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18 Jan I Did It! [Dimitris Vasilakis ]
17 Jan hey [kevin colcomb ]
4 Jan Re: Goosander at Cyprus [Emin Yogurtcuoglu ]
3 Jan RE: Article from the latest edition of World Birdwatch ["Chris" ]
3 Jan Article from the latest edition of World Birdwatch ["Chris" ]
31 Dec very good [richard prior ]
30 Dec RE: Goosander at Cyprus ["Nigel" ]
30 Dec Re: Goosander at Cyprus [Bob and Caz ]
30 Dec Re: Goosander at Cyprus [damla beton ]
30 Dec Re: Goosander at Cyprus [damla beton ]
29 Dec Re: Goosander at Cyprus [Bob and Caz ]
29 Dec Goosander at Cyprus [Emin Yogurtcuoglu ]
28 Dec Possible Western Black Redstart in the UA [Tommy Pedersen ]
24 Dec New bird for Cyprus ["Chris" ]
22 Dec Fw: Please sign and share!!! Thank you for helping AAO in the campaign to save the last Tunisian Houbrara Bustards. [Mohamed Amezian ]
19 Dec A new species for the OSME region? ["Simon Tull" ]
18 Dec Re: Abu Dhabi environmental atlas [Mary Megalli ]
18 Dec Abu Dhabi environmental atlas ["Ian" ]
17 Dec (African?) Purple Swamphen and Gadwall in Doha, Qatar ["Graham" ]
16 Dec Collared Kingfisher under threat, UAE. ["Ian" ]
12 Dec Raptor Survey, Call for help ["Ian" ]
06 Dec Falcon seized in Pakistan ["Ian" ]
06 Dec Recent Conference, Muscat, Oman ["Ian" ]
6 Dec Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt [Ian Harrison ]
05 Dec OSME sponsorship ["Ian" ]
05 Dec Sooty Falcon Project, Oman ["Ian" ]
05 Dec Simon Aspinall - Obituary ["Ian" ]
4 Dec Re: Time to raise more than an eyebrow []
4 Dec Time to raise more than an eyebrow [Howard King ]
4 Dec Time to raise more than an eyebrow [Howard King ]
4 Dec Fw: [AfricanBirding] Tr : Call for abstracts for the 2nd International Ornithology Conference (CIOA2â€“2012) [Mohamed Amezian ]
3 Dec Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt ["M.Istvan" ]
2 Dec RE: Saker Falcons released in Egypt [Sherif Baha El Din ]
1 Dec Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt [Ian Harrison ]
1 Dec Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt [Andrea Corso ]
1 Dec Saker Falcons released in Egypt [Sherif Baha El Din ]
30 Nov visiting Doha ["Graham" ]
19 Nov contact Stuart Fisher [Raffael Ayé ]
18 Nov NHBNS - Feathers to fungi - browse our Winter Gift Catalogue ["Chris" ]
12 Nov Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! [Mary Megalli ]
12 Nov Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! ["M.Istvan" ]
11 Nov Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! [Mary Megalli ]
11 Nov Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! [Mary Megalli ]
11 Nov RE: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! [richard prior ]
11 Nov Rare Birds in Iran ["Ian" ]
10 Nov Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! [Ian Harrison ]
9 Nov Cyprus Bird Report 2010 ["Nigel" ]
7 Nov ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away ["Mike Jennings" ]
7 Nov Re: ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away ["Mike Jennings" ]
7 Nov Re: ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away ["Mike Jennings" ]
6 Nov 2010 Cyprus Bird Report ["Chris" ]
2 Nov Re: Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
1 Nov RE: Simon Aspinall - Tribute [kevin colcomb ]
1 Nov Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute ["Norman Deans van Swelm" ]
1 Nov Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute [Howard King ]
1 Nov Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute ["M.Istvan" ]
01 Nov Simon Aspinall - Tribute ["Ian" ]
29 Oct Re: Great Stone Curlew in Abu Dhabi [Peter Hellyer ]
29 Oct Great Stone Curlew in Abu Dhabi ["Ian" ]
28 Oct RE: Oman question ["stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net" ]
27 Oct RE: Oman question ["simon tull" ]
25 Oct Re: Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 ["M.Istvan" ]
24 Oct Oman question ["stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net" ]
23 Oct Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 [Mindy Rosenzweig ]
03 Oct Cyprus House Crow ["colryall AT btinternet.com" ]
03 Oct Qatar Natural History Group - October Programme ["April" ]
30 Sep Hippolais and Acrocephalus singing in Yemen [Sherif Baha El Din ]
30 Sep Petition ["Chris" ]
27 Sep Bee-eaters over Syria [Yousef Ali Alzaoby ]
26 Sep Re: Dams in Turkey [riyat gul ]
26 Sep Re: Dams in Turkey [Charlie Moores ]
26 Sep Re: Dams in Turkey [Mary Megalli ]
26 Sep RE: Dams in Turkey ["Sureyya Isfendiyaroglu" ]
26 Sep Re: Dams in Turkey [Mary Megalli ]
24 Sep Re: HOUSE CROW - Cyprus [Ian Harrison ]
24 Sep Re: HOUSE CROW - Cyprus [Ian Harrison ]

Subject: I Did It!
From: Dimitris Vasilakis <Divasilakis AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:11:30 +0200

I've found this link http://www.plus-sign.org/message.php?p0005 and want to share it with you [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: hey
From: kevin colcomb <oilykev AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:20:41 +0000

Click here to see the attached video [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Goosander at Cyprus
From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu <emintatar86 AT yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:43:05 +0000 (GMT)

Dear all, I think there was a misunderstood. The observer of the Goosander was not me. He is Mehmet GÃ¼nel from Northern Cyprus. The link refers to his photo and name but probably it was overlooked because the trakus is only available in turkish... All the best, Emin ________________________________ From: Nigel To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com; WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â All, Yes, this is the fifth record and as noted below the last was in 1977. Best wishes Nigel From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of damla beton Sent: 30 December 2011 10:37 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Dear Emin, I have tried to track the previous records, On Peter Flints book called Birds of Cyprus printed in 1983 he notes 4 records of it with different numbers from different parts of the island in 1957, 1968 and 1977. And I could not reach any more records so you might be right if noone else knows newer records. All best Damla ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu > To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com " >; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com " > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:15 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d &idx=67333 Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Article from the latest edition of World Birdwatch
From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:23:51 -0000

apologies all - yahoo strips off attachments we are placing a copy of the article on the OSME website and details can also be found in the recent edition of World Birdwatch published by Birdlife International. Further details can also be found at www.himafund.org OSME _____ From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: 03 January 2012 22:10 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] Article from the latest edition of World Birdwatch Hi All see the attached article from Birdlife International regarding Hima Fund for Middle East IBAs Regards OSME [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Article from the latest edition of World Birdwatch
From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:10:01 -0000

Hi All see the attached article from Birdlife International regarding Hima Fund for Middle East IBAs Regards OSME [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: very good
From: richard prior <richwprior AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:57:49 +0000

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Subject: RE: Goosander at Cyprus
From: "Nigel" <nwcottle AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:23:05 -0000

All, Yes, this is the fifth record and as noted below the last was in 1977. Best wishes Nigel From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of damla beton Sent: 30 December 2011 10:37 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Dear Emin, I have tried to track the previous records, On Peter Flints book called Birds of Cyprus printed in 1983 he notes 4 records of it with different numbers from different parts of the island in 1957, 1968 and 1977. And I could not reach any more records so you might be right if noone else knows newer records. All best Damla ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu > To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com " >; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com " > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:15 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d &idx=67333 Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Goosander at Cyprus
From: Bob and Caz <bobcesme AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:49:03 +0000 (GMT)

Hi Damla, Thank you for your quick reply. Sorry to hear Peter no longer lives in Girne. We live here in Alacati .Cesme now ,but will be visitingÂ our friends at Catalkoy Â next year hopefully. I report all the birds here to Kusbank. This is my website as I am a nature photographer too http://alacatibirds.web.officelive.com/default.aspx Best Wishes Â Â BobÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Migration Route Â Â Â Â Â Â <<<Â Alacati this wayÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ________________________________ From: damla beton To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Friday, 30 December 2011, 12:19 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Dear Bob, Peter Flint is no longer living in Cyprus. I am working in the NGO called "North Cyprus Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature" (KUSKOR) that Peter Flint was a big part in past. Our web page is http://www.kuskor.org/en/ .I would be happy to help if you need any. All best Damla Beton ________________________________ From: Bob and Caz To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Hi Emin, That's a great photograph,congratulations. Do you know if Peter Flint is still living there in Girne. Best Wishes Â Â BobÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Migration Route Â Â Â Â Â Â <<<Â Alacati this wayÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com" ; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2011, 23:15 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d&idx=67333Â Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Goosander at Cyprus
From: damla beton <xswq12 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:36:59 -0800 (PST)

Dear Emin, I have tried to track the previous records, On Peter Flints book called Birds of Cyprus printed in 1983 he notes 4 records of it with different numbers from different parts of the island in 1957, 1968 and 1977. And I could not reach any more records so you might be right if noone else knows newer records. All best Damla ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com" ; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:15 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d&idx=67333Â Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Goosander at Cyprus
From: damla beton <xswq12 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:19:08 -0800 (PST)

Dear Bob, Peter Flint is no longer living in Cyprus. I am working in the NGO called "North Cyprus Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature" (KUSKOR) that Peter Flint was a big part in past. Our web page is http://www.kuskor.org/en/ .I would be happy to help if you need any. All best Damla Beton ________________________________ From: Bob and Caz To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Hi Emin, That's a great photograph,congratulations. Do you know if Peter Flint is still living there in Girne. Best Wishes Â Â BobÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Migration Route Â Â Â Â Â Â <<<Â Alacati this wayÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com" ; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2011, 23:15 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d&idx=67333Â Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Goosander at Cyprus
From: Bob and Caz <bobcesme AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:24:48 +0000 (GMT)

Hi Emin, That's a great photograph,congratulations. Do you know if Peter Flint is still living there in Girne. Best Wishes Â Â BobÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Migration Route Â Â Â Â Â Â <<<Â Alacati this wayÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ________________________________ From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu To: "westernpalearctic AT yahoogroups.com" ; "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2011, 23:15 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Goosander at Cyprus Â Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d&idx=67333Â Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Goosander at Cyprus
From: Emin Yogurtcuoglu <emintatar86 AT yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:15:31 +0000 (GMT)

Dear all, Today, a male Goosander(Mergus merganser) was at Kanlikoy(kanlÄ±kÃ¶y) pond located at northwest of Nicosia(lefkosa) Is this the 5th record of this species recorded at Cyprus? Here is the photo of the bird: http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl47 AT d&idx=67333Â Best, Emin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Possible Western Black Redstart in the UA
From: Tommy Pedersen <777sandman AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:55:11 +0400

Just landed in Dubai, and our UAE Forum reports this (with stunning photos by Khalifa). http://www.uaebirding.com/forum/showthread.php?4885-Jebel-Dhanna-27-December-2011 Jebel Dhanna is a restricted port in the Western Region, appx 2 hrs west of Abu Dhabi. Comments warmly welcome :-) Cheers, Tommy ____________________________ Tommy Pedersen B-777 Captain, Emirates Airlines UAE Bird Recorder Email: 777sandman AT gmail.com UAE web: www.uaebirding.com ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: New bird for Cyprus
From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:03:56 -0000

Report as follows: Meneou Pools, nr Larnaca, Cyprus 24th December RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis 1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Fw: Please sign and share!!! Thank you for helping AAO in the campaign to save the last Tunisian Houbrara Bustards.
From: Mohamed Amezian <amezian2000 AT yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:19:26 +0000 (GMT)

Dear all, Â I forwarded this email from Mr Hichem Azafzaf', president of the Association Â«Les Amis des OiseauxÂ» (AAO) (Birdlife Partner in Tunisia) about a petition to stop poaching Houbara Bustard in the South of Tunisia. Please sign and share with your friends/colleagues. Â Best regards, Mohamed Â ************************************* Mohamed Amezian University of Abdelmalek Essaadi Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Biology PO Box: 2121, Tetouan, Morocco Mobile: +212 (0) 6 33 70 99 52 Website & Blog:Â http://moroccanbirds.webs.com/ ************************************** ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Hichem Azafzaf To: 'Hichem Azafzaf' ; africanbirding AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 18:57:41 Subject: [AfricanBirding] Please sign and share!!! Thank you for helping AAO in the campaign to save the last Tunisian Houbrara Bustards. Â Il faut sauver les derniÃ¨res Outardes houbara en Tunisie Lâ€™Outarde houbara Chlamydotis undulata undulata est une espÃ¨ce rare et menacÃ©e, qui est protÃ©gÃ©e par la loi tunisienne et plusieurs conventions internationales dont la Tunisie est signataire. Ceci nâ€™a pas empÃªchÃ© la quasi-extermination de la population tunisienne de lâ€™Outarde houbara vu que le braconnage pratiquÃ© par les Ã©mirs des pays du golfe a Ã©tÃ© autorisÃ© pendant plus que 20 ans par le rÃ©gime Ben Ali. Depuis le dÃ©but du mois de novembre des importantes prÃ©parations pour des nouvelles campagnes de braconnage de la faune sauvage dans le Sud tunisien ont Ã©tÃ© constatÃ©es. Sans tarder, lâ€™Association Â«Â Les Amis des OiseauxÂ Â» (AAO) a informÃ© les autoritÃ©s et la sociÃ©tÃ© civile du risque imminent de braconnage et a organisÃ© en partenariat avec dâ€™autres associations environnementales une confÃ©rence de presse. Tous nos appels aux autoritÃ©s tunisiennes sont Ã ce jour restÃ©s sans rÃ©ponse. Pour cela nous demandons au PrÃ©sident de la RÃ©publique et au gouvernement actuel de prendre position et de faire respecter nos lois en matiÃ¨re de conservation de la faune sauvage et en particulier des derniÃ¨res Outardes houbara. Â http://www.petitions24.net/il_faut_sauver_les_dernieres_outardes_houbara_en_tunisie Save the last Houbara Bustards in Tunisia The Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata is a rare and threatened species, which is protected by the Tunisian law and several international conventions to which Tunisia is signatory. This did not prevent the quasi-extermination of the Tunisian population of the Houbara Bustard due to the poaching practised by the emirs of the gulf states which was authorized during more than 20 years by the Ben Ali regime. Since the beginning of November important preparations for new poaching campaigns of the wildlife in the Tunisian South were noted. The Â Association â€œLes Amis des Oiseauxâ€ (AAO) informed the authorities and the civil society immediately of the imminent risk of poaching and organized in partnership with other environmental organisations a press conference. To date all our calls to the Tunisian authorities remained without response. Therefore, we ask the President of the Republic and the current government to take a stand and to ensure that our laws are enforced as regards conservation of the wildlife and in particular of the last Houbara Bustards. http://www.petitions24.net/il_faut_sauver_les_dernieres_outardes_houbara_en_tunisie Â Â Â ************************************* Mohamed Amezian University of Abdelmalek Essaadi Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Biology PO Box: 2121, Tetouan, Morocco Mobile: +212 (0) 6 33 70 99 52 Website & Blog:Â http://moroccanbirds.webs.com/ ************************************** ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Hichem Azafzaf To: 'Hichem Azafzaf' ; africanbirding AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 18:57:41 Subject: [AfricanBirding] Please sign and share!!! Thank you for helping AAO in the campaign to save the last Tunisian Houbrara Bustards. Â Il faut sauver les derniÃ¨res Outardes houbara en Tunisie Lâ€™Outarde houbara Chlamydotis undulata undulata est une espÃ¨ce rare et menacÃ©e, qui est protÃ©gÃ©e par la loi tunisienne et plusieurs conventions internationales dont la Tunisie est signataire. Ceci nâ€™a pas empÃªchÃ© la quasi-extermination de la population tunisienne de lâ€™Outarde houbara vu que le braconnage pratiquÃ© par les Ã©mirs des pays du golfe a Ã©tÃ© autorisÃ© pendant plus que 20 ans par le rÃ©gime Ben Ali. Depuis le dÃ©but du mois de novembre des importantes prÃ©parations pour des nouvelles campagnes de braconnage de la faune sauvage dans le Sud tunisien ont Ã©tÃ© constatÃ©es. Sans tarder, lâ€™Association Â«Â Les Amis des OiseauxÂ Â» (AAO) a informÃ© les autoritÃ©s et la sociÃ©tÃ© civile du risque imminent de braconnage et a organisÃ© en partenariat avec dâ€™autres associations environnementales une confÃ©rence de presse. Tous nos appels aux autoritÃ©s tunisiennes sont Ã ce jour restÃ©s sans rÃ©ponse. Pour cela nous demandons au PrÃ©sident de la RÃ©publique et au gouvernement actuel de prendre position et de faire respecter nos lois en matiÃ¨re de conservation de la faune sauvage et en particulier des derniÃ¨res Outardes houbara. Â http://www.petitions24.net/il_faut_sauver_les_dernieres_outardes_houbara_en_tunisie Save the last Houbara Bustards in Tunisia The Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata is a rare and threatened species, which is protected by the Tunisian law and several international conventions to which Tunisia is signatory. This did not prevent the quasi-extermination of the Tunisian population of the Houbara Bustard due to the poaching practised by the emirs of the gulf states which was authorized during more than 20 years by the Ben Ali regime. Since the beginning of November important preparations for new poaching campaigns of the wildlife in the Tunisian South were noted. The Â Association â€œLes Amis des Oiseauxâ€ (AAO) informed the authorities and the civil society immediately of the imminent risk of poaching and organized in partnership with other environmental organisations a press conference. To date all our calls to the Tunisian authorities remained without response. Therefore, we ask the President of the Republic and the current government to take a stand and to ensure that our laws are enforced as regards conservation of the wildlife and in particular of the last Houbara Bustards. http://www.petitions24.net/il_faut_sauver_les_dernieres_outardes_houbara_en_tunisie Â Â [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: A new species for the OSME region?
From: "Simon Tull" <simontull AT ymail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:27:21 -0000

