http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/ Middle East Bird Net Wed, 07 May 2008 09:43:55 GMT Luke Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3842 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3842 Thought some people might enjoy this photo of a strange colored steppe eagle we saw the other day. Foto by Haldun Savas four the last four years we have seen Tue, 06 May 2008 08:17:49 GMT Luke Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3841 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3841 Hello from Istanbul Turkey we see about 200 marsh harriers every year and they use the same route I think the use the same route in other places because it Mon, 05 May 2008 19:55:30 GMT farzaneh eti http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3840 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3840 Dear Violetta, I found a large breeder mixed colony of reef heron (Egreta gularis ) and great white egret (Egreta alba) in mangrove. The colony is far from Mon, 05 May 2008 10:24:29 GMT Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3839 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3839 Dear all I would like to inform you that the PODOCES 2(2) is just published. Many appologies for the delay in publishing due to some unexpected problems Mon, 05 May 2008 09:57:14 GMT Violetta Longoni http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3838 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3838 Dear Farzaneh, I'm an italian resaercher and therefore I do not have any experience aboute mangrove. The only data on this species I could provide you are the Mon, 05 May 2008 08:35:23 GMT richard prior http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3837 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3837 Dear Basma It could be that you were in Kassara AFTER the male Marsh Harriers had already passed through, because I believe they migrate earlier than the Mon, 05 May 2008 07:29:11 GMT basmasheta http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3836 hi all i want to ask about Female Marsh Harrier if it has diffierent migratory route from male?. if anybody know plz tell me. i saw in kassara only (a place in Sun, 04 May 2008 11:16:44 GMT Jevgeni Shergalin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3835 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3835 Dear all, Web-master of ARRCN Mr Yasonuri Nitani has posted on the web-site of Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network: the 1st ARRCN Newsletter on two Sun, 04 May 2008 05:57:13 GMT Avner Cohen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3834 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3834 Oh dear.. Seems like I forgot my lesson to quickly and missed out the mandatory "Tentative" and "If accepted by the IRDC"... So here it goes: The below record Sun, 04 May 2008 04:59:54 GMT Avner Cohen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3833 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3833 Greetings all, With recent mega sightings in the country, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happens. An Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) Fri, 02 May 2008 22:38:30 GMT Jeremy Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3832 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3832 BirdLife condemns Cypriot government's spring hunting endorsement 30-04-2008 BirdLife International and its national Partner BirdLife Cyprus (BirdLife in Fri, 02 May 2008 12:07:27 GMT farzaneh_eti http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3831 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3831 Dear friends, Hi, I am a student of biodiversity and habitats from Iran. I am studying about breeding of birds in mangrove forests in queshm island ( south of Thu, 01 May 2008 10:17:43 GMT Avner Cohen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3830 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3830 Greetings all, The past 2 weeks held extremely good birding in Israel. * An Influx of White-throated Robins was reported from the Arava with some 15 birds Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:36:45 GMT thaju cm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3829 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3829 I have some pic of Socotra cormornat and ortalan bunting check with my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/keralabirder/ this Ortalan Bunting is common in Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:32:51 GMT Mike Jennings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3828 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/message/3828 The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia, which will shortly be complete, will include photos of a number of birds and habitats. I am still looking for a