Owl nest-boxing 2010
The Sakertour nest box scheme supplies new breeding boxes for owls every year. This year we have constructed 25 Ural Owl nest boxes (weighing about 8kg each) and placed them both in Transylvania and the Zemplén Hills. One of the specialities of our team is that everyone is involved in nature conservation and over the years we have put up hundreds of owl nestboxes for several species.
Zoltán, Attila and Gábor (from left to right) in preparation Photo: János Oláh
The scheme helps us to show our tour participants these secretive birds with a higher success rate then any other company in the Carpathian region. We plan to put up a few boxes for Tengmalm´s Owl as well, later this spring.
János, Zoltán and Attila (from left to right) puting up a nest box Photo: János Oláh
Sakertour team
New eagle record at the eagle hides!
Today we had 14 different White-tailed Eagles in front of ´eagle hide II´ – a record number! The previous highest count was 12 at one time. The Hortobágy National Park now begins to stir from its long winter ‘sleep’ and more and more eagles arrive daily, following the hordes of grey geese returning to these vast pannonian lowlands. Eagle activity is likely to be very good during the coming weeks. A slight concern is the rapid thawing of a substantial snowfall, which might cause a few places to become inaccassible.
White-tailed Eagles Photo: Christian König
Sakertour Team
Hungarian National Eagle Count 2010
The Hungarian Ornithological Society (MME) – http://www.mme.hu/ – made the 7th Hungarian Eagle count in January. During this event over 245 observers counted wintering eagles all over Hungary. The most common eagle was White-tailed Eagle with 443-451 individuals and about 60 of these were in the Hortobágy region! Second most common was the Eastern Imperial Eagle with 125-127 individuals seen, followed by two Golden Eagles and a Greater Spotted Eagle.
The activity around the Sakertour eagle hides in the Hortobágy National Park is still good with White-tailed Eagles our daily guests.
White-tailed Eagles fighting Photo: János Perényi
Sakertour team