Steve Tibbett saw and photographed a Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) at Thumrait, southern Oman on 7 December 2011. The sighting has been referred to the Oman Bird Rarities Committee and, if accepted, would be the first reported record of the species for the OSME Region. For this and other birds news for Oman, see Birds of Oman Simon Tull OSME country representative, Sultanate of Oman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Abu Dhabi environmental atlas
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:33:18 +0200

Dear Ian, Thanks for this announcement. Conversion websites say "Emirati dirham," 270 AED=US$73. I'll wait until I check credit cards carefully! Have you, and/or Mark Green, conferred? On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Ian wrote: > ** > > > The following article was published in Gulf News on 18 December. > http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/abu-dhabi-environmental-atlas-released-1.952732 > > While not 100% ornithological, it is hopefully of interest. > > Ian Harrison > > Abu Dhabi environmental atlas released > EAD book highlights emirate's natural heritage. > > Abu Dhabi: An environmental atlas of the UAE capital was launched at the > Eye on Earth Abu Dhabi 2011 Summit recently. > The 200-page colour book was released by the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi > (EAD) and highlights the unique natural heritage of the emirate. > > It presents the information in an engaging narrative and is interwoven > with stories, case studies, facts and statistics, illustrative figures, > anecdotes, photographs and thematic maps. > "The Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi Emirate captures the remarkable > story of Abu Dhabi's natural heritage in an innovative and compelling way," > said Dr Jaber Al Jaberi, Deputy Secretary-General of EAD who launched the > atlas. > > "Through it, we hope to promote a better understanding and greater > appreciation for the unique natural heritage of the emirate of Abu Dhabi > and the Arabian Gulf region," > > The EAD recently discovered unique corals in the waters of Abu Dhabi, > which sustain temperatures of over 37C, with the help of an atlas, a senior > official told Gulf News. > > Conservation measures > "The discovery helped us to take necessary measures to conserve that > ecosystem," said Dr Thabit Zahran Al Abdul Salam, Director of Marine > Biodiversity Management Sector at EAD. > > An atlas also helped in the discovery of a new breeding colony of > flamingos in 2009 in Musaffah channel, which led the EAD to recommended the > habitat be declared a protected area, said Dr Salim Javed, Head of the Bird > Conservation Programme and Manager of Biodiversity Assessment and > Monitoring at EAD. > > Developed by a team of experts, the atlas is the result of thousands of > hours of research over a period of two years. It includes the most > up-to-date scientifically accurate information along with rich visuals > ranging from oil paintings to futuristic digital renderings. > The first half is filled with graphical and artistic depictions of the > geological and cultural history, status and future of Abu Dhabi. > The second half of the atlas is dedicated to cartographic maps. These maps > feature the results of studies carried out by the Abu Dhabi Global > Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI), its partners and other > organisations. > > Published in English and Arabic, the Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi > Emirate is priced at Dh270 and is available in all Gulf and international > leading outlets and online at www.booksarabia.com and www.ead.ae. > > > -- Let us go singing as far as we go, the road will be less tedious. Virgil Ecologues Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com 01224703613 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Abu Dhabi environmental atlas
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:10:58 -0000

The following article was published in Gulf News on 18 December. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/abu-dhabi-environmental-atlas-released-1.952732 While not 100% ornithological, it is hopefully of interest. Ian Harrison Abu Dhabi environmental atlas released EAD book highlights emirate's natural heritage. Abu Dhabi: An environmental atlas of the UAE capital was launched at the Eye on Earth Abu Dhabi 2011 Summit recently. The 200-page colour book was released by the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi (EAD) and highlights the unique natural heritage of the emirate. It presents the information in an engaging narrative and is interwoven with stories, case studies, facts and statistics, illustrative figures, anecdotes, photographs and thematic maps. "The Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi Emirate captures the remarkable story of Abu Dhabi's natural heritage in an innovative and compelling way," said Dr Jaber Al Jaberi, Deputy Secretary-General of EAD who launched the atlas. "Through it, we hope to promote a better understanding and greater appreciation for the unique natural heritage of the emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Arabian Gulf region," The EAD recently discovered unique corals in the waters of Abu Dhabi, which sustain temperatures of over 37C, with the help of an atlas, a senior official told Gulf News. Conservation measures "The discovery helped us to take necessary measures to conserve that ecosystem," said Dr Thabit Zahran Al Abdul Salam, Director of Marine Biodiversity Management Sector at EAD. An atlas also helped in the discovery of a new breeding colony of flamingos in 2009 in Musaffah channel, which led the EAD to recommended the habitat be declared a protected area, said Dr Salim Javed, Head of the Bird Conservation Programme and Manager of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring at EAD. Developed by a team of experts, the atlas is the result of thousands of hours of research over a period of two years. It includes the most up-to-date scientifically accurate information along with rich visuals ranging from oil paintings to futuristic digital renderings. The first half is filled with graphical and artistic depictions of the geological and cultural history, status and future of Abu Dhabi. The second half of the atlas is dedicated to cartographic maps. These maps feature the results of studies carried out by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI), its partners and other organisations. Published in English and Arabic, the Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi Emirate is priced at Dh270 and is available in all Gulf and international leading outlets and online at www.booksarabia.com and www.ead.ae. ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: (African?) Purple Swamphen and Gadwall in Doha, Qatar
From: "Graham" <grahamlangley AT yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:09:34 -0000

Hi all I spent a morning at a small wetland I found next to a reservoir west of Doha on 8th Dec. I wasn't sure if I was allowed in but no-one seemed to mind. Saw a good (for me) but predictable range of birds although I suspect the female gadwall that flew around with a group of Mallard on the main reservoir was less expected and the raft of 250+ Pochard was spectacular. I heard a Purple Swamphen in reeds on one of the pools next to the reservoir but couldn't see it. However, the reason I found the reserve (?) was because of an interesting picture on Google earth of a swamphen that must surely be madagascariensis. Assuming its a correct location for the picture taken, i assume, by a non-birder as its labelled "strange bird" it might be worth investigating Check the photo on Google earth at 25 09'20.87N 51 21'13.64E Anyone interested in a full list of the birds I saw at this site please feel free to email me privately grahamlangley AT yahoo.co.uk ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Collared Kingfisher under threat, UAE.
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:01:46 -0000

The following is an article from 'The Nation' which can also be found at this link: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/rare-kingfisher-threatened-by-demise-of-mangroves Rare kingfisher threatened by demise of mangroves While it does not receive the same attention as the Arabian oryx, dugong or marine turtle, the straits that the collared kingfisher finds itself in are no less dire. Put simply, if the mangroves it calls home completely vanish, so does this beautiful bird. Vesela Todorova reports It hides in mangrove forests, weighs less than 100 grams and is considered an essential part of the UAE's natural heritage. But the blue-and-white collared kingfisher, which does not have the conservation status of marine turtles and Arabian oryx, is endangered. Kingfishers are found in many regions, from the Red Sea all the way to Australia. But the subspecies kalbaensis can be found nowhere but in Kalba, on the UAE's east coast, and two small sites in Oman. If the coastal mangrove forests of Kalba, an enclave in Sharjah, are destroyed the birds will be, too. A new study of Kalba's kingfisher population showed the birds were still in the swamps but their numbers have fallen since 1995, the first time the population was studied. That first survey was carried out by the late Simon Aspinall, an environmentalist and bird specialist who estimated between 44 and 55 breeding pairs lived in the Kalba mangroves. This spring, a survey of the area carried out by the preservationists Oscar Campbell, Ahmed Al Ali and Neil Tovey estimated the number of pairs was between 26 and 35. The research was supported by a grant from the Emirates Natural History Group. "The true figure, I suspect, is probably close to 35," said Mr Campbell, as he presented the findings last week at a lecture organised by the group. The team had been very conservative in their estimates, he said. Mr Campbell, the chairman of the Emirates Bird Records Committee, had intended to compare notes with Mr Aspinall, who died in October. Even with adjustments for differences in the methods used, the data shows a decline in Kalba's collared kingfisher population, although the results were not as bad as the team had anticipated, Mr Campbell said. The reason the numbers of collared kingfishers are declining is that the condition of the mangrove trees supporting it is also declining. Development and the construction of the Corniche has been harming the forest, Mr Campbell said. "Kingfishers don't just need mangroves, they need high-quality mangroves," he said. The birds nest between February and June, using holes and cracks in aged mangroves to build their nests. "Young mangroves simply do not develop like this," Mr Campbell said, pointing to an old, gnarled tree with a hole in its trunk that had been turned into a nest. "Possibly, what is restricting the population is the lack of suitable nest sites." Steve James, an environmental scientist and ornithologist, agreed: "We are only dealing with two sets of data here so there is a possibility for error. My personal experience from the past 20 years is that the collared kingfisher has declined. I think the figures are fairly accurate and so is the interpretation." In that time, the area of mangrove has decreased by up to 30 per cent due to development, Mr James said. Mr Campbell estimates that area to be 6 square kilometres. Some mangroves were destroyed to make room for villas and a new road, he said. And the development of the Corniche limits the amount of seawater reaching the trees. Mangroves need to be submerged twice a day. "This is why some of the trees are under stress," Mr Campbell said. This destruction of the mangroves has led to a shortage of nesting spots for the kingfisher. "It is like six of us sharing a one-bedroom flat. You are not likely to have many children, are you?" Mr James asked. ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Raptor Survey, Call for help
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:42:25 -0000

Dear Field Ornithologists: A survey of spring raptor migration at Ayn Sokhna on the Egyptian Red Sea coast is planned for 1 March through 5 May 2012. There are no published data on raptor migration viewed from this location, and the only comparable survey (run some 60 kms north, in and around Suez city) is that of Wimpfheimer et al. in 1982. Observers, preferably those with some experience in raptor identification and census, are invited to travel to Egypt and be in charge of the survey for 7 consecutive days, 0830 to 1500 hrs, and record data, during which time they will be housed at a private home nearby. Please contact me privately at mary.megalli AT gmail.com for more details. Mary Megalli ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Falcon seized in Pakistan
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:29:21 -0000

The following is a link - that is a little earlier than the recent postings re Houbara Bustard in Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15757456 Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Recent Conference, Muscat, Oman
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:22:55 -0000

The following two links relate to a conference that was held recently in Muscat. This focussed on migratory shorebirds using the West Asian — East African flyway and on the important wintering and stopover site - Barr al Hikman. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/squ-conference-to-highlight-oman-s-role-as-a-stopover-for-migratory-birds-1.928880 http://main.omanobserver.om/node/72237 Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:07:32 +0000

Thanks Steve Sherif, can you do as Steve suggests? Thanks. Ian Harrison On 3 December 2011 08:43, M.Istvan wrote: > ** > > > Indeed, Ian Harrison has sent already a mail where he informed us that > attachements are not allowed to be sent on this mailing list (moderator > settings). > > You may upload them directly to the photo album of the mailing list. Just > click the following link: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/photos/album/0/list > > Best regards, > Steve > > > Save paper - think before you print > > Moldován István- Ornithologist > www.birdinginegypt.com > > ________________________________ > From: Sherif Baha El Din > To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 1:26 PM > Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt > > > > I am attching them here again .. perhaps mebirdnet does not allow > attachments? > > Sherif Baha El Din, PhD > > Environmental Consultant > > 3 Abdala El Katib St, > > Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. > > Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 > > Mobile: 0122180709 > > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: voloerrante AT yahoo.it > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:50:31 +0000 > Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt > > > > > > > where are the photos please ? > > thanks > > Andrea Corso > > ________________________________ > > Da: Sherif Baha El Din > > A: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; raptor-conservation AT yahoogroups.com; > natureconservationegypt AT yahoogroups.com > > Inviato: Giovedì 1 Dicembre 2011 19:51 > > Oggetto: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt > > > > Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the > attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug > (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder > guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated > and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or > so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt > and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at > the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured > route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this > if available. > > Sherif Baha El Din, PhD > > Environmental Consultant > > 3 Abdala El Katib St, > > Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. > > Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 > > Mobile: 0122180709 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: OSME sponsorship
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:53:26 -0000

While the policy of MEBirdNet is not to publicise commercial enterprises, I am going to make two exceptions since they both involve possible revenue for the OSME Conservation Research Fund. The first concerns NHBS, the Natural History Bookshop (NHBS). If you access NHBS through the OSME website (www.osme.org) by clicking on the NHBS icon in the list of sponsors at the bottom of the homepage - and then make a purchase, then a percentage of any purchase that you make will be credited to the OSME bank account. So if you are thinking of buying a book at NHBS, please go through the OSME website! Secondly, Odyssey Tours have just signed up as a corporate sponsor. Excellent news! Moreover, they are generously donating €100 to OSME for EACH participant on the following 15 day spring birding tour in Northern Greece. This is just outside the OSME area as such - but only just! The tour includes visits to the main birding areas such as Kerkini Lake, Prespa Lakes, the Xanthi area (Porto Lagos, Vistonida Lake, Nestos Delta and Gorge), Dadia Forest, and other key sites around Thessaloniki (including Kalochori Lagoon, Axios and Gallikos Deltas and Aggelochori Lagoon). Species likely to be seen include Dalmatian Pelican, Pygmy Cormorant, Lesser Kestrel, Eleonora's Falcon, and Syrian and Grey-headed Woodpeckers. Further details of the trip including prices and exact dates are available at www.odysseytours.gr. If you are indeed interested, please make sure you mention that you are an OSME member. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Sooty Falcon Project, Oman
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:02:49 -0000

The following is a link to a newspaper report on the Sooty Falcon project in Oman. Thanks to Simon Tull, OSME Country Contact and Zahran Al Abdulasalam, who works at the Al Ansab Wetlands, Muscat. http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Research-period-on-sooty-falcons-extended Ian Harrison MEBirdNet Moderator ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Simon Aspinall - Obituary
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:05:34 -0000

A full one page Obituary was published in The Times (London) on Saturday 3 December. To have one page is highly unusual and is an indication of how much Simon did and the regard in which he was held. This can be accessed by subscribers to the Times at: http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Ftto%2Fopinion%2Fobituaries%2Farticle3246247.ece Unfortunately I am not a subscriber so cannot get beyond the following: "Simon Aspinall was a talented field naturalist with...legacy that will last for many years. Aspinall is survived by his parents, brother and sister-in-law. Simon Aspinall, ornithologist and conservationist... " If anybody is a subscriber, perhaps they could let us have the full text? Ian Harrison Moderator, MEBirdNet ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Time to raise more than an eyebrow
From: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:18:14 -0500 (EST)

