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2009-10-31 Saturday
Immatural ARCTIC REDPOLL ringed together with Mealy and Common Redpoll at Siemianowka ringing camp.
Nice comparison visible:


2009-10-26 Monday
Parasitic Skua still at Siemianowka
2009-10-25 Sunday
Immature KITTIWAKE at Siemianowka Lake. Thats a fourth regional bird. Single Parasite Skua also there.


Possible WHITE-BILLED / GREAT NORTHER DIVER passing over Hajnowka.
2009-10-20 Tuesday
Flock of 44 Black-throated Divers passing over Siemianowka Lake.
2009-10-18 Sunday
Late Savis Warbler ringed at Siemianowka. Syrian Woodpecker trapped in Czeremcha, new site near Bialowieska Forest.
Roosting site of 1550 Cranes near Loje Awissa, Biebrza Marshes also with single Short-eared Owl.
2009-10-17 Saturday
Foggy weather forced Divers to stop on Siemianowka Lake - 9 Black-throated and 2 Red-throated. INORNATE / YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER retrapped at Siemianowka ringing camp.
2009-10-15 Thursday
Thats a second INORNATE WARBLER !! mist-netted at Siemianowka ringing camp. Yesterday it was very cold and almost no birds in the nets.


2009-10-13 Tuesday
Immatural approachable PECTORAL SANDPIPER still at Siemianowka.

2009-10-11 Sunday
Rainy day in fish-ponds of Bialystok, some already emptied. Water Rail walking on the edge of reed, some ducks feeding, 1 Great White Egret, tame Serin.
2009-10-10 Saturday
Immatural PECTORAL Sandpiper still at Siemianowka Lake. The bird is very approachable. Adult Black-throated Diver and Red-throated Pipit also there
2009-10-03 Saturday
Single Lapland Longspur near Hajnowka, edges of Bialowieska Forest. One of the "refuges" of LL in the Region thanks to local birder regular visits to the fields:)