It started with a few birds at around 7:45 a.m., but continued on in intensity and length. At first a few Steppe Buzzards, followed pretty soon by a dark-morph Booted Eagle, and some Black Kites. Then we got White Storks in the mix, and more Steppe Buzzards. There was one Egyptian Vulture migrating with them, as well as one Short-toed Eagle. A group of eight Steppe Eagles, both adults and second calendar-year's came over, too. The migration continued on with small pauses between groups, until about noon. We then started to get a southerly wind,which means sandstorm. It was not a particularly strong storm, but it did kick up some dust around here. The migration must then have gone even higher, so that it was impossible to see with binoculars through the layer of dust. We ended up with over 1,200 Steppe Buzzards (Buteo buteo vulpines), 250 or so Black Kites (Milvus migrans), 25 White Storks (Ciconia ciconia), 8 Steppe Eagles (Aquila nipalensis), 5 Booted Eagles (Aquila pennata), 1 Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) and one Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
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| Steppe Buzzards |
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| Steppe Eagle |
Here is also the picture of the samamisicus Redstart that we ringed yesterday.
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| samamisicus Redstart |
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