Howard You know my view on this but can anything be actually done to stop it All the very best Lee Evans [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Time to raise more than an eyebrow
From: Howard King <hmking.pmc AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:24:22 +0300

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/04/houbara-hunting-permits-issued-to-gulf-dignitaries-3.html -- Howard King Bahrain [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Time to raise more than an eyebrow
From: Howard King <hmking.pmc AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:24:24 +0300

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/04/houbara-hunting-permits-issued-to-gulf-dignitaries-3.html -- Howard King Bahrain [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Fw: [AfricanBirding] Tr : Call for abstracts for the 2nd International Ornithology Conference (CIOA2â€“2012)
From: Mohamed Amezian <amezian2000 AT yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:16:42 +0000 (GMT)

Dear all, Please see below this call and forward it to your colleagues. This is a call for abstracts for the 2nd International Ornithology Conference â€œAlgerian ornithology at the dawn of the third millenniumâ€ (CIOA2â€“2012)which will be held during 5-7 May 2012, at Oum-El-Bouaghi University, Algeria. Please note that the 1st announcement (in English and French) is attached to the original email (see at the very end of the message). Best regards, Mohamed Â ************************************* Mohamed Amezian University of Abdelmalek Essaadi Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Biology PO Box: 2121, Tetouan, Morocco Mobile: +212 (0) 6 33 70 99 52 Website & Blog:Â http://moroccanbirds.webs.com/ ************************************** ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: fellous amina To: "AfricanBirding AT yahoogroups.com" Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011, 20:11:10 Subject: [AfricanBirding] Tr : Call for abstracts on the 2nd International Ornithology Conference (CIOA2â€“2012) [4 Attachments] Â [Attachment(s) from fellous amina included below] ObjetÂ : Call for abstracts on the 2nd International Ornithology Conference (CIOA2â€“2012) Dear colleague, The University of Larbi Ben M'hidi is proud to launch the 2nd International ConferenceÂ â€œAlgerian ornithology at the dawn of the third millenniumâ€ (CIOA2â€“2012) which will be held during May 5-7, 2012, Oum-El-Bouaghi, Algeria. This is an invitation for you to join us in this conference. You can talk about any aspect of ornithology, according to conference themes (see topics below), by submitting to us your abstract(s) and registration form. If the conference does not meet your research field, would you please forward this announcement to your colleagues worldwide to ensure large spread (more info about the conference is available on the flyers here sent by attachment). The main topics of the conference are: 1. Bio-Ecology (Systematic, Habitat, Breeding biology, Feeding Niche, Migrations, Guilds,â€¦) 2. Biogeography 3. Genetic of populations 4. Ethology 5. Pressure and threatening factors 6. Usefulness, harmfulness, risky birds 7. Management and conservation 8. Parasitism and disease transmission Â CIOA2-2012 is expected to be a dedicated event for ornithological studies by bringing together scientists and decision makers from all over the world in a great range of subjects under several technical sessions, expositions, excellent lectures and roundtables. The conference will also expected to provide opportunity for scientists to exchange their latest findings and developments in a wide range of topics that are related to bird study and conservation issues. Meanwhile it is also hoped to explore and contribute idea and innovations to research and identify future ornithological issues. Â Regarding conference venue, this meeting will be hosted by the organizing institution at the main building of Larbi Benmâ€™hidi University located at Oum El Bouaghi City (East Algeria). The date is 5th to 7th May 2012. This month is relatively dry with very pleasant temperatures (20â€“27 Â°C). The participants will have opportunities to visit the unique wetlands complex areas during a field trip. Â By the way, the conference organizing committee (COC) will cover all documents of the conference, full accommodation for speakers and a post-conference excursion. Only a nominal price is set for registration fees. Hope you may not miss this discount package! Â We look forward to hearing from you and hope that you can join the conference. Â Best regards,By the COC, Haroun Chenchouni Â [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:43:30 -0800 (PST)

Indeed, Ian Harrison has sent already a mail where he informed us that attachements are not allowed to be sent on this mailing list (moderator settings). You may upload them directly to the photo album of the mailing list. Just click the following link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEBirdNet/photos/album/0/list Best regards, Steve Save paper - think before you print Moldován István- Ornithologist www.birdinginegypt.com ________________________________ From: Sherif Baha El Din To: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 1:26 PM Subject: RE: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt I am attching them here again .. perhaps mebirdnet does not allow attachments? Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: voloerrante AT yahoo.it Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:50:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt where are the photos please ? thanks Andrea Corso ________________________________ Da: Sherif Baha El Din A: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; raptor-conservation AT yahoogroups.com; natureconservationegypt AT yahoogroups.com Inviato: Giovedì 1 Dicembre 2011 19:51 Oggetto: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this if available. Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: Sherif Baha El Din <sherif_baha AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:26:04 +0000

I am attching them here again .. perhaps mebirdnet does not allow attachments? Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: voloerrante AT yahoo.it Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:50:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt where are the photos please ? thanks Andrea Corso ________________________________ Da: Sherif Baha El Din A: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; raptor-conservation AT yahoogroups.com; natureconservationegypt AT yahoogroups.com Inviato: Giovedì 1 Dicembre 2011 19:51 Oggetto: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this if available. Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 21:44:23 +0000

Just a reminder that MEBirdNet does not support attachments. If subscribers can provide a link, particularly to photos, this would be helpful. Ian Harrison MEBirdNet Moderator On 1 December 2011 18:51, Sherif Baha El Din wrote: > ** > > > > Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the > attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug > (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder > guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated > and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or > so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt > and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at > the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured > route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this > if available. > > Sherif Baha El Din, PhD > > Environmental Consultant > > 3 Abdala El Katib St, > > Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. > > Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 > > Mobile: 0122180709 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: Andrea Corso <voloerrante AT yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:50:31 +0000 (GMT)

where are the photos please ? Â thanks Andrea Corso ________________________________ Da: Sherif Baha El Din A: mebirdnet AT yahoogroups.com; raptor-conservation AT yahoogroups.com; natureconservationegypt AT yahoogroups.com Inviato: GiovedÃ¬ 1 Dicembre 2011 19:51 Oggetto: [MEBirdNet] Saker Falcons released in Egypt Â Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this if available. Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Saker Falcons released in Egypt
From: Sherif Baha El Din <sherif_baha AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:51:23 +0000

Bassim Rabea a ranger from Zaranik protected area, North Sinai sent me the attached photos of three falcons, which I identified as Saker Falco cherrug (any further opinions are welcome!) , that were intercepted by boarder guards along the Suez Canal with a Qatari Falconer. They were confiscated and later released by the rangers. I guess this happened the past week or so. The falcon catching season (illegal) is now coming to an end in Egypt and there are probably many falcons on their way out towards the Gulf at the moment. The land route through Sinai and Jordan is probably a favoured route. I will try to inquire about the origin of these birds and post this if available. Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: visiting Doha
From: "Graham" <grahamlangley AT yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:48:29 -0000

Hi everyone I will be in Doha for 24 hours on the 8th Dec. I will be based pretty central in the city and would love it if someone could let me know of ideas for a half day birding that's accessible by taxi? Thanks in anticipation. Please feel free to email me privately if its easier. grahamlangley AT yahoo.co.uk Graham (UK based birder) ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: contact Stuart Fisher
From: Raffael Ayé <raffael.aye AT birding.ch>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:41:07 +0100

Hi Is Stuart Fisher member of this email group? If so, could you contact me off-group, please? If any member of the group knows that he is not a member, would you be so kind as to forward this email to him? thank you and best regards, Raffael ------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:03:48 -0000

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Subject: Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:32:29 +0200

Dear Steve, This will be a tremendous boon to all interested in birds in Egypt! And, I won't have to get out the Coursers and quote from them by hand. Thanks for all the efforts, and support of birding in Egypt -- hopefully leading to some more active conservation programs. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM, M.Istvan wrote: > ** > > > Dear Friends, > > Only a small addition to Mary's comments. I have already have a scanned > the Courser Magazines (1,2 and 3) and it will be in a matter of 2 weeks > available online on www.birdinginegypt.com. Until that time anyone is > free to contact me and I can send it attached to your private e-mails. It > will be down loadable in PDF format as well as all my articles regarding > Egypt. Anyone else can contribute and upload his own articles to my page in > order to have finally a free virtual library for everyone interested in > it. It turns me bombastic when I am looking for a paper and it cost 45 USD > to download. How can a poor Middle East student download it, when his > monthly income is slightly less???? > Also a huge reference of the ornithological papers regarding Egypt will be > there soon. Any input is much appreciated. > > Best regards, > Steve > > > Save paper - think before you print > > Moldován István- Ornithologist > www.birdinginegypt.com > > ________________________________ > From: Mary Megalli > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus > caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! > > > Dear Ian, Richard Prior, and Group > > I CAN manage it -- know to whom I'm addressing an email, that is! > > Agree with Richard -- the Google translation(s) are indeed hilarious! and > I don't blame them a bit; you may have seen what happens to Arabic. I hope > someone quickly gets an English version published of the first Black-winged > (changed ten times I exaggerate in my lifetime, from White-tailed Kite in > Central California to Black-shouldered, to Black-winged Kite back and forth > a few times). > > I wonder if the observers over there had access to a (rather obscure!) > journal, Courser (The Ornithological Society of Egypt) No. 3 1992) -- which > people keep threatening to put online -- I haven't a clue as to how to do > that, so it remains "obscure." There are good articles there, in Issues 1, > 2, 3 (there were no more!), which would be of interest to our neighbors. > Anyhow, the citation is: > > Horner, Kenneth O., and M. Dungan Megalli. 1992. "Population changes of > Black-shouldered Kites in the Nile Valley of Egypt." Courser No. 3." > > Apart from noting that they have been around since Pharaonic New Kingdom > times (just over 2000 years ago), Horner & Megalli surveyed areas of Middle > Egypt in 1989-90. The article doesn't mention that Megalli, in this period, > saw what must have been the "northernmost" Bs-wK in the country to date, > one on a sailing boat mast (moored) just off the N coast at Baltim (the > northernmost land point of Egypt), say 1990 -- I can look it up. There have > been reports of BwK's from Israel before 2011, but I'm surprised it took 20 > years to find actual breeding records -- while meantime since 1990, I've > noticed fluctuating observations of them in the Nile Valley, and Oases. > > They are an "explosive" species, much as the White-throated Kingfisher is > demonstrating in recent years. I would summarize by saying the density of > BwK's has held steady in the Upper Nile Valley, and Western Desert Oases > (especially Dakhla Oasis) -- but I haven't been around the Delta north of > Cairo for the last 20 years. Last week, west bank of Nile Qena south to > Quarna [Luxor west bank], there were 12 BwK's, most of them up south to > Danfiq [viewed from car alone, with all manner of traffic hazards vying for > attention, so that's no "real" figure!]. In the past 3 years in Dakhla, > actual, more "relaxed" counts, have been as high as 10 to one kilometer of > road. The Bwk's ARE indeed "wire birds," and they favor perches over > berseem (alfalfa) fields, where cuttings make a mosaic of taller and > shorter green stuff, the rodents hit a low spot, and the Kite pounces. > Berseem is grown year-round, for cattle for domestic animals, and is a > nitrogen-fixer, so is > somewhere, all the time -- and often under lower-level, small electric > lines, upon which the BwK perches, saving energy in his hunting regime. > > At first, in the study (with Horner) of Bwk's, I thought that power lines > were "rare," that Egypt put its lines underground, seemingly for aesthetic > reasons! Well, not so, and hence our sighting of innumerable power lines, > and BwK's upon them -- and I ended by calling the BwK the "ultimate wire > bird." This may be corroborated by my possession of an article from "The > Ibis, January 1915," [came with my purchase of Nicolls in Cairo], by Rev. > F.C.R.Jourdain et al, who notes a BwK "on telegraph-wires and on the wing > at Hammam Mesloutine, April 1911" -- which is is in southern Algernia. > > Congrats to our northern neighbor, where the BwK finally made it, after > the (pesticide, insecticide) trial down here. They're not "confiding," but > a little red eye staring at one, and their elegant flight, as well as quiet > pursuit of cute little local rodents, have endeared them to us! > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, richard prior > wrote: > > > > > > >Great to have some good news about a bird of prey in the ME region for > once! > > > >I just hope that the world's political leaders don't use Google Auto > translation (Black-winged Uncertainty indeed!) > > > >Good birding all > > > >Richard Prior > > > > > >> To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > >> From: ianbirds AT gmail.com > >> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000 > >> Subject: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus > caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! > > > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Avner Cohen > >> Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 > >> Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding > in > >> Israel ! > >> To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " > >> WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" > >> > >> > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Greetings all, > >> > >> Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding > >> (successfully) in Israel: > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) > >> > >> > >> Original Hebrew at: > http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html > >> > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> -Avner Cohen > >> > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle > East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > >> > >> Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > >> > >> To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > >>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:26:00 -0800 (PST)

Dear Friends, Only a small addition to Mary's comments. I have already have a scanned the Courser Magazines (1,2 and 3) and it will be in a matter of 2 weeks available online on www.birdinginegypt.com. Until that time anyone is free to contact me and I can send it attached to your private e-mails. It will be down loadable in PDF format as well as all my articles regarding Egypt. Anyone else can contribute and upload his own articles to my page in order to have finally aÂ free virtual library for everyone interested in it. It turns me bombastic when I am looking for a paper and it cost 45 USD to download. How can a poor Middle East student download it, when his monthly income is slightly less???? Also a huge reference of the ornithological papers regarding Egypt will be there soon. Any input is much appreciated. Best regards, Steve Â Save paper -Â think before you print MoldovÃ¡n IstvÃ¡n-Â Ornithologist Â www.birdinginegypt.com ________________________________ From: Mary Megalli To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! Dear Ian, Richard Prior, and Group I CAN manage it -- know to whom I'm addressing an email, that is! Agree with Richard -- the Google translation(s) are indeed hilarious! and I don't blame them a bit; you may have seen what happens to Arabic. I hope someone quickly gets an English version published of the first Black-winged (changed ten times I exaggerate in my lifetime, from White-tailed Kite in Central California to Black-shouldered, to Black-winged Kite back and forth a few times). I wonder if the observers over there had access to a (rather obscure!) journal, Courser (The Ornithological Society of Egypt) No. 3 1992) -- which people keep threatening to put online -- I haven't a clue as to how to do that, so it remains "obscure." There are good articles there, in Issues 1, 2, 3 (there were no more!), which would be of interest to our neighbors. Anyhow, the citation is: Horner, Kenneth O., and M. Dungan Megalli. Â 1992. "Population changes of Black-shouldered Kites in the Nile Valley of Egypt." Courser No. 3." Apart from noting that they have been around since Pharaonic New Kingdom times (just over 2000 years ago), Horner & Megalli surveyed areas of Middle Egypt in 1989-90. The article doesn't mention that Megalli, in this period, saw what must have been the "northernmost" Bs-wK in the country to date, one on a sailing boat mast (moored) just off the N coast at Baltim (the northernmost land point of Egypt), say 1990 -- I can look it up. There have been reports of BwK's from Israel before 2011, but I'm surprised it took 20 years to find actual breeding records -- while meantime since 1990, I've noticed fluctuating observations of them in the Nile Valley, and Oases. They are an "explosive" species, much as the White-throated Kingfisher is demonstrating in recent years. I would summarize by saying the density of BwK's has held steady in the Upper Nile Valley, and Western Desert Oases (especially Dakhla Oasis) -- but I haven't been around the Delta north of Cairo for the last 20 years. Last week, west bank of Nile Qena south to Quarna [Luxor west bank], there were 12 BwK's, most of them up south to Danfiq [viewed from car alone, with all manner of traffic hazards vying for attention, so that's no "real" figure!]. In the past 3 years in Dakhla, actual, more "relaxed" counts, have been as high as 10 to one kilometer of road. The Bwk's ARE indeed "wire birds," and they favor perches over berseem (alfalfa) fields, where cuttings make a mosaic of taller and shorter green stuff, the rodents hit a low spot, and the Kite pounces. Berseem is grown year-round, for cattle for domestic animals, and is a nitrogen-fixer, so is somewhere, all the time -- and often under lower-level, small electric lines, upon which the BwK perches, saving energy in his hunting regime. At first, in the study (with Horner) of Bwk's, I thought that power lines were "rare," that Egypt put its lines underground, seemingly for aesthetic reasons! Well, not so, and hence our sighting of innumerable power lines, and BwK's upon them -- and I ended by calling the BwK the "ultimate wire bird." This may be corroborated by my possession of an article from "The Ibis, January 1915," [came with my purchase of Nicolls in Cairo], by Rev. F.C.R.Jourdain et al, who notes a BwK "on telegraph-wires and on the wing at Hammam Mesloutine, April 1911" -- which is is in southern Algernia. Congrats to our northern neighbor, where the BwK finally made it, after the (pesticide, insecticide) trial down here. They're not "confiding," but a little red eye staring at one, and their elegant flight, as well as quiet pursuit of cute little local rodents, have endeared them to us! On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, richard prior wrote: >Â > >Great to have some good news about a bird of prey in the ME region for once! > >I just hope that the world's political leaders don't use Google Auto translation (Black-winged Uncertainty indeed!) > >Good birding all > >Richard Prior > > >> To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com >> From: ianbirds AT gmail.com >> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000 >> Subject: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Avner Cohen >> Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 >> Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in >> Israel ! >> To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " >> WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" >> >> >> ** >> >> >> Greetings all, >> >> Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding >> (successfully) in Israel: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) >> >> >> Original Hebrew at: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> -Avner Cohen >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. >> >> Read all about us at http://www.osme.org >> >> To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:51:35 +0200

