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Hrva{ka / Croatia 
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Bela {torklja − boj med dvema osebkoma za gnezdi{~e 
v Osijeku (UTM CR14, V Slavonija, Hrva{ka) na 15 
m visokem betonskem dimniku, dne 1.5.2007
On a sunny and warm 1 May 2007 morning, I observed 
4 White Storks circling above my backyard in the city of 
Osijek (UTM CR14, E Slavonia, Croatia). This was not 
unusual at all, considering that a pair or two of White Storks 
have for years been regularly nesting in this (western) part 
of the city (on the chimney of the “Jelenko” Kindergarten 
and on the platform in the backyard of the house standing 
in Kolodvorska street No. 16). Sometime later, at around 
noon, I observed 5 White Storks while circling above my 
street. I saw them again at 16.00 h and I went with my son 
to check what was happening. At a distance of about 200 m 
down the street, there is a chimney approximately 15 meters 
high on the office building belonging to the Croatian Post. 
Above this place, a struggle for the potential nesting place 
was taking place in the air. Of the 6 White Storks, which 
circled in the air, with their eyes glued on the high concrete 
chimney as their potential nesting place, 2 landed on the 
chimney and started a fight that included physical contacts 
with their beaks and legs. As a result, 1 White Stork was 
thrown down to the iron ladder, which leads from the ground 
to the top of the chimney. Apart from the worried partner 
that landed on the chimney’s margin, all other White Storks 
watched the struggle from the air, as well as the dark eyes of 
my son, who was very excited by the closeness of these large 
beautiful birds. Walking down the street on the following 
days, I noticed that the chimney was unoccupied. The storks 
abandoned this place, but were nesting at five other localities 
in the city of Osijek (a pair in Retfala on the chimney of the 
kindergarten, a pair on the platform in the backyard of the 
house in Kolodvorska street, a pair on the inactive industrial 
chimney in the city centre, a pair on the house chimney in 
Tvr|a, and one pair on the concrete chimney downtown).     
Ivan~ica Jur~evi} Agi} & Jakov Agi}, Kozja~ka 88, HR−31000 Osijek, 
Croatia, e−mail: ivancica.ja@gmail.com
Ribji orel Pandion haliaetus
Osprey − one individual seen flying on 15 Sep 2003 
above the road north of Karin village near Zadar 
(UTM WJ58, Dalmatia, Croatia) 
Septembra 2003 sva se avtorja mudila na po~itnicah v 
naselju Karin pri Zadru. Dne 15.9. sva med vo`njo s severa 
proti Karinu v zraku opazila ujedo v letu. Bil je ribji orel, 
ki je v ravni ~rti letel proti jugu in je sicer znan kot redek 
obiskovalec Dalmacije [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske 
obale Jadrana. − Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministrstvo 
razvitka i obnove, Zagreb].
Dejan Bordjan, Notranjski regijski park, Tabor 42, SI−1380 Cerknica, 
Slovenija, e−mail: dejan.bordjan@notranjski-park.si
Ana Vidmar, Polan{kova 8, SI−1000 Ljubljana, ana_vidmar@email.si
^rna ~igra Chidonias niger
Black Tern − on 30 Apr 2006, we observed intensely 
migrating Black Terns in the Neretva delta (UTM 
YH16, S Dalmatia, Croatia); it was estimated that 
at least 5,000 of them passed through delta within 
three hours; among them were also Yellow Wagtails 
Motacilla flava, Sand Martins Riparia riparia, Barn 
Swallows Hirundo rustica and a few Red-rumped 
Swallows Hirundo daurica 
Na poti s {tudentskega biolo{kega tabora Ekosistemi Jadrana 
2006 na Pelje{cu smo se 30.4. 2006 Ana Vidmar, Miha 
Krofel, Nastja Pajk in jaz kljub nenehnemu de`ju odlo~ili 
za postanek na delti Neretve (UTM YH16, J Dalmacija, 
Hrva{ka). Na blatnih polojih smo opazovali dva velika {kurha 
Numenius arquata, pet ~rnih prosenk Pluvialis squatarola, 
pet spremenljivih prodnikov Calidris alpina, petnajst 
zelenonogih martincev Tringa nebularia, sedem {koljkaric 
Haemantopus ostralegus in {tiri polojnike Himantopus 
himantopus. Med njimi so se sprehajale sive Ardea cinerea 
in velike bele ~aplje Egretta alba ter {tiri `li~arke Platalea 
leucorodia. Dvajset kri~avih ~iger Sterna sandvicensis pa je 
letalo s polojev proti morju lovit hrano. Zanimivo je bilo 
tudi proti odprtemu morju, kjer smo videli nekaj zimskih 
zamudnikov: pet belolisk Melanitta fusca, rde~egrlega 
slapnika Gavia stellata in sedemnajst ~rnovratih ponirkov 
Podiceps nigricollis. Ves ~as opazovanja smo opazovali ~rne 
~igre. [ele ~ez ~as smo opazili, da je ~rnih ~iger zares veliko 
in da iz megle na morju znova in znova prihajajo nove jate, 
velike od nekaj deset do nekaj sto osebkov. Jate, ki so bile `e 
tam, pa so se po~asi odpravljale po toku Neretve navzgor. 
Ocenjujem, da je v ~asu treh ur delto preletelo vsaj pet 
tiso~ ~rnih ~iger. Sliko mno`i~ne selitve je dopolnilo ve~ sto 
rumenih pastiric Motacilla flava in kakih tiso~ lastovk. Med 
temi so prevladovale kme~ke lastovke Hirundo rustica in 
breguljke Riparia riparia, mednje se je prime{alo tudi nekaj 
rde~ih lastovk Hirundo daurica.
Dejan Bordjan, Notranjski regijski park, Tabor 42, SI−1380 Cerknica, 
Slovenija, e−mail: dejan.bordjan@notranjski-park.si
Acrocephalus 28 (133): 79−86, 2007