Tengmalm´s Owl in Hungary – a long awaited bird!
The Tengmalm´s Owl is a very rare breeder in Hungary and a vagrant. In the last 15 years most observations were kept in secret so as the only ever breeding in the Zemplén Hills (1997).
On the 15th March a calling male was found by László Nehézy in the Bükk Hills. He organized the first twitch which was unsuccessful. In the next few days the bird was seen again and now it seemy to occupy an artifical nestbox (placed out by the founder) and there might even be a female bird. Later everybody got to see the bird without much disturbance!
So we all hope they will breed and also very happy that could see this bird in Hungary finally!
Many thanks to László Nehézy!
Photo: János Oláh
First Raptor Workshop by Imre Tamás
The I. Raptor Workshop by Imre Tamás took place in our hides from 26th of February to 1st of March, 2009.
This 4 days event included 2 full days in different Eagle Hides and a half day in our winter feeding station at our Passerine Drinking Hide. In the evenings sessions the participants heard different lectures and they also analysed the taken pictures and prepared for the next day.
The weather was horrible throughouit the workshop. The first day with continous rain, the second with fog and the third day was simply overcast. In previous years this weekend had the best activity, but the winter was more severe and longer in 2009. Hopefully next year even the weatehr will contribute!
Still the 9 photographers managed to capture 22 species and some really nice shots were taken. Some of these visible in our hide gallerys and a few right here!
János
Photo: András Zumpf
Photo: Balázs Bíró
Photo: Csaba Hercegh
Photo: Attila Kelemen
Photo: Gábor Szabó