Correction: Hammam Meskoutine in southern Algeria On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Mary Megalli wrote: > Dear Ian, Richard Prior, and Group > > I CAN manage it -- know to whom I'm addressing an email, that is! > > Agree with Richard -- the Google translation(s) are indeed hilarious! and > I don't blame them a bit; you may have seen what happens to Arabic. I hope > someone quickly gets an English version published of the first Black-winged > (changed ten times I exaggerate in my lifetime, from White-tailed Kite in > Central California to Black-shouldered, to Black-winged Kite back and forth > a few times). > > I wonder if the observers over there had access to a (rather obscure!) > journal, Courser (The Ornithological Society of Egypt) No. 3 1992) -- which > people keep threatening to put online -- I haven't a clue as to how to do > that, so it remains "obscure." There are good articles there, in Issues 1, > 2, 3 (there were no more!), which would be of interest to our neighbors. > Anyhow, the citation is: > > Horner, Kenneth O., and M. Dungan Megalli. 1992. "Population changes of > Black-shouldered Kites in the Nile Valley of Egypt." Courser No. 3." > > Apart from noting that they have been around since Pharaonic New Kingdom > times (just over 2000 years ago), Horner & Megalli surveyed areas of Middle > Egypt in 1989-90. The article doesn't mention that Megalli, in this period, > saw what must have been the "northernmost" Bs-wK in the country to date, > one on a sailing boat mast (moored) just off the N coast at Baltim (the > northernmost land point of Egypt), say 1990 -- I can look it up. There have > been reports of BwK's from Israel before 2011, but I'm surprised it took 20 > years to find actual breeding records -- while meantime since 1990, I've > noticed fluctuating observations of them in the Nile Valley, and Oases. > > They are an "explosive" species, much as the White-throated Kingfisher is > demonstrating in recent years. I would summarize by saying the density of > BwK's has held steady in the Upper Nile Valley, and Western Desert Oases > (especially Dakhla Oasis) -- but I haven't been around the Delta north of > Cairo for the last 20 years. Last week, west bank of Nile Qena south to > Quarna [Luxor west bank], there were 12 BwK's, most of them up south to > Danfiq [viewed from car alone, with all manner of traffic hazards vying for > attention, so that's no "real" figure!]. In the past 3 years in Dakhla, > actual, more "relaxed" counts, have been as high as 10 to one kilometer of > road. The Bwk's ARE indeed "wire birds," and they favor perches over > berseem (alfalfa) fields, where cuttings make a mosaic of taller and > shorter green stuff, the rodents hit a low spot, and the Kite pounces. > Berseem is grown year-round, for cattle for domestic animals, and is a > nitrogen-fixer, so is somewhere, all the time -- and often under > lower-level, small electric lines, upon which the BwK perches, saving > energy in his hunting regime. > > At first, in the study (with Horner) of Bwk's, I thought that power lines > were "rare," that Egypt put its lines underground, seemingly for aesthetic > reasons! Well, not so, and hence our sighting of innumerable power lines, > and BwK's upon them -- and I ended by calling the BwK the "ultimate wire > bird." This may be corroborated by my possession of an article from "The > Ibis, January 1915," [came with my purchase of Nicolls in Cairo], by Rev. > F.C.R.Jourdain et al, who notes a BwK "on telegraph-wires and on the wing > at Hammam Mesloutine, April 1911" -- which is is in southern Algernia. > > Congrats to our northern neighbor, where the BwK finally made it, after > the (pesticide, insecticide) trial down here. They're not "confiding," but > a little red eye staring at one, and their elegant flight, as well as quiet > pursuit of cute little local rodents, have endeared them to us! > > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, richard prior wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> >> Great to have some good news about a bird of prey in the ME region for >> once! >> >> I just hope that the world's political leaders don't use Google Auto >> translation (Black-winged Uncertainty indeed!) >> >> Good birding all >> >> Richard Prior >> >> >> > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com >> > From: ianbirds AT gmail.com >> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000 >> > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus >> caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! >> >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Avner Cohen >> > Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 >> > Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding >> in >> > Israel ! >> > To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " >> > WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" >> > >> > >> > ** >> > >> > >> > Greetings all, >> > >> > Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding >> > (successfully) in Israel: >> > >> > http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) >> > >> > >> > Original Hebrew at: >> http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html >> > >> > >> > >> > Best regards, >> > >> > -Avner Cohen >> > >> > >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle >> East, Caucasus and Central Asia. >> > >> > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- >> MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >> >
Subject: Re: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:47:57 +0200

Dear Ian, Richard Prior, and Group I CAN manage it -- know to whom I'm addressing an email, that is! Agree with Richard -- the Google translation(s) are indeed hilarious! and I don't blame them a bit; you may have seen what happens to Arabic. I hope someone quickly gets an English version published of the first Black-winged (changed ten times I exaggerate in my lifetime, from White-tailed Kite in Central California to Black-shouldered, to Black-winged Kite back and forth a few times). I wonder if the observers over there had access to a (rather obscure!) journal, Courser (The Ornithological Society of Egypt) No. 3 1992) -- which people keep threatening to put online -- I haven't a clue as to how to do that, so it remains "obscure." There are good articles there, in Issues 1, 2, 3 (there were no more!), which would be of interest to our neighbors. Anyhow, the citation is: Horner, Kenneth O., and M. Dungan Megalli. 1992. "Population changes of Black-shouldered Kites in the Nile Valley of Egypt." Courser No. 3." Apart from noting that they have been around since Pharaonic New Kingdom times (just over 2000 years ago), Horner & Megalli surveyed areas of Middle Egypt in 1989-90. The article doesn't mention that Megalli, in this period, saw what must have been the "northernmost" Bs-wK in the country to date, one on a sailing boat mast (moored) just off the N coast at Baltim (the northernmost land point of Egypt), say 1990 -- I can look it up. There have been reports of BwK's from Israel before 2011, but I'm surprised it took 20 years to find actual breeding records -- while meantime since 1990, I've noticed fluctuating observations of them in the Nile Valley, and Oases. They are an "explosive" species, much as the White-throated Kingfisher is demonstrating in recent years. I would summarize by saying the density of BwK's has held steady in the Upper Nile Valley, and Western Desert Oases (especially Dakhla Oasis) -- but I haven't been around the Delta north of Cairo for the last 20 years. Last week, west bank of Nile Qena south to Quarna [Luxor west bank], there were 12 BwK's, most of them up south to Danfiq [viewed from car alone, with all manner of traffic hazards vying for attention, so that's no "real" figure!]. In the past 3 years in Dakhla, actual, more "relaxed" counts, have been as high as 10 to one kilometer of road. The Bwk's ARE indeed "wire birds," and they favor perches over berseem (alfalfa) fields, where cuttings make a mosaic of taller and shorter green stuff, the rodents hit a low spot, and the Kite pounces. Berseem is grown year-round, for cattle for domestic animals, and is a nitrogen-fixer, so is somewhere, all the time -- and often under lower-level, small electric lines, upon which the BwK perches, saving energy in his hunting regime. At first, in the study (with Horner) of Bwk's, I thought that power lines were "rare," that Egypt put its lines underground, seemingly for aesthetic reasons! Well, not so, and hence our sighting of innumerable power lines, and BwK's upon them -- and I ended by calling the BwK the "ultimate wire bird." This may be corroborated by my possession of an article from "The Ibis, January 1915," [came with my purchase of Nicolls in Cairo], by Rev. F.C.R.Jourdain et al, who notes a BwK "on telegraph-wires and on the wing at Hammam Mesloutine, April 1911" -- which is is in southern Algernia. Congrats to our northern neighbor, where the BwK finally made it, after the (pesticide, insecticide) trial down here. They're not "confiding," but a little red eye staring at one, and their elegant flight, as well as quiet pursuit of cute little local rodents, have endeared them to us! On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, richard prior wrote: > ** > > > > Great to have some good news about a bird of prey in the ME region for > once! > > I just hope that the world's political leaders don't use Google Auto > translation (Black-winged Uncertainty indeed!) > > Good birding all > > Richard Prior > > > > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > > From: ianbirds AT gmail.com > > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000 > > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus > caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Avner Cohen > > Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 > > Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in > > Israel ! > > To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " > > WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" > > > > > > ** > > > > > > Greetings all, > > > > Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding > > (successfully) in Israel: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) > > > > > > Original Hebrew at: > http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > -Avner Cohen > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle > East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > > > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com > >
Subject: RE: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: richard prior <richwprior AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:33:58 +0100

Great to have some good news about a bird of prey in the ME region for once! I just hope that the world's political leaders don't use Google Auto translation (Black-winged Uncertainty indeed!) Good birding all Richard Prior > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > From: ianbirds AT gmail.com > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Avner Cohen > Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 > Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in > Israel ! > To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " > WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" > > > ** > > > Greetings all, > > Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding > (successfully) in Israel: > > http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) > > > Original Hebrew at: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html > > > > Best regards, > > -Avner Cohen > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: Rare Birds in Iran
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:02:04 -0000

Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Editor of PODOCES, recently circulated three papers on rare birds in Iran. Two of these cover the period 1860-1970: Scott D.A. 2008. Rare birds in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. Podoces 3(1/2): 1–30. Roselaar C.S. & Aliabadian M. 2009. Review of rare birds in Iran, 1860s–1960s. Podoces 4(1): 1–27. The latest paper covers the period 1980 – 2010. Khaleghizadeh A. et al. 2011. Rare Birds in Iran in 1980−2010 Podoces, 6(1): 1–48 These articles can be accessed on the OSME website (under ORL/Trip Reports) or directly from Abolghasem at akhaleghizadeh AT gmail.com. Ian Harrison Secretary, OSME ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Fwd: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel !
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:23 +0000

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Avner Cohen Date: 10 November 2011 20:31 Subject: [WestPalBirds] RBlack-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) Breeding in Israel ! To: "israbirdnet AT yahoogroups.com" , " WestPalBirds AT yahoogroups.com" ** Greetings all, Exciting news of the first ever recorded Black-winged kite breeding (successfully) in Israel: http://tinyurl.com/blackwinged (Google auto translation) Original Hebrew at: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4146734,00.html Best regards, -Avner Cohen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Cyprus Bird Report 2010
From: "Nigel" <nwcottle AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:24:15 -0000

All, Unfortunately a chart detailing the number of Cattle Egret nests at the Fresh Water Lake colony 2004-2010 is missing from the 2010 Cyprus Bird Report. If anyone would like the complete Cattle Egret account including the missing chart please let me know and I will be happy to forward a copy. Best wishes, Nigel Cottle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away
From: "Mike Jennings" <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:54:40 -0000

Hi all, In the summer I offered free copies of old ABBA Survey report to anyone who wanted them for the price of post and packing. I had a number of requests but I am afraid I forgot to action them as I concentrated on other things. Those requests will now be met but there are still several reports going free. If anyone wants any then please let me know your postal address or call on me and collect the set! Mike Jennings ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Jennings To: MEBirdNet Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:42 AM Subject: [MEBirdNet] ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away I have recently been having a bit of a clear-out and have a range of old ABBA Survey reports which I shall be disposing off. I am happy to send them to anyone interested for the price of the postage. If anyone would like any of these reports please let me know. Do not send any money yet! If this offer is oversubscribed I will share them out as best I can and successful bidders will be asked to send the actual postage cost (either as stamps or banknotes). Bidders should say how they want the items posted. The approximate cost of post and packing of the largest reports will be approximately: 1 UK Second class postage. = £2.00 2. Worldwide surface postage (printed papers) = £4.50 3. Europe airmail printed papers = £4.50 4. Worldwide (outside Europe) Airmail (printed papers) = £7.00 Multiple orders will be proportionately cheaper. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) Warners Farm House, Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, UK. Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (Caution: Website 10 years out of date and quotes an old email address) ITEMS AVAILABLE: They vary in quality of copying and binding, some are originals with colour photos, others are copies of copies in b&w. Sometimes single sided printing sometimes double sided. Some of the older items are a bit foxed . (Book trade euphemism for storage grubbiness). (It will be pot luck what you get) ABBA Survey Reports Available (These reports usually include details of censuses and other observations, a systematic list and sites visited etc. and includes maps and photos). Survey 4. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & H. S. FELEMBAN. 1988. Report on an ornithological survey of the Asir National Park, Saudi Arabia 29 June to 18 July 1987. N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Report 4. (Pp 76). Survey 5. JENNINGS, M. C., M. O. AL TOUM & A. A. A. AL ISSA. 1988. Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia: Survey 5, Results of an Ornithological Survey of Northern Saudi Arabia: 27 February - 26 March 1988. N.C.W.C.D. Technical Report 10. (Pp 65). Survey 6. JENNINGS, M. C. & M. I. AL SALAMA. 1989. Results of an ornithological survey of the northern Asir & southern Hedjaz region of Saudi Arabia, 25 June - 16 July 1988. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.14. (Pp 65). Survey 7. JENNINGS, M. C., S. A. AL SHODOUKHI, T. M. AL ABASS & S. COLLENETTE. 1990. Results of an ornithological survey of central & north western Saudi Arabia; 12 March - 8 April 1989. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.19. (Pp 82). Survey 8. JENNINGS, M. C., I. A. ABDULLA & N. K. MOHAMMED. 1991. Results of an ornithological survey of South Yemen 23 October - 9 November 1989. N.C.W.C.D. Technical Report 25: Riyadh, South Arabia. (Pp 63). Surveys 9 & 10. JENNINGS, M. C., A. AL KRAIRY & R. AL HARBI. 1992. Results of two ornithological surveys to Central Saudi Arabia, May 1990 and April- May 1991.N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Technical Report 28. (Pp 60). Surveys 11 & 12. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & C. T. RICHARDSON. 1994. Results of two ornithological surveys to UAE and Oman and Northern Saudi Arabia, February-May 1992. N.C.W.C.D. Tech. Report No 35. (Pp.75). Surveys 13-16. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA, A. H. AL SUHAIBANI, H. S. A. YAHYA & C. E. QIRREH. 1996. Results of four ornithological surveys to the southern Tihama of Saudi Arabia, north eastern Saudi Arabia, northern Oman and north western Saudi Arabia, during the period December 1992 to April 1994. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.36. (Pp.65). Survey 41. JENNINGS, M. C. 2010. Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Recorded During Field Observations along the Shabab 1 Pipeline (Abqaiq to Rub Al Khali) and in the Shaybah Oilfield, Rub Al Khali, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: 24 May - 1 June 2010. Report - privately published. (PP 31). Also available from work in the Gulf of Suez even earlier than ABBA: HEATHCOTE, P., D. PARR, M. JENNINGS & R. FROST. 1983. Oil pollution in the Egyptian Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez and its effects on birds. Report to BP International Ltd. (Pp72). JENNINGS, M C., P. C. HEATHCOTE, D. PARR & S. M. BAHA EL DIN. 1985. Ornithological Survey of the Ras Dib area and the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Report to the Oil Pollution Research Unit, Pembroke. (Pp 118). The following ABBA Reports are not available but copies may turn up in future. Surveys 17-22. JENNINGS, M. C. 2004. The birds of the Rub al Khali periphery: Results of six ornithological surveys to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen & the UAE, March 1995-July 1997. ABBA Report Somersham, Cambridgeshire, UK. (Pp.87). Survey 35. JENNINGS, M. C. 2005. Birds observed at Ghubrah Bowl, Saiq Plateau & Jabal Shams, Northern Oman 19 March-26April 2005 with comments on status & population. Report, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud. (Pp16).. Survey 40. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMAH, B. ABU QABOUS & H. N. AL SUBAIE. 2009. Wintering Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia: February 2009. Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 53). Survey 42. JENNINGS, M. C., A. R. H. AL-MOMEN, & J. S. Y. HARESI. 2010 The Birds of the Highlands of South-west Saudi Arabia and Adjacent Parts of the Tihama: July 2010. Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 52). [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away
From: "Mike Jennings" <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:39:39 -0000

