006 Med potovanjem po Tur~iji sva imela prilo`nost opazovati selitev ~rnih {torkelj. En osebek sva opazila v dolini Ihlara 17.9.2004. V obmo~ju mo~virja Sultan sazliğija sva prepla{ila pet osebkov med hranjenjem v plitvi mlaki 21.9.2004. Naslednji dan sva opazovala sto osebkov ~rnih {torkelj, ki so se dvigale iz mo~virja. En osebek sva opazovala med hranjenjem na reki Kizilirmak pri mestu Avanos 24.9.2004. Dne 27.9.2004 sva videla enajst osebkov, ki so izkori{~ali termalne vetrove v pogorju Ala dağlari blizu mesta Nidğe. Dva osebka sva opazovala pri mestu Karataş ju`no od Adane in {e dvajset osebkov pri mestu Afyon 14.10.2004. 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 Izmirski gozdomec Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher − one observed flying amongst fields far away from any suitable tree for it to sit on; observation was made on 6 Oct 2004 in the area of Yumurtalic lagoon in S Turkey Dne 6.10.2004 sva kri`arila po obmo~ju lagune Yumurtalic v J Tur~iji. Tam sva v daljavi opazila srednje veliko ptico v letu. Kmalu je bli`e priletel izmirski gozdomec. ^eprav je zanj znano, da se ne zadr`uje blizu voda, je bil dale~ od vsega. Pokrajina, po kateri je letel, je bila brez dreves, in najbli`ja voda je bila na zemljevidu oddaljena ve~ kilometrov. Vse skupaj ne bi bilo presenetljivo, ~e ne bi imela mo`nosti opazovati, kako gozdomec leti. Odkrito lahko re~em, da je to najpo~asneje lete~a ptica, kar sem jih imel prilo`nost videti doslej. Letel je z globokimi in po~asnimi zamahi kril, ki so ga po~asi potiskale naprej. Je pravo nasprotje na{emu vodomcu Alcedo athis. 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 Siva pastirica Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail − one individual seen 1 Oct 2004 flying along a sewage channel by the sea in Karataş in S Turkey Dne 1.10.2004 sva v obmorskem mestu Karataş {la na sprehod ob obali. Tam sva naletela na izpust iz kanalizacije. Ali je {lo za potok, v katerega so speljali kanalizacijo, ali pa je sama kanalizacija `e naredila pol metra {iroko strugo. Voda tega “potoka” je bila siva. V njej so bile vidne bele nitke gliv in bakterij. Od izvira struge izpod betona in asfalta do morja je bilo petdeset metrov. Na tem odseku se je zadr`evala siva pastirica. Spreletavala se je gor in dol po strugi. Gre za zanimiv podatek, kjer se siva pastirica, ki je nam bolj znana iz ~istih gorskih potokov, zadr`uje ob morju in ob organsko zelo obremenjenem vodotoku. 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 Planinski vrabec Montifringilla nivalis Snow Finch − large flock seen in Ala dağlar Mts in Central Turkey between 27 Sep 2004 and 30 Sep 2004, some flocks numbered several hundred individuals and were mostly mixed with Horned Larks Eremophila alpestris V celotnem ~asu trekinga po pogorju Ala dağlar med 27. − 30.9.2004 sva imela prilo`nost opazovati ve~ stoglave jate planinskih vrabcev. Najve~je jate so {tele ve~ kot petsto osebkov. Te jate so bile na celotnem obmo~ju obiska. Tako lahko zaklju~im, da se je na prehojenem obmo~ju zadr`evalo ve~ tiso~ osebkov planinskih vrabcev. Prav zanimiv pogled za nekoga, ki je vajen, da je to redka ptica. Med njimi so bile tudi ve~ desetglave jate uhatih {krjancev Eremophila alpestris. Ornitofavno tega obmo~ja so dopolnili rde~e~eli gril~ki Serinus pusillus, skalni strnadi Emberiza cia, skalni vrabci Petronia petronia, tur{ke kotorne Alectoris chukar, planinske vrane Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, kavke Pyrrhocorax graculus in planinski orli Aquila chrysaetos. 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