Dolní Bousov - Výstava je uspořádána u příležitosti třicetiletého výročí mého kroužkování ptactva v severovýchodní části Mladoboleslavska. Cílem rodinného týmu bylo připravit výstavu jinak než tomu bylo v roce 2007 v Mladé Boleslavi (Čtvrt století s králem pěvců) a také jinak než v roce 2009 v Bakově nad Jizerou (V kraji zlatých slavíků).

Today we bring new travelogue about endemic and other birds of the Canary Island. An author of the travelogue is Mr. Ladisla Jasso  and you can read there about Canary (Serinus canaria), Canary Island Chaffinch (Fringilla teydea), Berthelot´s Pipit (Anthus berthelotii), Bolle's Laurel Pigeon (Columba bollii), Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis), Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) and other species.

You can read the article (in Czech) here.

NEWS IN CZECH ZOOS AND SMALL ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (II)

This month I´d like to continue in my last report and after I´d continue writting my last year´s January report (HERE).
 

The Moravian Ornithological Society (hereafter as MOS) was founded in 1932 and now is one of branch ornithological societies involved in the Czech Society for Ornithology which represents the Czech ornithology in the supranational organisation BirdLife International.  MOS focuses its activities on propagation and conservation of bird species on the territory of the Czech Republic, especially on its part called Moravia. Of course, internet is also widely applied. About seven years ago our first videos were at disposal on internet. Now we start using our own video channel on YouTube and try to present clips worldwide. That is why all clips have besides Czech description an English one as well. The videos show both usual Czech species and rarities. You can enter our video channel from our website:

Now the latest study reveals that great tits get even more out of close neighbourly relations. Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that great tits that know their neighbours well tend to do better at raising their chicks to independence. What's more, females are more likely to lay more eggs, and their chicks weigh more when they finally flee the nest.

Česká Skalice, the Rozkoš reservoir - Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) palearctic species from Greenland to east of Norhtern America. We can find two subspecies – Ringed Plover Europian (Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula), which live in the west part of its habitat, and Ringed Plover Siberian (Charadrius hiaticula tundrae) from Lapland and north Russia and Siberia. Determination of these subspecies is very difficult. Ringed Plover Europian, which migrate during our republic, breeds in coast of west Europe, Baltic to east (White Sea, Kola peninsula). Breeding population are in neighbouring  countries – in Germany 1900 – 2600 pairs, in Poland 450 pairs. From Baltic to east are mixed population with Ringed Plover Siberian. Winter places of Ringed Plover are in coast of France and Mediterrian, in B. ritain and near Persian gulf.

Author of article hung out many nest boxes for Owls and Birds of Prey in Orlické Mountains protected landscape area (total area 240 km²). Main purpose of this activity was reduced numbers of economic harmfull rodents (to limit deciduous tree seedling losts and to restrict using of poisonous rodenticids). Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) settle separate nesting habitat and they have different requirements to number of prey necessary to start their reproduction in local habitats.

Now You can read a new travelogue about Canada. The part is about provincie Alberta and you can be looking forvard to many species such as Turkey Volture (Cathartes aura), Hooded Merganser (Lophodyres cucullatus), Chipmank (Tamias spp.) and Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis).

You can read the article (in Czech) here.

Conservation is one of the biggest topics of our society, so the protection of birds is very important aspect of todays ornitologhy. This article describes conservation activity in the Svitavy region (Eastern Bohemia)  where bird boxes, drinking fountains for animals, feeders, perch for birds of prey were instalated last year. Local conservationists such as Jiří Mach, Filip Jetmar, Petr Zobač, Luboš Novák, Milan Janoušek and Ondřej Hrubý also cleaned up the Hvězda pond (the biggest pond in the territory)  and local forests . They also tried to interefere in „problematic official cases“ such as harmful activity in protected areas and have been intersting in monitoring of birds . We hope that the efforts will bring good results in next years.

The Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) is one of the most beautiful geese, but one of the rarest. Experts estimate their population abundance about 40 thousand individuals and is still decreasing. The Red-breasted Goose is a very endangered species in the world.

This goose breeds in Arctic Siberia and winters along the shores of the Caspian Sea. Since the seventies of 20th century winters in Europe - around the Black Sea in Romania and Ukraine. Sometimes individual birds occur in the Central or Western Europe.

Within The Czech-Polish project "Swan"  were between years 2008 - 2010 by Polish and Czech colleagues tagged a total of 286 large swan (Cygnus olor), of which 150 birds also received a yellow subtraction rings. The project had at the beginning outlined objectives and answers to the questions are fulfilled through the evaluation report of marked birds and through an annual census of swans on the three main east-wintering. The aim of the census is primarily wintering birds determination of mutation immutabilis from total number of wintering swans.

In summer 2008 the first travelouge was published here. It was about the birds of Tunisia. Now, 3 years later, we are bringing another article about Tunisia. Nowadays we focus on a island which is called Djerba and it is best-known for turism. But many interesting species of birds such as Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei), Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii), Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) or Gannet (Sula bassana) can be observed there in the right time. We hope you enjoy fading oh the travelogue and we would also like to thank  Mr. Ladislav Jasso who is a author of the article.