Dear Mary, Very very sorry but I forgot all about this project whilst I concentrated on other things. This item is available, the postage to US or Egypt by airmail is £6.48 + £1 packing or surface mail £3.79 +£1 packing. Please send cash in any currency and appropriate postal address. Best wishes, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Megalli" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away Dear Michael, I would like the Jennings, Heathcote, Parr, Baha el Din, islands mouth of Suez. By July, I'll be in the U.S. and can mail a ten-spot, sort of represents 5 sterling, keep the change for your indefatiguable ways. Hope you have received a crispy 50-dollar bill sent from the U.S. by a friend, for the Atlas. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Mike Jennings wrote: > > > I have recently been having a bit of a clear-out and have a range of old > ABBA Survey reports which I shall be disposing off. I am happy to send > them > to anyone interested for the price of the postage. If anyone would like > any > of these reports please let me know. Do not send any money yet! If this > offer is oversubscribed I will share them out as best I can and successful > bidders will be asked to send the actual postage cost (either as stamps or > banknotes). Bidders should say how they want the items posted. The > approximate cost of post and packing of the largest reports will be > approximately: > > 1 UK Second class postage. = £2.00 > > 2. Worldwide surface postage (printed papers) = £4.50 > > 3. Europe airmail printed papers = £4.50 > > 4. Worldwide (outside Europe) Airmail (printed papers) = £7.00 > > Multiple orders will be proportionately cheaper. > > Mike Jennings > > Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the > Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) > Warners Farm House, Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, > UK. > Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) > Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Website: > http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (Caution: Website 10 years out > of date and quotes an old email address) > > ITEMS AVAILABLE: > > They vary in quality of copying and binding, some are originals with > colour > photos, others are copies of copies in b&w. Sometimes single sided > printing > sometimes double sided. Some of the older items are a bit foxed . (Book > trade euphemism for storage grubbiness). (It will be pot luck what you > get) > > ABBA Survey Reports Available (These reports usually include details of > censuses and other observations, a systematic list and sites visited etc. > and includes maps and photos). > > Survey 4. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & H. S. FELEMBAN. 1988. Report > on an ornithological survey of the Asir National Park, Saudi Arabia 29 > June > to 18 July 1987. N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Report 4. (Pp 76). > > Survey 5. JENNINGS, M. C., M. O. AL TOUM & A. A. A. AL ISSA. 1988. Atlas > of > the Breeding Birds of Arabia: Survey 5, Results of an Ornithological > Survey > of Northern Saudi Arabia: 27 February - 26 March 1988. N.C.W.C.D. > Technical > Report 10. (Pp 65). > > Survey 6. JENNINGS, M. C. & M. I. AL SALAMA. 1989. Results of an > ornithological survey of the northern Asir & southern Hedjaz region of > Saudi > Arabia, 25 June - 16 July 1988. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.14. (Pp > 65). > > Survey 7. JENNINGS, M. C., S. A. AL SHODOUKHI, T. M. AL ABASS & S. > COLLENETTE. 1990. Results of an ornithological survey of central & north > western Saudi Arabia; 12 March - 8 April 1989. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. > Report No.19. (Pp 82). > > Survey 8. JENNINGS, M. C., I. A. ABDULLA & N. K. MOHAMMED. 1991. Results > of > an ornithological survey of South Yemen 23 October - 9 November 1989. > N.C.W.C.D. Technical Report 25: Riyadh, South Arabia. (Pp 63). > > Surveys 9 & 10. JENNINGS, M. C., A. AL KRAIRY & R. AL HARBI. 1992. Results > of two ornithological surveys to Central Saudi Arabia, May 1990 and April- > May 1991.N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Technical Report 28. (Pp 60). > > Surveys 11 & 12. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & C. T. RICHARDSON. > 1994. > Results of two ornithological surveys to UAE and Oman and Northern Saudi > Arabia, February-May 1992. N.C.W.C.D. Tech. Report No 35. (Pp.75). > > Surveys 13-16. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA, A. H. AL SUHAIBANI, H. > S.. > A. YAHYA & C. E. QIRREH. 1996. Results of four ornithological surveys to > the > southern Tihama of Saudi Arabia, north eastern Saudi Arabia, northern Oman > and north western Saudi Arabia, during the period December 1992 to April > 1994. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.36. (Pp.65). > > Survey 41. JENNINGS, M. C. 2010. Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats > Recorded > During Field Observations along the Shabab 1 Pipeline (Abqaiq to Rub Al > Khali) and in the Shaybah Oilfield, Rub Al Khali, Eastern Province, Saudi > Arabia: 24 May - 1 June 2010. Report - privately published. (PP 31). > > Also available from work in the Gulf of Suez even earlier than ABBA: > > HEATHCOTE, P., D. PARR, M. JENNINGS & R. FROST. 1983. Oil pollution in the > Egyptian Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez and its effects on birds. Report to > BP > International Ltd. (Pp72). > > JENNINGS, M C., P. C. HEATHCOTE, D. PARR & S. M. BAHA EL DIN. 1985. > Ornithological Survey of the Ras Dib area and the islands at the mouth of > the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Report to the Oil Pollution Research Unit, > Pembroke. (Pp 118). > > The following ABBA Reports are not available but copies may turn up in > future. > > Surveys 17-22. JENNINGS, M. C. 2004. The birds of the Rub al Khali > periphery: Results of six ornithological surveys to Saudi Arabia, Oman, > Yemen & the UAE, March 1995-July 1997. ABBA Report Somersham, > Cambridgeshire, UK. (Pp.87). > > Survey 35. JENNINGS, M. C. 2005. Birds observed at Ghubrah Bowl, Saiq > Plateau & Jabal Shams, Northern Oman 19 March-26April 2005 with comments > on > status & population. Report, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud. (Pp16). > > Survey 40. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMAH, B. ABU QABOUS & H. N. AL > SUBAIE. 2009. Wintering Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia: February 2009. > Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 53). > > Survey 42. JENNINGS, M. C., A. R. H. AL-MOMEN, & J. S. Y. HARESI. 2010 The > Birds of the Highlands of South-west Saudi Arabia and Adjacent Parts of > the > Tihama: July 2010. Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 52). > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away
From: "Mike Jennings" <ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:19:23 -0000

Dear Nick, Very sorry but this project got sidelined for a few months - well OK I also forgot about it whilst I was away! This item is available, the postage is Â£2.61 and there's Â£1 packaging. So please send cheque or cash for Â£3.61 and current UK address. I will throw in the most recent Phoenix (No 27). Sorry again for the delay. Cheers, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick P. Williams To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away Hi Mike, I'm interested in a copy of the following report please: JENNINGS, M C., P. C. HEATHCOTE, D. PARR & S. M. BAHA EL DIN. 1985. Ornithological Survey of the Ras Dib area and the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Report to the Oil Pollution Research Unit, Pembroke. (Pp 118). Or has Mary got in first? Best regards, Nick _________________________________ --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Mike Jennings wrote: From: Mike Jennings Subject: [MEBirdNet] ABBA Surveys Reports - Give away To: "MEBirdNet" Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 10:42 AM I have recently been having a bit of a clear-out and have a range of old ABBA Survey reports which I shall be disposing off. I am happy to send them to anyone interested for the price of the postage. If anyone would like any of these reports please let me know. Do not send any money yet! If this offer is oversubscribed I will share them out as best I can and successful bidders will be asked to send the actual postage cost (either as stamps or banknotes). Bidders should say how they want the items posted. The approximate cost of post and packing of the largest reports will be approximately: 1 UK Second class postage. = Â£2.00 2. Worldwide surface postage (printed papers) = Â£4.50 3. Europe airmail printed papers = Â£4.50 4. Worldwide (outside Europe) Airmail (printed papers) = Â£7.00 Multiple orders will be proportionately cheaper. Mike Jennings Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia and Editor of the Phoenix newsletter (ISSN 0268-487X) Warners Farm House, Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, UK. Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (Intl 0044 1487 841733) Email: ArabianBirds AT dsl.pipex.com Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/arabian.birds/ (Caution: Website 10 years out of date and quotes an old email address) ITEMS AVAILABLE: They vary in quality of copying and binding, some are originals with colour photos, others are copies of copies in b&w. Sometimes single sided printing sometimes double sided. Some of the older items are a bit foxed . (Book trade euphemism for storage grubbiness). (It will be pot luck what you get) ABBA Survey Reports Available (These reports usually include details of censuses and other observations, a systematic list and sites visited etc. and includes maps and photos). Survey 4. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & H. S. FELEMBAN. 1988. Report on an ornithological survey of the Asir National Park, Saudi Arabia 29 June to 18 July 1987. N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Report 4. (Pp 76). Survey 5. JENNINGS, M. C., M. O. AL TOUM & A. A. A. AL ISSA. 1988. Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia: Survey 5, Results of an Ornithological Survey of Northern Saudi Arabia: 27 February - 26 March 1988. N.C.W.C.D. Technical Report 10. (Pp 65). Survey 6. JENNINGS, M. C. & M. I. AL SALAMA. 1989. Results of an ornithological survey of the northern Asir & southern Hedjaz region of Saudi Arabia, 25 June - 16 July 1988. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.14. (Pp 65). Survey 7. JENNINGS, M. C., S. A. AL SHODOUKHI, T. M. AL ABASS & S. COLLENETTE. 1990. Results of an ornithological survey of central & north western Saudi Arabia; 12 March - 8 April 1989. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.19. (Pp 82). Survey 8. JENNINGS, M. C., I. A. ABDULLA & N. K. MOHAMMED. 1991. Results of an ornithological survey of South Yemen 23 October - 9 November 1989. N.C.W.C.D. Technical Report 25: Riyadh, South Arabia. (Pp 63). Surveys 9 & 10. JENNINGS, M. C., A. AL KRAIRY & R. AL HARBI. 1992. Results of two ornithological surveys to Central Saudi Arabia, May 1990 and April- May 1991.N.C.W.C.D., Riyadh Technical Report 28. (Pp 60). Surveys 11 & 12. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA & C. T. RICHARDSON. 1994. Results of two ornithological surveys to UAE and Oman and Northern Saudi Arabia, February-May 1992. N.C.W.C.D. Tech. Report No 35. (Pp.75). Surveys 13-16. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMA, A. H. AL SUHAIBANI, H. S. A. YAHYA & C. E. QIRREH. 1996. Results of four ornithological surveys to the southern Tihama of Saudi Arabia, north eastern Saudi Arabia, northern Oman and north western Saudi Arabia, during the period December 1992 to April 1994. N.C.W.C.D. Riyadh Tech. Report No.36. (Pp.65). Survey 41. JENNINGS, M. C. 2010. Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Recorded During Field Observations along the Shabab 1 Pipeline (Abqaiq to Rub Al Khali) and in the Shaybah Oilfield, Rub Al Khali, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: 24 May - 1 June 2010. Report - privately published. (PP 31). Also available from work in the Gulf of Suez even earlier than ABBA: HEATHCOTE, P., D. PARR, M. JENNINGS & R. FROST. 1983. Oil pollution in the Egyptian Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez and its effects on birds. Report to BP International Ltd. (Pp72). JENNINGS, M C., P. C. HEATHCOTE, D. PARR & S. M. BAHA EL DIN. 1985. Ornithological Survey of the Ras Dib area and the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Report to the Oil Pollution Research Unit, Pembroke. (Pp 118). The following ABBA Reports are not available but copies may turn up in future. Surveys 17-22. JENNINGS, M. C. 2004. The birds of the Rub al Khali periphery: Results of six ornithological surveys to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen & the UAE, March 1995-July 1997. ABBA Report Somersham, Cambridgeshire, UK. (Pp.87). Survey 35. JENNINGS, M. C. 2005. Birds observed at Ghubrah Bowl, Saiq Plateau & Jabal Shams, Northern Oman 19 March-26April 2005 with comments on status & population. Report, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud. (Pp16).. Survey 40. JENNINGS, M. C., M. I. AL SALAMAH, B. ABU QABOUS & H. N. AL SUBAIE. 2009. Wintering Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia: February 2009. Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 53). Survey 42. JENNINGS, M. C., A. R. H. AL-MOMEN, & J. S. Y. HARESI. 2010 The Birds of the Highlands of South-west Saudi Arabia and Adjacent Parts of the Tihama: July 2010. Report to SWC Riyadh. (Pp 52). 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Subject: 2010 Cyprus Bird Report
From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 18:18:45 -0000

_____ From: Colin Richardson [mailto:richar AT cytanet.com.cy] Sent: 05 November 2011 05:43 To: 'Colin Richardson' Subject: 2010 Cyprus Bird Report I'm pleased to say the 2010 Cyprus Bird Report has just been printed and ready for distribution. Members will receive their copy from BirdLife Cyprus in due course, but for non-members who wish a copy please order from birdlifecyprus AT birdlifecyprus.org.cy (price will be in Euros). For non-members in the UK who would like to pay in GB£, the retail price is £12 air mail, including p&p (cheques/cash please to Colin Richardson, Petravounos 10, Marathounta, 8520 Paphos, Cyprus ) Many thanks. Colin Richardson Editor, Cyprus Bird Report Chairman, BirdLife Cyprus Rarities Sub-committee richar AT cytanet.com.cy Softback; A5 size; 206 pages; 40 colour photos; 2010 Systematic List; 2010 Ringing report; 'first' papers on Hypocolius, White-winged Snowfinch, Crimson-winged Finch; notes on Glossy Ibis migration; Cyprus Warbler decline; Status of Broad-billed Sandpiper; 2011 drought in Africa affecting spring migrants; 2010 month-by-month summary; site maps; charts; tables; full Cyprus Bird List and much more. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 03:07:38 -0700 (PDT)

