Month: March 2015

Geese season have been always one of the highligts when it comes to birding in Hungray. However in the last few years it is getting even better and better year-by-year. Not only the sheer number of geese but also its species composition is getting more exciting. In this last fanatstaic season we experianced an unprecedented Red-breasted Goose influx (you can read about it in out former post). Also the records of Lesser White-fornted Goose is evidently increasing. While the regular, and highly endangered european flock stage and pass through Hungary both in autumn and spring, in the time between – usually in the huge flocks of  Gretaer White-fronetd Geese – Lesser Whitefronts turn up with an ever increasing certainty. These birds are from the siberian population – probably another sign of the westerly shift of the migration rout of some goose population. 

With great luck, recently we even manged to photograph an immature LWfG, which was in a flock which contained no less then seven species of geese! 

You can find another image of this fantastic bird here:

http://sakertour.com/world_bird_gallery.php?text=&typ=3&viewer=classic&cat=79

Lesser White-fronted Goose with Greater Whitefronts

A portrait of the same bird

Greater Whitefront

Big flock of Greater Whitefronts

Red-breasted Goose

(Photos: Simay Gábor)

Sakertour Team

Although the winter of 2014/2015 was not a particularly cold one on the Hortobágy, still it had been the best and the most successful season of the past few years. There were not many opportunities to shoot those ever popular pictures with the snow covered landscape, but the length of the season could compensate our many photo friends. The White-tailed Eagles were in great numbers, it was not rare to see 12-20 birds in front of our hides. The most was 36 eagles all at once! We could even see young Imperial Eagles (maximum of 2) many times. In other years, the season is usually over by the end of February, but even though the spring came early this year, 12-16 eagles were at the hides even on the 10th of March.

If you are interested in an exclusive eagle photography option, please ask for our tours for the next season:

http://sakertour.com/hungary-white-tailed-eagle-photography-tour.php

Photos: Gábor Simay

Photos: János Tar

Photos: Sándor Borza

Sakertour Team