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the night was moonless, the sky was almost cloudless and
the wind and temperatures were very mild. At around
21:30, when we were a little less than 1 km away from Sv.
Vid, we suddenly but clearly heard two or three successive
mating calls of a male Little Crake from the drainage
channel running along the road. The bird was in a very
dense and impassable 1 to 3 m high vegetation belt at a
distance of around 5 to 10 m from us on the opposite bank
of the channel. The drainage channel on this spot runs
parallel to the road and borders on small vegetable and fruit
gardens on its other side. After a couple of minutes we
compared the heard voices with the recordings we had
brought with us [Feindt, P. (1968): Vier europäische
Rallenarten. – Eigenverlag] for the sake of certainty. D.
Rucner [Rucner, D. (1952/53): Birds of the Neretva valley.
– Larus 6/7: 53–138] reported only one collected specimen
from the lower Neretva region, shot on 2 Apr 1949 at
Njivice. Other so far unpublished data were obtained in the
lower Neretva valley during the census of Bittern and other
reed birds carried out between 26 Apr and 2 May 2001 (see
Sackl et al. 2003). During the census, Dominik Bombek,
Barbara Pihlak and Jakob Smole heard, in the evening of 28
Apr 2001, mating calls of a single male in the reed beds near
Opuzen. The same group heard one calling male again in the
reed beds near Sv. Vid early in the morning of the following
day (29 Apr 2001). The short calls were repeated only few
times and the absence of reaction to the tape corresponds very
well with explosive calls, one to two syllables long. On the
grounds of our data, an occasional Little Crake’s breeding in
the lower Neretva is therefore possible.
Peter Sackl, Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, 
A-8010 Graz, Austria, e-mail: peter.sackl@stmk.gv.at
Jakob Smole, Cafova 4, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia, e-mail:
jakob.smole@kiss.si
^oketa Gallinago media
Great Snipe – 4 ind. observed on 17 Sep 2003 on the
rocky side of Velo blato on Pag island (UTM WK01, N
Dalmatia) in addition to 1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia,
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos, Ruff Philomachus
pugnax, and Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Dne 17.9.2003 sem se odpravil na obhod Velega blata na
Pagu. Na zahodni strani jezerca sem opazil zelenonogega
martinca Tringa nebularia, med hojo ~ez kamenje malega
martinca Actitis hypoleucos, togotnika Philomachus pugnax,
za njima pa {e zlato prosenko Pluvialis apricaria, sicer dobro
skrito v tamkaj{nem kamenju. Ve~ te`av sem imel s ~oketo,
saj sem jo tokrat videl prvi~. ^oketa se v hrva{kem Primorju
sicer redko pojavlja [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale
Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministrstvo
razvitka i obnove, Zagreb]. Tokrat pa so se ve~krat spreletele
tik pred mano kar {tiri in pristale nekoliko dlje. Na vodi so
{tevil~no prevladovali ~opasti ponirki Podiceps cristatus in
liske Fulica atra. Med temi pa so plavale posamezne race –
reglja Anas querquedula, sivka Aythya ferina, konopnica Anas
strepera in `li~arica A. clypeata. Iz skoraj popolnoma suhe
krajine je priletel veliki {kurh Numenius arquata.
Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
^ebelar Merops apiaster
European Bee-eater – 12 ind. on 25 Apr 2003 near
Bobovi{~e on the west side of Bra~ island (UTM
XJ10, central Dalmatia), and 2 ind. on 27 Apr 2003
near Sutivan (UTM XJ10)
Na biolo{kem taboru na Bra~u se je skupina za ptice
25.4.2003 mudila pred mestom Bobovi{~e na zahodni
strani otoka. Tja smo prikolesarili in ob majhnem slanem
mo~virju po~ivali. Pred odhodom smo na majhni razdalji
opazili samca gril~ka Serinus serinus in ko smo si ga
ogledovali, sem zasli{al neko znano ogla{anje. Takoj sem z
daljnogledom sledil ogla{anju in hitro pre{tel dvanajst
~ebelarjev. Dne 27.4. sem opazoval {e dva osebka pri
Sutivanu.
Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
Rde~a lastovka Hirundo daurica
Red-rumped Swallow – between 13 and 20 Sep 2003
four Swallow species observed on their migration across
the Sea of Karin near Zadar (UTM WJ18, N Dalmatia):
House Martins Delichon urbica (which were prevalent in
flocks with more than 300 individuals), Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica (seen in smaller flocks or individually),
Red-rumped Swallows (mixed flocks with House
Martins, especially juveniles, but also in flocks of adults
with up to 100 individuals), and a single Sand Martin
Riparia riparia. Additionally, a larger group of Crag
Martins Hirundo rupestris was observed in the nearby
Paklenica (UTM WK30).
Med 13.9. in 20.9.2003 sem dopustoval ob Karinskem
morju vzhodno od Zadra. Tam so me `e od samega za~etka
spremljale zelo {tevilne mestne lastovke Delichon urbica,
venomer v jatah s po ve~ kot 300 osebki. Med njimi so bile
tudi kme~ke lastovke Hirundo rustica, a so bile precej
redkej{e in v manj{ih jatah. Najve~krat sem jih videval
posami~, redko pa v jatah s po ve~ deset osebki. Tretja vrsta
lastovke je bila rde~a lastovka. Sprva sem videl samo
posamezne osebke, kasneje se je izkazalo, da so med mestnimi
tudi mnogi mladostni osebki rde~ih lastovk. Naslednje dni
sem videl ve~ odraslih tudi v jatah, ki so {tele tudi do 100
osebkov. To ka`e na dokaj mo~ne populacije te vrste na
Hrva{kem, katere {iritev je bila zaznana {ele v zadnjih 50 letih
[Kralj, J. (1997): Ornitofauna Hrvatske tijekom posljednih
dvjesto godina. – Larus 46: 1–112]. Prav na koncu sem opazil
{e breguljko Riparia riparia v me{ani jati mestnih, kme~kih in
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rde~ih lastovk. Naj zaklju~im {e s kar precej{no skupino
skalnih lastovk Hirundo rupestris, ki sem jo videl v bli`nji
Paklenici. Tako sem kljub kasnej{emu datumu v enem samem
tednu videl vse evropske lastovke. 
Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
Meni{~ek Parus ater
Coal Tit – 1 ind. observed on 22 Apr 2003 on the
slope of Podga`ul on the island Bra~ (UTM XH39,
central Dalmatia)
Na dalmatinskem biolo{kem taboru Bra~ 2003 smo Ana
Vidmar, Jernej Polajnar in pisec dne 22.4.2003 obiskali golo
obmo~je, ostanek po`ara, na hribu Podga`ul. Na vrhu smo
videli `ametno Sylvia melanocephala in rjavo penico 
S. communis in svatbeni let ta{~i~ne penice S. cantillans,
hribskega {krjanca Lullula arborea ter prvo postavljanje
kup~arja Oenanthe oenanthe. Med vsemi me je najbolj
presenetila majhna ptica, ki je priletela na bli`nji grm. Bil je
meni{~ek. Rucner [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale
Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo
razvitka i obnove, Zagreb] meni{~ka v gnezditvenem
obdobju na Bra~u ni na{el, omenja pa, da ~ez zimo zaseda
tudi borove gozdove na otokih.
Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail:
dejanonih@email.si
^rna gora (Srbija in ^rna gora) /
Montenegro (Serbia & Montenegro) 
Beloglavi jastreb Gyps fulvus
Griffon Vulture – 2 ind. on 22 Apr 2003 near Ulcinj
flying at a height of 250 m (UTM CM54, SE
Montenegro)
Dne 22.4.2003 sta vzdol` obale iz SZ smeri priletela dva
beloglava jastreba in nad mestom Ulcinj (UTM CM54) ob
16.45 uri zavila proti solinam, nato pa nadaljevala let v
smeri Vidikovca. Ptici sta na vi{ini okoli 250 m dobesedno
be`ali pred pojenjajo~o nevihto in jo v loku ob{le. ^eprav
sem na obmo~ju Ulcinja s koridorjem Bojane – Bune s
kolegi popisoval ptice {e maja, junija, novembra 2003 in
januara 2004, beloglavega jastreba nismo ve~ zasledili.
Reiser in Führer [Reiser, O. & Führer, L. (1896):
Materialien zu einer Ornis Balcanica, IV. Montenegro. –
Carl Gerold’s Sohn, Wien] sta beloglavega jastreba na{la v
^rni gori vzdol` goratega dela obale in notranjosti dr`ave.
Za Ulcinj pa ga ne navajata. Verjetno se vrsta v tem delu
^rne gore pojavlja (zelo) poredkoma. 
Borut [tumberger, SI-2282 Cirkulane 41, Slovenija, e-mail:
stumberger@siol.net 
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Bodi~asta govna~ka – drugo opazovanje v ^rni gori.
Dne 21.6.2003 je bil osebek opazovan na Veliki pla`i
pri Ulcinju (UTM CM53, JV ^rna gora), ko je
preganjal mladostnega rumenonogega galeba Larus
michahellis.
“Velika pla`a” near Ulcinj is some 12 km long sand beach,
which with its several kilometres wide hinterland of
brackish marsh, sand deposits and mosaic-like cultural
landscape of wet meadows, remains of alluvial poplar
woodlands and extensively farmed pastures forms a truly
unique ecosystem complex on the Adriatic coast. Around 6
p.m. on 21 Jun 2003, I and my colleagues Ivana Nov~i}
from Belgrade and Darko Savelji} from Podgorica began to
survey the extreme coastal sandy part of the complex. In the
place called »Copa Cabana«, I noticed an elegant silhouette
of a fast bird about a kilometre from the coast. A quick look
through my field glasses confirmed my presumption that I
was dealing with a skua. I called my colleagues who were at
that time searching for the breeding pairs of Little Ringed
Plovers Charadrius dubius, Kentish Plovers Ch.
alexandrinus, and Stone-curlews Burchinus oedicnemus. We
watched the skua for a little less than a minute, displaying
its great flying skills during the characteristic pursuit of its
victim, in our case a immature Yellow-legged Gull Larus
michahellis, whom it attempted to force, during its diving
pursuit, to throw up the food from its stomach in order to
catch it and swallow it in mid-air. This time, the skua was
not successful. We had enough time to identify it, on the
basis of its pointed tail as well as distribution of blackness
and whiteness on its underparts, as Arctic Skua. After
examining the available literature, I came to the conclusion
that our observation was the second of this species in
Montenegro. For the first time it had been observed in 1966
near Lake Skadar [Matvejev, S.D. & Vasi}, V.F. (1973):
Catalogus Faunae Jugoslaviae, IV/3, Aves. – Slovenska
akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Ljubljana]. 
Borut Rubini~, Institute Ornis balcanica, Pra`akova 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia, e-mail: rubinic@siol.net 
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Planinski hudournik – sedem opazovanj iz
priobalnega in goratega dela ^rne gore spomladi in
poleti 2003; kolonija 25 – 30 parov (Nmax = 57 os.)
gnezdi v starem mestnem jedru Ulcinja (UTM
CM54, JV ^rna gora)
Reiser and Führer [Reiser, O. & Führer, L. (1896):
Materialien zu einer Ornis balcanica, IV. Montenegro. –
Carl Gerold’s Sohn, Wien] stated that the Alpine Swift is a
common breeder of Montenegro, except that it is seen more
often on the coast than in the inland part of the country.
They listed their nest-sites near Ulcinj, along the
Cetinje–Rijeka–Podgorica road, near Komana, along the