Steve, Yes, the following birds were seen at Abu Simbel: On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove. African Skimmers have not been seen for some time to my knowledge. Â African Mourning Dove appear to be resident and presumed to be breeding.Â They had a very good trip overall. Â Saw Senegal Coucal at Abassa although it can be difficult to see this species in the autumn. Â This was the first group to visit Sheikh Shazli. Â Other than Pink-headed Dove not much of interest, but hoped if this area is visited throughout the year might produce some interesting species.Â Two birds that they tried for but didn't see: Â Goliath Heron (searched but didn't see in southern Red Sea) and Three-banded Plover (were prevented by the millitary from visiting the fish farm at Aswan). Â Â Goliath Heron seems to be more visable & easier to see in spring when breeding. Â Three-banded Plover is there & can be seen if one is able to access the fish farm. Crab Plovers are easiest to see in autumn. Â Hamata Islands is a good location for seeing breeding seabirds & Sooty Falcon (much nicer than Hurghada) although some species easier to see in the north like Crested Terns. Â Â Â Mindy --- On Tue, 25/10/11, M.Istvan wrote: From: M.Istvan Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 To: "MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com" Date: Tuesday, 25 October, 2011, 9:05 AM Â I suppose the birds enumerated in the second sentences were recorded in Abu Simbel, not on Crocodile Island, isn`t it? On Crocodile Luxor, 4 Red Avadavats & a female Greater Painted Snipe. On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove.Â On Sep 22 there were 5 male and 2 female Namaqua Doves at the Camel Market in Daraw. Steve Â Save paper -Â think before you print MoldovÃ¡n IstvÃ¡n-Â Ornithologist Â www.birdinginegypt.com ________________________________ From: Mindy Rosenzweig To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 7:50 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 Â Birdfinders tour to EgyptÂ from 16Â to 29 Sep 2011: Â On Sep 17 there were 10 Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplovers & a Single Broad-billed Sandpiper at Wadi Natrun. In addition,Â 3 Streaked Weavers and a single male Red Avadavat at Abassa. Â On Crocodile Luxor, 4 Red Avadavats & a female Greater Painted Snipe. On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove.Â On Sep 22 there were 5 male and 2 female Namaqua Doves at the Camel Market in Daraw. Â On Sep 23 there were 6 Lappet-faced Vultures at Bir Shalatayn. On Sep 24 there were a flock of 63 Crab Plovers , 10 Sooty Falcons, 6 Lanner Falcons, a single Corn Crake, a Creztchmar's Bunting along with massive colonies of 160 White-cheeked Terns, 50 Bridled-Terns and 35 Lesser crested Terns on Hamata archipelago. On Sep 25 There was a flock of 25 African Collard Doves at Sheikh Shazli. Â At Hurghada Sewage Farm there was a single juvenille Red-necked Phalarope, a rare passage migrant. On Sep 28. On Sep 28 there was a flock of 95 Great crested Terns on the shores of Zafana and Ain Sukhana. Â Â Records by Vaughn & Svetlana Ashby ( Birdfinders Birdwatching Holidays) and Abdulla Aly ( Thebes Tours International) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Simon Aspinall - Tribute
From: kevin colcomb <oilykev AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:46:47 +0000

Ian Many thanks for passing this on. An inspiration to us all. Kevin To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com From: ianbirds AT gmail.com Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:37:39 +0000 Subject: [MEBirdNet] Simon Aspinall - Tribute Simon Aspinall I have been asked to post the following obituary by Peter Hellyer who was a long term colleague and friend of Simon. Very sad news. Ian Harrison It is with great sadness that I report that Simon Aspinall died in Norfolk this morning, 31st October, after a valiant struggle against motor neurone disease. He was 53. A graduate in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, Simon first came to the UAE in 1993 to work for the Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA, (now EAD). He brought with him a wealth of experience in the UK, having worked for nine years with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Nature Conservancy Council and then for three years for the NCC and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on projects in southern England. The latter led to his first two books on Coastal Birds of East Dorset and Birds of the Solent. Simon threw himself energetically both into field research in Abu Dhabi, and into the developing birdwatching fraternity, and was quickly co-opted to membership of the recently-established Emirates Bird Records Committee. He rapidly began writing as well – by the end of 1994, he had written or co-authored a total of ten papers and book chapters, including, with Colin Richardson, then EBRC Chairman, and myself, the UAE chapter in BirdLife International's Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. In 1996, his first book on UAE birds appeared, Status & Conservation of the Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates, a seminal work based upon hundreds of hours of fieldwork. In 1997, offered the choice between taking a salary cut at ERWDA or leaving the organisation, Simon struck out on his own as a freelance ecological consultant. Two years as my part-time Environment Editor at the daily Emirates News followed, until the paper closed, with Simon taking responsibility for the weekly `Twitchers' Guide', which we had started with Colin Richardson in 1994, and which continued on-line until 2006. He also handled environmental studies for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, of which I was executive director, until it ceased operations in 2006. In that capacity, he rapidly developed a keen eye for the identification of previously-unrecorded sites , helping to develop our understanding of Man's relationship with the environment of Abu Dhabi's deserts and elsewhere in the UAE. During the late 1990s, the carrying out of environmental surveys became increasingly standard practice and Simon worked on projects throughout the country and also in Azerbaijan and Pakistan. He continued to carry out fieldwork long after he was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, until its steady progress made that no longer possible. While in the UAE, his primary interest was always birds and more books followed, including, in 1998, the popular Shell Birdwatching Guide to the United Arab Emirates, written with Colin Richardson. This was followed in 2003 by a revised 2nd edition of Breeding Birds, in Arabic, published by EAD. A 3rd edition, re-titled Breeding Birds of the UAE, appeared in 2010, as did the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East, written with Richard Porter. Two more books followed this year, both commissioned by EAD, Birds of the UAE – a guide to common and important species, with Salim Javed and Jens and Hanne Eriksen, and, due shortly, the Field Guide to the Birds of the United Arab Emirates, with Richard Porter, the first country guide to any of the Gulf states. These and other works, like Important Bird Areas of the United Arab Emirates, a co-authored paper that appeared in British Birds in 2006, have done much to introduce the country's birds to an international audience. Besides his books, book chapters, articles in journals and reports flowed rapidly. At a rough guess, he authored or co-authored well over a hundred different papers and reports on the UAE's birds and other fauna and flora. Simon was never interested just in birds. Terrestrial ecology as a whole fascinated him while he was also for over a decade the co-ordinator of the UAE Marine Mammal Database. He was also interested in palaeontology and made several major Late Miocene fossil finds in Abu Dhabi's Western Region. This equipped him to engage in publishing that extended far beyond birds. In 2004, he was co-editor, with me, of Jebel Hafit – A Natural History, this being followed the next year by another joint production, The Emirates: A Natural History. Insofar as both publications are of scientific merit, it was largely due to Simon's expertise. As UAE birders will know, Simon was an engaging and inspiring colleague in the field – ever ready to share his own expertise. For many years an ENHG committee member, he served a spell as Group Chairman and was awarded the annual Sheikh Mubarak Award, for his contributions to knowledge of the country's natural history. Simon will be remembered partly for his unparallelled contributions to UAE natural history and, of course, as the first UAE birder to pass the 400 mark on his checklist. His last `tick', his 415th, was the Wilson's phalarope at Al Wathba Lake in January last year. His comment earlier this month, on seeing a picture of the latest addition to the UAE checklist, Great Stone-Curlew, was `about time'. He had predicted it over a decade earlier. In her introduction to the Field Guide to the Birds of the UAE, the Secretary General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Razan Al Mubarak, pays this tribute: "I take particular pleasure in acknowledging the contribution made by Simon Aspinall over the last two decades to studies of the UAE's environment, including its birds. His books on the topic, including this one, provide the foundations on which others will be able to build for many, many years to come." Many of us, though, will remember him just as much for the strength of character he displayed as the motor neurone disease inexorably took hold. He was not someone who let his determination fade. A couple of days before he was taken to hospital in late August, we sat together in Norfolk to look over the final proofs of the UAE Field Guide and to discuss the next project that he wanted to get under way, the tracking of Abu Dhabi's pallid swifts that Oscar announced on the Forum yesterday. He also told me to get over to Cley and look out for the young barn owls flying over the field at the back of his house. Sure enough, two appeared and performed magnificently – the best views I've had for many a year." His parents, Jack and Sylvia, sent me an e-mail while they were waiting for the ambulance to come to take him to hospital, though he returned after ten days, irritated by the young nurses who treated him, or so he said, like a `silly old git,' and spent his last weeks in bed at home, gently and peacefully fading away. While he was waiting for the ambulance, they told me, Simon had his `spirit undaunted, eyes still twinkling.' It is like that I wish to remember him – a great friend, an incredible colleague and an inspiration. Peter Hellyer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute
From: "Norman Deans van Swelm" <Norman.vanswelm AT wxs.nl>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:02:24 +0100

What sad news. I only had contact with Simon on a few occassions but allways very pleasant and most interesting and so were his publications and other contributions to ornithology. My deepest sympathy goes to his parents in England. Yours sincerely, Norman Deans van Swelm Simon Aspinall I have been asked to post the following obituary by Peter Hellyer who was a long term colleague and friend of Simon. Very sad news. Ian Harrison It is with great sadness that I report that Simon Aspinall died in Norfolk this morning, 31st October, after a valiant struggle against motor neurone disease. He was 53. A graduate in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, Simon first came to the UAE in 1993 to work for the Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA, (now EAD). He brought with him a wealth of experience in the UK, having worked for nine years with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Nature Conservancy Council and then for three years for the NCC and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on projects in southern England. The latter led to his first two books on Coastal Birds of East Dorset and Birds of the Solent. Simon threw himself energetically both into field research in Abu Dhabi, and into the developing birdwatching fraternity, and was quickly co-opted to membership of the recently-established Emirates Bird Records Committee. He rapidly began writing as well - by the end of 1994, he had written or co-authored a total of ten papers and book chapters, including, with Colin Richardson, then EBRC Chairman, and myself, the UAE chapter in BirdLife International's Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. In 1996, his first book on UAE birds appeared, Status & Conservation of the Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates, a seminal work based upon hundreds of hours of fieldwork. In 1997, offered the choice between taking a salary cut at ERWDA or leaving the organisation, Simon struck out on his own as a freelance ecological consultant. Two years as my part-time Environment Editor at the daily Emirates News followed, until the paper closed, with Simon taking responsibility for the weekly `Twitchers' Guide', which we had started with Colin Richardson in 1994, and which continued on-line until 2006. He also handled environmental studies for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, of which I was executive director, until it ceased operations in 2006. In that capacity, he rapidly developed a keen eye for the identification of previously-unrecorded sites , helping to develop our understanding of Man's relationship with the environment of Abu Dhabi's deserts and elsewhere in the UAE. During the late 1990s, the carrying out of environmental surveys became increasingly standard practice and Simon worked on projects throughout the country and also in Azerbaijan and Pakistan. He continued to carry out fieldwork long after he was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, until its steady progress made that no longer possible. While in the UAE, his primary interest was always birds and more books followed, including, in 1998, the popular Shell Birdwatching Guide to the United Arab Emirates, written with Colin Richardson. This was followed in 2003 by a revised 2nd edition of Breeding Birds, in Arabic, published by EAD. A 3rd edition, re-titled Breeding Birds of the UAE, appeared in 2010, as did the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East, written with Richard Porter. Two more books followed this year, both commissioned by EAD, Birds of the UAE - a guide to common and important species, with Salim Javed and Jens and Hanne Eriksen, and, due shortly, the Field Guide to the Birds of the United Arab Emirates, with Richard Porter, the first country guide to any of the Gulf states. These and other works, like Important Bird Areas of the United Arab Emirates, a co-authored paper that appeared in British Birds in 2006, have done much to introduce the country's birds to an international audience. Besides his books, book chapters, articles in journals and reports flowed rapidly. At a rough guess, he authored or co-authored well over a hundred different papers and reports on the UAE's birds and other fauna and flora. Simon was never interested just in birds. Terrestrial ecology as a whole fascinated him while he was also for over a decade the co-ordinator of the UAE Marine Mammal Database. He was also interested in palaeontology and made several major Late Miocene fossil finds in Abu Dhabi's Western Region. This equipped him to engage in publishing that extended far beyond birds. In 2004, he was co-editor, with me, of Jebel Hafit - A Natural History, this being followed the next year by another joint production, The Emirates: A Natural History. Insofar as both publications are of scientific merit, it was largely due to Simon's expertise. As UAE birders will know, Simon was an engaging and inspiring colleague in the field - ever ready to share his own expertise. For many years an ENHG committee member, he served a spell as Group Chairman and was awarded the annual Sheikh Mubarak Award, for his contributions to knowledge of the country's natural history. Simon will be remembered partly for his unparallelled contributions to UAE natural history and, of course, as the first UAE birder to pass the 400 mark on his checklist. His last `tick', his 415th, was the Wilson's phalarope at Al Wathba Lake in January last year. His comment earlier this month, on seeing a picture of the latest addition to the UAE checklist, Great Stone-Curlew, was `about time'. He had predicted it over a decade earlier. In her introduction to the Field Guide to the Birds of the UAE, the Secretary General of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, Razan Al Mubarak, pays this tribute: "I take particular pleasure in acknowledging the contribution made by Simon Aspinall over the last two decades to studies of the UAE's environment, including its birds. His books on the topic, including this one, provide the foundations on which others will be able to build for many, many years to come." Many of us, though, will remember him just as much for the strength of character he displayed as the motor neurone disease inexorably took hold. He was not someone who let his determination fade. A couple of days before he was taken to hospital in late August, we sat together in Norfolk to look over the final proofs of the UAE Field Guide and to discuss the next project that he wanted to get under way, the tracking of Abu Dhabi's pallid swifts that Oscar announced on the Forum yesterday. He also told me to get over to Cley and look out for the young barn owls flying over the field at the back of his house. Sure enough, two appeared and performed magnificently - the best views I've had for many a year." His parents, Jack and Sylvia, sent me an e-mail while they were waiting for the ambulance to come to take him to hospital, though he returned after ten days, irritated by the young nurses who treated him, or so he said, like a `silly old git,' and spent his last weeks in bed at home, gently and peacefully fading away. While he was waiting for the ambulance, they told me, Simon had his `spirit undaunted, eyes still twinkling.' It is like that I wish to remember him - a great friend, an incredible colleague and an inspiration. Peter Hellyer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute
From: Howard King <hmking.pmc AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:21:40 +0300

