Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook 40 ^ebelar Merops apiaster Bee-eater – a relatively late observation of a flock of these birds on 17 Sep 2003 near Velo blato on the island of Pag (UTM WK01, N Dalmatia) Dne 17.9.2003 sem se mudil ob Velem blatu na otoku Pagu. Ves ~as mi je na uho prihajal nekam znan zvok, a ga nisem mogel dolo~iti. Na vrhu bli`njega hriba sem vnovi~ zasli{al znane glasove. Bilo je nezmotljivo ogla{anje skupine ~ebelarjev, ki sem jih kasneje tudi opazil. Gre za razmeroma pozno opazovanje. Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail: dejanonih@email.si Skalna lastovka Ptyonoprogne rupestris Crag Martin – a group of 30 individuals observed on 24 Apr 2002 at karst polje Velo jezero (UTM VJ98, Dugi otok, N Dalmatia) Dne 24.4.2002 sem na {tudentskem biolo{kem taboru na Dugem otoku kolesaril po kra{ki dolini Velo jezero. Na bli`njem grebenu okrog skalne stene sem opazil kro`e~o skupino lastovk. Ob podrobnej{em pogledu sem ugotovil, da gre za 30 skalnih lastovk. D. Rucner [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo razvitka i obnove, Zagreb] je sicer ne omenja kot gnezdilko Dugega otoka. Pot sem nadaljeval med mo~virnimi travniki in mlakami. Iz ene izmed teh je odletela mlakarica Anas platyrhynchos. Obiskal sem {e dolino Malo jezero. Tam sem v umetnem jezercu opazil mrtvega rumenonogega galeba Larus cachinnans, nedale~ stran pa se je prehranjeval mo~virski martinec Tringa glareola, le kakih deset metrov od mene. Pribli`al se mi je na vsega tri metre. Pti~jo sliko Malega in Velega jezera so dopolnili {e trije skobci Accipiter nisus, 24 skalnih golobov Columba livia in dva ka~arja Circaetus gallicus, seveda poleg vseh ptic pevk, ki so izbirale svoje napeve. Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail: dejanonih@email.si Ta{~ica Erithacus rubecula Robin – 1 individual, a quite atypical representative of Dalmatian avifauna, heard and seen on 20 Apr 2003 near Sutivan on Bra~ Island (UTM XJ10, central Dalmatia) Na prvi dan biolo{kega tabora v Dalmaciji na Bra~u, 20.4.2003, smo se sprehodili iz na{ega kampa v Sutivanu proti rtu Gomilica. Nekje na pol poti, ko smo spoznali `e vse zna~ilne penice dalmatinske makije, smo zasli{ali ogla{anje ta{~ice. Kmalu zatem se nam je pokazala tudi z vrha bli`njega grma in `e nekaj trenutkov zatem pristala na kolovozu prav blizu nas. Ta{~ica naj bi bila ena najpogostej{ih ptic pozimi na hrva{ki obali [Rucner, D. (1998): Ptice hrvatske obale Jadrana. – Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Ministarstvo razvitka i obnove, Zagreb]. Posamezne se zadr`ijo tudi do konca aprila, primer ~esar je tudi na{e opazovanje. Dejan Bordjan, Ulica 8. februarja 50, SI-2204 Milklav`, Slovenija, e-mail: dejanonih@email.si Srbija (Srbija in ^rna gora)/ Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro) Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Rjavovrati ponirek – jesenska selitev rjavovratega ponirka v Vojvodini traja od druge polovice avgusta do novembra. Dne 10.10.2000 je bil odrasel osebek, ki se je `e za~el goliti v zimsko perje, opazovan na manj{em krapovskem ribniku blizu mesta Kula (UTM CR85, osrednja Ba~ka). Na ribniku Kolut (UTM CR48, SZ Ba~ka) pa je bil ravno tak{en osebek opazovan 31.10.1999. The autumn migration of Red-necked Grebe in Voivodina starts in the second half of August and lasts until November, when most of the migrants are observed. Birds migrate singly or in pairs, while small groups comprising 2 – 10 individuals are very rare [Hulo, I. (1997): Migration of birds from the orders of Gaviidae, Podicipedidae and Anatidae on Pali} lake between 1981 and 1996. – Ciconia 6: 51–70]. On 10 Oct 2000, an adult Red-necked Grebe was observed, together with a Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus, on a small carp fishpond near the town of Kula (UTM CR85, central Ba~ka, Voivodina). The bird already began to shed its summer plumage, but the red colour on its chest and neck was still visible. During our observation, the bird was washing its chest and belly feathers, and feeding in between. It was not shy, and all the time was in the company of a slightly larger Great Crested Grebe, which was already in its winter plumage. This is the first observation of the Red–necked Grebe on Kula fishpond, a small isolated water body surrounded by intensive agricultural fields. An adult solitary specimen with identical moulting status had been observed on Kolut fishpond (UTM CR48, NW Ba~ka) on 31 Oct 1999. Marko [}iban, Bate Brki}a 18, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro, e-mail: sciban@eunet.yu Marko Tucakov, Marka Ore{kovi}a 9, 25275 Ba~ki Breg, Serbia and Montenegro, e-mail: mtucakov@eunet.yu Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Mali klinka~ – opazovanje odraslega osebka 2.6.2003 v Atenici pri ^a~ku (UTM DP55, JZ Srbija); gre za prvi podatek za obmo~je zahodnega Pomoravja, avtor pa domneva, da bi mali klinka~ lahko gnezdil v soteski Ov~ar–Kablar (UTM DP46)