I meet with Simon on numerous occasions, the last a few years ago, he was without doubt an inspirational ornithologist, a great birder and a genuine friend to all interested in the environment and birding in the Middle East. I treasure his autographed books amongst my collection and only wish I had been half as active in the pursuit of recording the variety and diversity of the birds uncounted as he. I for one will miss his wise comments on many an unknown I had sent him for identification. I will remember well the Mistle Thrush we shared on Hawar during one of his visits here, a real rarity here in Bahrain but then Simon was a rare bird bird himself his passion was infectious. To his family back home we thank you for his company amongst us here. to you my deepest sympathy -- Howard King Bahrain On 1 November 2011 15:00, M.Istvan wrote: > ** > > > Dear Friends, > > I could not believe that Simon has passed away at the age of 53. I think > that words are useless in such a sad moment and can not express what means > for all of us the loss of Simon. > > Please pass my deepest condolences to his family. > > Steve > > > Save paper - think before you print > > Moldován István- Ornithologist > www.birdinginegypt.com > > ________________________________ > From: Ian > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:37 PM > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Simon Aspinall - Tribute > > > > Simon Aspinall > > I have been asked to post the following obituary by Peter Hellyer who was > a long term colleague and friend of Simon. Very sad news. > > Ian Harrison > > It is with great sadness that I report that Simon Aspinall died in Norfolk > this morning, 31st October, after a valiant struggle against motor neurone > disease. He was 53. > > A graduate in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, > Simon first came to the UAE in 1993 to work for the Environmental Research > & Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA, (now EAD). He brought with him a > wealth of experience in the UK, having worked for nine years with the Royal > Society for the Protection of Birds and the Nature Conservancy Council and > then for three years for the NCC and the Joint Nature Conservation > Committee on projects in southern England. The latter led to his first two > books on Coastal Birds of East Dorset and Birds of the Solent. > > Simon threw himself energetically both into field research in Abu Dhabi, > and into the developing birdwatching fraternity, and was quickly co-opted > to membership of the recently-established Emirates Bird Records Committee. > He rapidly began writing as well – by the end of 1994, he had written or > co-authored a total of ten papers and book chapters, including, with Colin > Richardson, then EBRC Chairman, and myself, the UAE chapter in BirdLife > International's Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. > > In 1996, his first book on UAE birds appeared, Status & Conservation of > the Breeding Birds of the > United Arab Emirates, a seminal work based upon hundreds of hours of > fieldwork. > > In 1997, offered the choice between taking a salary cut at ERWDA or > leaving the organisation, Simon struck out on his own as a freelance > ecological consultant. Two years as my part-time Environment Editor at the > daily Emirates News followed, until the paper closed, with Simon taking > responsibility for the weekly `Twitchers' Guide', which we had started with > Colin Richardson in 1994, and which continued on-line until 2006. He also > handled environmental studies for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological > Survey, ADIAS, of which I was executive director, until it ceased > operations in 2006. In that capacity, he rapidly developed a keen eye for > the identification of previously-unrecorded sites , helping to develop our > understanding of Man's relationship with the environment of Abu Dhabi's > deserts and elsewhere in the UAE. > > During the late 1990s, the carrying out of environmental surveys became > increasingly standard practice and Simon worked on projects throughout the > country and also in Azerbaijan and Pakistan. He continued to carry out > fieldwork long after he was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, > until its steady progress made that no longer possible. > > While in the UAE, his primary interest was always birds and more books > followed, including, in 1998, the popular Shell Birdwatching Guide to the > United Arab Emirates, written with Colin Richardson. This was followed in > 2003 by a revised 2nd edition of Breeding Birds, in Arabic, published by > EAD. A 3rd edition, re-titled Breeding Birds of the UAE, appeared in 2010, > as did the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition of Field Guide to the Birds of the > Middle East, written with Richard Porter. Two more books followed this > year, both commissioned by EAD, Birds of the UAE – a guide to common and > important species, with Salim Javed and Jens and Hanne Eriksen, and, due > shortly, the Field Guide to the Birds of the United Arab Emirates, with > Richard Porter, the first country guide to any of the Gulf states. > These and other works, like Important Bird Areas of the United Arab > Emirates, a co-authored paper that appeared in British Birds in 2006, have > done much to introduce the country's birds to an international audience. > > Besides his books, book chapters, articles in journals and reports flowed > rapidly. At a rough guess, he authored or co-authored well over a hundred > different papers and reports on the UAE's birds and other fauna and flora. > > Simon was never interested just in birds. Terrestrial ecology as a whole > fascinated him while he was also for over a decade the co-ordinator of the > UAE Marine Mammal Database. He was also interested in palaeontology and > made several major Late Miocene fossil finds in Abu Dhabi's Western Region. > This equipped him to engage in publishing that extended far beyond birds. > In 2004, he was co-editor, with me, of Jebel Hafit – A Natural History, > this being followed the next year by another joint production, The > Emirates: A Natural History. Insofar as both publications are of scientific > merit, it was largely due to Simon's expertise. > > As UAE birders will know, Simon was an engaging and inspiring colleague in > the field – ever ready to share his own expertise. For many years an ENHG > committee member, he served a spell as Group Chairman and was awarded the > annual Sheikh Mubarak Award, for his contributions to knowledge of the > country's natural history. > Simon will be remembered partly for his unparallelled contributions to UAE > natural history and, of course, as the first UAE birder to pass the 400 > mark on his checklist. His last `tick', his 415th, was the Wilson's > phalarope at Al Wathba Lake in January last year. His comment earlier this > month, on seeing a picture of the latest addition to the UAE checklist, > Great Stone-Curlew, was `about time'. He had predicted it over a decade > earlier. > > In her introduction to the Field Guide to the Birds of the UAE, the > Secretary General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Razan Al Mubarak, > pays this tribute: "I take particular pleasure in acknowledging the > contribution made by Simon Aspinall over the last two decades to studies of > the UAE's environment, including its birds. His books on the topic, > including this one, provide the foundations on which others will be able to > build for many, many years to come." > Many of us, though, will remember him just as much for the strength of > character he displayed as the motor neurone disease inexorably took hold. > He was not someone who let his determination fade. A couple of days before > he was taken to hospital in late August, we sat together in Norfolk to look > over the final proofs of the UAE Field Guide and to discuss the next > project that he wanted to get under way, the tracking of Abu Dhabi's pallid > swifts that Oscar announced on the Forum yesterday. He also told me to get > over to Cley and look out for the young barn owls flying over the field at > the back of his house. Sure enough, two appeared and performed > magnificently – the best views I've had for many a year." > > His parents, Jack and Sylvia, sent me an e-mail while they were waiting > for the ambulance to come to take him to hospital, though he returned after > ten days, irritated by the young nurses who treated him, or so he said, > like a `silly old git,' and spent his last weeks in bed at home, gently and > peacefully fading away. While he was waiting for the ambulance, they told > me, Simon had his `spirit undaunted, eyes still twinkling.' > > It is like that I wish to remember him – a great friend, an incredible > colleague and an inspiration. > > Peter Hellyer > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Howard King Bahrain [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Simon Aspinall - Tribute
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:00:18 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Friends, I could not believe that Simon has passed away at the age of 53. I think that words are useless in such a sad moment and can not express what means for all of us the loss of Simon. Please pass my deepestÂ condolences to his family. Steve Â Save paper -Â think before you print MoldovÃ¡n IstvÃ¡n-Â Ornithologist Â www.birdinginegypt.com ________________________________ From: Ian To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:37 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Simon Aspinall - Tribute Â Simon Aspinall I have been asked to post the following obituary by Peter Hellyer who was a long term colleague and friend of Simon. Very sad news. Ian Harrison It is with great sadness that I report that Simon Aspinall died in Norfolk this morning, 31st October, after a valiant struggle against motor neurone disease. He was 53. A graduate in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, Simon first came to the UAE in 1993 to work for the Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA, (now EAD). He brought with him a wealth of experience in the UK, having worked for nine years with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Nature Conservancy Council and then for three years for the NCC and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on projects in southern England. The latter led to his first two books on Coastal Birds of East Dorset and Birds of the Solent. Simon threw himself energetically both into field research in Abu Dhabi, and into the developing birdwatching fraternity, and was quickly co-opted to membership of the recently-established Emirates Bird Records Committee. He rapidly began writing as well â€“ by the end of 1994, he had written or co-authored a total of ten papers and book chapters, including, with Colin Richardson, then EBRC Chairman, and myself, the UAE chapter in BirdLife International's Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. In 1996, his first book on UAE birds appeared, Status & Conservation of the Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates, a seminal work based upon hundreds of hours of fieldwork. In 1997, offered the choice between taking a salary cut at ERWDA or leaving the organisation, Simon struck out on his own as a freelance ecological consultant. Two years as my part-time Environment Editor at the daily Emirates News followed, until the paper closed, with Simon taking responsibility for the weekly `Twitchers' Guide', which we had started with Colin Richardson in 1994, and which continued on-line until 2006. He also handled environmental studies for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, of which I was executive director, until it ceased operations in 2006. In that capacity, he rapidly developed a keen eye for the identification of previously-unrecorded sites , helping to develop our understanding of Man's relationship with the environment of Abu Dhabi's deserts and elsewhere in the UAE. During the late 1990s, the carrying out of environmental surveys became increasingly standard practice and Simon worked on projects throughout the country and also in Azerbaijan and Pakistan. He continued to carry out fieldwork long after he was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, until its steady progress made that no longer possible. While in the UAE, his primary interest was always birds and more books followed, including, in 1998, the popular Shell Birdwatching Guide to the United Arab Emirates, written with Colin Richardson. This was followed in 2003 by a revised 2nd edition of Breeding Birds, in Arabic, published by EAD. A 3rd edition, re-titled Breeding Birds of the UAE, appeared in 2010, as did the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East, written with Richard Porter. Two more books followed this year, both commissioned by EAD, Birds of the UAE â€“ a guide to common and important species, with Salim Javed and Jens and Hanne Eriksen, and, due shortly, the Field Guide to the Birds of the United Arab Emirates, with Richard Porter, the first country guide to any of the Gulf states. These and other works, like Important Bird Areas of the United Arab Emirates, a co-authored paper that appeared in British Birds in 2006, have done much to introduce the country's birds to an international audience. Besides his books, book chapters, articles in journals and reports flowed rapidly. At a rough guess, he authored or co-authored well over a hundred different papers and reports on the UAE's birds and other fauna and flora. Simon was never interested just in birds. Terrestrial ecology as a whole fascinated him while he was also for over a decade the co-ordinator of the UAE Marine Mammal Database. He was also interested in palaeontology and made several major Late Miocene fossil finds in Abu Dhabi's Western Region. This equipped him to engage in publishing that extended far beyond birds. In 2004, he was co-editor, with me, of Jebel Hafit â€“ A Natural History, this being followed the next year by another joint production, The Emirates: A Natural History. Insofar as both publications are of scientific merit, it was largely due to Simon's expertise. As UAE birders will know, Simon was an engaging and inspiring colleague in the field â€“ ever ready to share his own expertise. For many years an ENHG committee member, he served a spell as Group Chairman and was awarded the annual Sheikh Mubarak Award, for his contributions to knowledge of the country's natural history. Simon will be remembered partly for his unparallelled contributions to UAE natural history and, of course, as the first UAE birder to pass the 400 mark on his checklist. His last `tick', his 415th, was the Wilson's phalarope at Al Wathba Lake in January last year. His comment earlier this month, on seeing a picture of the latest addition to the UAE checklist, Great Stone-Curlew, was `about time'. He had predicted it over a decade earlier. In her introduction to the Field Guide to the Birds of the UAE, the Secretary General of the Environment Agency â€“ Abu Dhabi, Razan Al Mubarak, pays this tribute: "I take particular pleasure in acknowledging the contribution made by Simon Aspinall over the last two decades to studies of the UAE's environment, including its birds. His books on the topic, including this one, provide the foundations on which others will be able to build for many, many years to come." Many of us, though, will remember him just as much for the strength of character he displayed as the motor neurone disease inexorably took hold. He was not someone who let his determination fade. A couple of days before he was taken to hospital in late August, we sat together in Norfolk to look over the final proofs of the UAE Field Guide and to discuss the next project that he wanted to get under way, the tracking of Abu Dhabi's pallid swifts that Oscar announced on the Forum yesterday. He also told me to get over to Cley and look out for the young barn owls flying over the field at the back of his house. Sure enough, two appeared and performed magnificently â€“ the best views I've had for many a year." His parents, Jack and Sylvia, sent me an e-mail while they were waiting for the ambulance to come to take him to hospital, though he returned after ten days, irritated by the young nurses who treated him, or so he said, like a `silly old git,' and spent his last weeks in bed at home, gently and peacefully fading away. While he was waiting for the ambulance, they told me, Simon had his `spirit undaunted, eyes still twinkling.' It is like that I wish to remember him â€“ a great friend, an incredible colleague and an inspiration. Peter Hellyer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Simon Aspinall - Tribute
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:37:39 -0000

Simon Aspinall I have been asked to post the following obituary by Peter Hellyer who was a long term colleague and friend of Simon. Very sad news. Ian Harrison It is with great sadness that I report that Simon Aspinall died in Norfolk this morning, 31st October, after a valiant struggle against motor neurone disease. He was 53. A graduate in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia, Simon first came to the UAE in 1993 to work for the Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency, ERWDA, (now EAD). He brought with him a wealth of experience in the UK, having worked for nine years with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Nature Conservancy Council and then for three years for the NCC and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on projects in southern England. The latter led to his first two books on Coastal Birds of East Dorset and Birds of the Solent. Simon threw himself energetically both into field research in Abu Dhabi, and into the developing birdwatching fraternity, and was quickly co-opted to membership of the recently-established Emirates Bird Records Committee. He rapidly began writing as well – by the end of 1994, he had written or co-authored a total of ten papers and book chapters, including, with Colin Richardson, then EBRC Chairman, and myself, the UAE chapter in BirdLife International's Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. In 1996, his first book on UAE birds appeared, Status & Conservation of the Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates, a seminal work based upon hundreds of hours of fieldwork. In 1997, offered the choice between taking a salary cut at ERWDA or leaving the organisation, Simon struck out on his own as a freelance ecological consultant. Two years as my part-time Environment Editor at the daily Emirates News followed, until the paper closed, with Simon taking responsibility for the weekly `Twitchers' Guide', which we had started with Colin Richardson in 1994, and which continued on-line until 2006. He also handled environmental studies for the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, of which I was executive director, until it ceased operations in 2006. In that capacity, he rapidly developed a keen eye for the identification of previously-unrecorded sites , helping to develop our understanding of Man's relationship with the environment of Abu Dhabi's deserts and elsewhere in the UAE. During the late 1990s, the carrying out of environmental surveys became increasingly standard practice and Simon worked on projects throughout the country and also in Azerbaijan and Pakistan. He continued to carry out fieldwork long after he was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, until its steady progress made that no longer possible. While in the UAE, his primary interest was always birds and more books followed, including, in 1998, the popular Shell Birdwatching Guide to the United Arab Emirates, written with Colin Richardson. This was followed in 2003 by a revised 2nd edition of Breeding Birds, in Arabic, published by EAD. A 3rd edition, re-titled Breeding Birds of the UAE, appeared in 2010, as did the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East, written with Richard Porter. Two more books followed this year, both commissioned by EAD, Birds of the UAE – a guide to common and important species, with Salim Javed and Jens and Hanne Eriksen, and, due shortly, the Field Guide to the Birds of the United Arab Emirates, with Richard Porter, the first country guide to any of the Gulf states. These and other works, like Important Bird Areas of the United Arab Emirates, a co-authored paper that appeared in British Birds in 2006, have done much to introduce the country's birds to an international audience. Besides his books, book chapters, articles in journals and reports flowed rapidly. At a rough guess, he authored or co-authored well over a hundred different papers and reports on the UAE's birds and other fauna and flora. Simon was never interested just in birds. Terrestrial ecology as a whole fascinated him while he was also for over a decade the co-ordinator of the UAE Marine Mammal Database. He was also interested in palaeontology and made several major Late Miocene fossil finds in Abu Dhabi's Western Region. This equipped him to engage in publishing that extended far beyond birds. In 2004, he was co-editor, with me, of Jebel Hafit – A Natural History, this being followed the next year by another joint production, The Emirates: A Natural History. Insofar as both publications are of scientific merit, it was largely due to Simon's expertise. As UAE birders will know, Simon was an engaging and inspiring colleague in the field – ever ready to share his own expertise. For many years an ENHG committee member, he served a spell as Group Chairman and was awarded the annual Sheikh Mubarak Award, for his contributions to knowledge of the country's natural history. Simon will be remembered partly for his unparallelled contributions to UAE natural history and, of course, as the first UAE birder to pass the 400 mark on his checklist. His last `tick', his 415th, was the Wilson's phalarope at Al Wathba Lake in January last year. His comment earlier this month, on seeing a picture of the latest addition to the UAE checklist, Great Stone-Curlew, was `about time'. He had predicted it over a decade earlier. In her introduction to the Field Guide to the Birds of the UAE, the Secretary General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Razan Al Mubarak, pays this tribute: "I take particular pleasure in acknowledging the contribution made by Simon Aspinall over the last two decades to studies of the UAE's environment, including its birds. His books on the topic, including this one, provide the foundations on which others will be able to build for many, many years to come." Many of us, though, will remember him just as much for the strength of character he displayed as the motor neurone disease inexorably took hold. He was not someone who let his determination fade. A couple of days before he was taken to hospital in late August, we sat together in Norfolk to look over the final proofs of the UAE Field Guide and to discuss the next project that he wanted to get under way, the tracking of Abu Dhabi's pallid swifts that Oscar announced on the Forum yesterday. He also told me to get over to Cley and look out for the young barn owls flying over the field at the back of his house. Sure enough, two appeared and performed magnificently – the best views I've had for many a year." His parents, Jack and Sylvia, sent me an e-mail while they were waiting for the ambulance to come to take him to hospital, though he returned after ten days, irritated by the young nurses who treated him, or so he said, like a `silly old git,' and spent his last weeks in bed at home, gently and peacefully fading away. While he was waiting for the ambulance, they told me, Simon had his `spirit undaunted, eyes still twinkling.' It is like that I wish to remember him – a great friend, an incredible colleague and an inspiration. Peter Hellyer ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. 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Subject: Re: Great Stone Curlew in Abu Dhabi
From: Peter Hellyer <hellyer AT emirates.net.ae>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:04:57 +0400

Ian, no - not the first for 30 years, but the 1st record, since birding really got under way in the 1970s. Long predicted, but it's great that one has finally turned up to be recorded and photographed! Peter Hellyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian" To: Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:14 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Great Stone Curlew in Abu Dhabi > > The following link is to an article in Gulf News - the first great Stone > Curlew in the UAE for 30 years. > > http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/thirty-years-of-hard-work-pays-off-with-sighting-of-rare-bird-1.919430 > > > Ian Harrison > Moderator, MEBirdNet > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: Great Stone Curlew in Abu Dhabi
From: "Ian" <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:14:20 -0000

The following link is to an article in Gulf News - the first great Stone Curlew in the UAE for 30 years. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/thirty-years-of-hard-work-pays-off-with-sighting-of-rare-bird-1.919430 Ian Harrison Moderator, MEBirdNet ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Oman question
From: "stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net" <stefan_lindqvist@glocalnet.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:58:59 +0200

Thank you Simon for answering! It looked interesting but for a single week we have better follow your advice and go for the better known sitings closer to Salalah. Thanks again! /Stefan On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:28:52 +0400, "simon tull" wrote: > Hi Stefan > > > > The feature you can see is a wadi - I don't know it's name, but this > feature > varies in prominence depending on the time of the year (wetter & > greener in > the summer monsoon months, drier in winter). you can see this if you > use the > time player in google earth image to look at historical imagery. > > > > I am afraid I don't know about access but it's clearly pretty remote! > Anyway, a trip to Dhofar in November should be very productive > without going > there. Instead of trying to get to Al Awaya I would advise staying in > the > Salalah area as you can visit the coastal lagoons (Khawrs), local > farmland, > steeply-sided wadis for a wide variety of habitats and species. > Onviously, > there are other parts of Oman well worth a visit too, depending on > how much > time you have. > > > > If you are interested in visiting Oman, you should get hold of the > Oman Bird > List - it's available through OSME. You should also check out the > trip > reports on the OSME website (if you haven't already!). > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon Tull > > OSME country contact - Oman > > > > > > > > From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf > Of stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net > Sent: 24 October 2011 21:42 > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: [MEBirdNet] Oman question > > > > > > > > Hi! > > Studying the Google satelite map I find an, at least seemingly, > very green 30 km long area 150 km northwest of Salalah. Al Awaya seem > to > be a village in the south end. My questions: Is it possible going > there > by car? And if so, is it worth it on a november trip to Dhofar area? > Thanks in advance! /Stefan Lindqvist, Sweden > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/3975 - Release Date: > 10/26/11 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle > East, Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: RE: Oman question
From: "simon tull" <simontull AT ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:28:52 +0400

Hi Stefan The feature you can see is a wadi - I don't know it's name, but this feature varies in prominence depending on the time of the year (wetter & greener in the summer monsoon months, drier in winter). you can see this if you use the time player in google earth image to look at historical imagery. I am afraid I don't know about access but it's clearly pretty remote! Anyway, a trip to Dhofar in November should be very productive without going there. Instead of trying to get to Al Awaya I would advise staying in the Salalah area as you can visit the coastal lagoons (Khawrs), local farmland, steeply-sided wadis for a wide variety of habitats and species. Onviously, there are other parts of Oman well worth a visit too, depending on how much time you have. If you are interested in visiting Oman, you should get hold of the Oman Bird List - it's available through OSME. You should also check out the trip reports on the OSME website (if you haven't already!). Regards Simon Tull OSME country contact - Oman From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net Sent: 24 October 2011 21:42 To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [MEBirdNet] Oman question Hi! Studying the Google satelite map I find an, at least seemingly, very green 30 km long area 150 km northwest of Salalah. Al Awaya seem to be a village in the south end. My questions: Is it possible going there by car? And if so, is it worth it on a november trip to Dhofar area? Thanks in advance! /Stefan Lindqvist, Sweden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/3975 - Release Date: 10/26/11 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011
From: "M.Istvan" <idegenvezeto AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:05:42 -0700 (PDT)

I suppose the birds enumerated in the second sentences were recorded in Abu Simbel, not on Crocodile Island, isn`t it? On Crocodile Luxor, 4 Red Avadavats & a female Greater Painted Snipe. On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove.Â On Sep 22 there were 5 male and 2 female Namaqua Doves at the Camel Market in Daraw. Steve Â Save paper -Â think before you print MoldovÃ¡n IstvÃ¡n-Â Ornithologist Â www.birdinginegypt.com ________________________________ From: Mindy Rosenzweig To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 7:50 PM Subject: [MEBirdNet] Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011 Â Birdfinders tour to EgyptÂ from 16Â to 29 Sep 2011: Â On Sep 17 there were 10 Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplovers & a Single Broad-billed Sandpiper at Wadi Natrun. In addition,Â 3 Streaked Weavers and a single male Red Avadavat at Abassa. Â On Crocodile Luxor, 4 Red Avadavats & a female Greater Painted Snipe. On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove.Â On Sep 22 there were 5 male and 2 female Namaqua Doves at the Camel Market in Daraw. Â On Sep 23 there were 6 Lappet-faced Vultures at Bir Shalatayn. On Sep 24 there were a flock of 63 Crab Plovers , 10 Sooty Falcons, 6 Lanner Falcons, a single Corn Crake, a Creztchmar's Bunting along with massive colonies of 160 White-cheeked Terns, 50 Bridled-Terns and 35 Lesser crested Terns on Hamata archipelago. On Sep 25 There was a flock of 25 African Collard Doves at Sheikh Shazli. Â At Hurghada Sewage Farm there was a single juvenille Red-necked Phalarope, a rare passage migrant. On Sep 28. On Sep 28 there was a flock of 95 Great crested Terns on the shores of Zafana and Ain Sukhana. Â Â Records by Vaughn & Svetlana Ashby ( Birdfinders Birdwatching Holidays) and Abdulla Aly ( Thebes Tours International) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Oman question
From: "stefan_lindqvist AT glocalnet.net" <stefan_lindqvist@glocalnet.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:41:46 +0200

Hi! Studying the Google satelite map I find an, at least seemingly, very green 30 km long area 150 km northwest of Salalah. Al Awaya seem to be a village in the south end. My questions: Is it possible going there by car? And if so, is it worth it on a november trip to Dhofar area? Thanks in advance! /Stefan Lindqvist, Sweden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Bird News from Egypt from BirdFinders Tour September 2011
From: Mindy Rosenzweig <egyptcalling AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:50:40 -0700 (PDT)

Birdfinders tour to EgyptÂ from 16Â to 29 Sep 2011: Â On Sep 17 there were 10 Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplovers & a Single Broad-billed Sandpiper at Wadi Natrun. In addition,Â 3 Streaked Weavers and a single male Red Avadavat at Abassa. Â On Crocodile Luxor, 4 Red Avadavats & a female Greater Painted Snipe. On Sep 20-21 there were 5 Yellow-billed Storks, one Kittlitzâ€™s Sandplover, 11 African Pied Wagtails, 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatears, 6 Egyptian Nightjars along with brilliant views of a flock of 21 African Skimmers and 2 African Mourning Dove.Â On Sep 22 there were 5 male and 2 female Namaqua Doves at the Camel Market in Daraw. Â On Sep 23 there were 6 Lappet-faced Vultures at Bir Shalatayn. On Sep 24 there were a flock of 63 Crab Plovers , 10 Sooty Falcons, 6 Lanner Falcons, a single Corn Crake, a Creztchmar's Bunting along with massive colonies of 160 White-cheeked Terns, 50 Bridled-Terns and 35 Lesser crested Terns on Hamata archipelago. On Sep 25 There was a flock of 25 African Collard Doves at Sheikh Shazli. Â At Hurghada Sewage Farm there was a single juvenille Red-necked Phalarope, a rare passage migrant. On Sep 28. On Sep 28 there was a flock of 95 Great crested Terns on the shores of Zafana and Ain Sukhana. Â Â Records by Vaughn & Svetlana Ashby ( Birdfinders Birdwatching Holidays) and Abdulla Aly ( Thebes Tours International) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Cyprus House Crow
From: "colryall AT btinternet.com" <colryall@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:25:33 -0000

I was interested to read of the recent House Crow record for Cyprus. I monitor the global spread of this species (www,housecrow.com) and can confirm that this is a new location and the fourth that I know of for the Mediterranean aay for the breeding population in Egypt. It is likely that this bird flew to the nearest land from a passing ship out of Suez, the nearest breeding population. Are there any details about its behaviour and the exact location on the Karpas Peninsula? Regards Colin Ryall ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Qatar Natural History Group - October Programme
From: "April" <aprilanntc AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:48:39 -0000

The Qatar Natural History Group opens its 2011/2012 season and invites you to the 5 October speaker meeting at 7:00pm in Doha, Qatar and our first field trip (bird/nature watching dhow trip). Please see the following weblink for the details: http://www.qnhg.org/files/wpro_shared/docs/5OctoberAnnouncment.pdf April Conkey QNHG Chair 2011/2012 chairman AT qnhg.org www.qnhg.org ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Hippolais and Acrocephalus singing in Yemen
From: Sherif Baha El Din <sherif_baha AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:00:35 +0000

I just uploaded links on youtube for recordings of both Hippolais pallida alulensis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9C5-1CLTIw and Acrocephalus scirpaceus avicennae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dKUd3Lwzdo singing in mangroves on the Red Sea just north of Bab El Mandab, Yemen. Recorded on 30 March 2010. Birds of both species were singing simultaneously in the same exact locality. Recordings were made in collaboration with my Yemeni colleague Abd El Rahman El Raweh. Sherif Baha El Din, PhD Environmental Consultant 3 Abdala El Katib St, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tel/Fax: 202-37608160 Mobile: 0122180709 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Petition
From: "Chris" <lamsdell AT tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:22:42 +0100

_____ PETITION_SIGNATUREsmall Áíáóôáóßá ÐáôóÜëç / Anastasia Patsalis Äéïéêçôéêüò Ëåéôïõñãüò / Office Administrator Ðôçíïëïãéêüò Óýíäåóìïò Êýðñïõ / BirdLife Cyprus T.K. 28076 / P.O. Box 28076 Ëåõêùóßá 2090 / Nicosia 2090 ÊÕÐÑÏÓ / CYPRUS Tel: +357 22 455072 Fax: +357 22 455073 E-mail: anastasia.patsalis AT birdlifecyprus.org.cy Website: www.birdlifecyprus.org Working to conserve our birds...our environment...our future Åããñáöåßôå óôï ìçíéáßï çëåêôñïíéêü ìáò äåëôßï «ÖôåñùôÜ e-íÝá» äùñåÜí êÜíïíôáò êëéê åäþ! Subscribe for free to our monthly e-newsletter "In-Flight e-news" by clicking here! BirdLife Cyprus is the National Partner of BirdLife International, which is a global Partnership of conservation organisations with a special focus on nature conservation and birds. Please consider the environment before printing this email [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Bee-eaters over Syria
From: Yousef Ali Alzaoby <DQRZ AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:38:02 +0200

Dear all Just now and yesterday many groups of European Bee-eater cross my area( SRS) Southern Region of Syria, only sounds. Hope best journey Yousef A project for recording the birds in Southern Region of Syria -SRS- (Dara'a & Sweida & Qunaitra ). Mob: +963944798034 Tel&fax: +96315248387 E-mail: dqrz AT hotmail.com Syria – Dara'a – Mseefrh P.O.BOX \ 1 \ Yousef Ali Alzaoby-Freelance bird guide Member of Global Owl Project [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Dams in Turkey
From: riyat gul <riyattgul AT yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:15:49 +0100 (BST)

Dear all, I'm happy to tell you -and Mary as well:)- that the 3 HEPP constructionsÂ planned in that stream, in Coruh valley, Uzundere, have been stopped by the Governor of Erzurum province's own initiative till the end of the court case. Efforts of the locals in that case should be appreciated as they have been resisting for a long time against this dams. And the case is expected to end in favour of the people of the valley. Â Regards Â Riyat Gul Nature Research Society, Ankara From: Mary Megalli To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 26 September 2011, 17:30 Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Dams in Turkey Â Dear All, Thank you, Sureyya -- Haven't looked at the video (in a hurry to see 5 days' emails). During our stay at Mr. Ali Kocak's Pehlivanli camp in his fish farm, and farm, and family house. Ali is a paraplegic who works the farm with his sons, and during our visit (maybe because we had a few foreigners at the Coruh Valley Birding Festival) the district police chief visited, and Ali had a long chat with him and a chance to tell him how the dams will ruin his livelihood, and dry up the river valley. Ali and family are happy and productive and sucessful in the river valley, and caring for the environment -- the single greatest attraction for visitors (tourism) in this entire area -- birders, rafters, hiking, general "nature tourism." This will ALL be spoiled by these dams -- and there's no evidence they need more electricity in the area of the dams, but might export it to other countries! We must help stop it -- so little, so late! 2011/9/26 Sureyya Isfendiyaroglu > Dear All, > > According to Doga Dernegi's findings in the latest Key Biodiversity Areas > Inventory, Dams and the Hydro Electric Power plants are the major threat to > Turkey's biodiversity. We've been already trying to tackle with this > problem > for two years, but it's a major issue, therefore international support is > very valuable. Our Colleagues has prepared this video, this provides a > picture of how local community reacts to those developments. > > You can stream the short movie "Anatolian Revolt" via the link: > http://www.vimeo.com/21679494 > > As Doga Dernegi we're opposing the construction of Dams and HEP's in the > way > it's being implemented by the Turkish government. As the current process > bypasses the community participation in decision making and environmental > impact assessments and turns them in to an ongoing crime against the > nature. > The government plans to finalize 3000 Dams and HEPs in Turkey as of 2020. > > Please support our campaign against Ilisu Dam in Hasankeyf please visit our > Website: http://hasankeyfesadakat.kesfetmekicinbak.com/ > And sign the petition: > http://hasankeyf.dogadernegi.org/ > > For further information on the problem and our campaigns. Please feel to > contact Doga Dernegi Campaigns Coordinator Dicle Tuba Kilic via: > dicle.kilic AT dogadernegi.org > > Best Wishes, > > SÃ¼reyya Isfendiyaroglu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf > Of Mary Megalli > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 1:39 PM > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Dams in Turkey > > Ian, and MEBird: > > I've just been to one of those places, Pehlavani camp in the Coruh Valley, > for the Coruh Valley Bird Fesitval (Sep 23-5) -- and was shocked by the > news > (and sounds and sights -- right near by) of the dams, and the small farms > and enterprises they will wipe out. Everyone says "big people, with money." > A worldwide effort must be made to limit these -- maybe Turkey has to save > the water from going south, but the ecological effect (of dams whose life > span is about 30 years) would be devastating, to animals and people. > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Ian wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > The following email concerning dams in Turkey was posted by Tristan Reid > on > > WestPal Birds last month. Apologies for delay and for cross-posting. > > > > See also http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2780 > > > > Ian Harrison > > Moderator, MEBirdNet. > > > > I had a fantastic birding trip to Turkey this year (see: > > http://tinyurl.com/6falmp6) . What an incredible country to go birding > > in! The culture, scenery and amazing biodiversity had a real positive > > impact on me! However on my return after speaking to Charlie Moores > > (http://tinyurl.com/5vas968) I was shocked to learn that the Turkish > > government had sold off all the water ways to private companies. There > > is currently in excess of 2000 dams being built and a further 1700+ > > Hydro schemes planned. This will have a disastrous effect on the > > countries biodiversity and the displacement of communities will also > > impact on the 'micro-cultures' that make Turkey such an amazing country. > > I have taken it upon myself to try and raise as much funds for Dog(a > > Derneg(i (Birdlife's partner in Turkey) as I can, hoping that this will > > go someway to help them in their work to protect the countries > > biodiversity. The way in which I am hoping to raise funds is as follows: > > > > 1. Invite some artists to contribute some artwork depicting some of the > > iconic birds of Turkey. > > 2. Have a montage of this artwork (totalling a minimum of ten species) > > tattooed onto my right arm and shoulder. > > 3. Auction off the original artwork to go towards the fundraising. > > > > There is more information here: > > > > > > http://www.binocularface.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-ten-species-to-feature-in-the- > art-work-are/ > > > > People can donate here: > > http://www.justgiving.com/givingmyrightarm > > > > Alternatively you can donate via text message! Text the code VWFE83 > > followed by the amount (Â£1, Â£2, Â£3, Â£4, Â£5 or Â£10) to 70070 (all letters > in > > the text must be in higher case) > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mary Megalli > mary.megalli AT gmail.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: Re: Dams in Turkey
From: Charlie Moores <charlie10000birds AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:11:06 +0100

Dear All May I add that in May this year I interviewed Engin Yilmaz about these catastrophic developments and - because what I recorded was often inaudible due to background noise - wrote a short 'appeal' which I posted as a 16 minute spoken podcast on my Talking Naturally website. It's in English, but as it was based almost entirely on what Engin told me it does accurately (as far as I can tell) describe just how much of Turkey's biodiversity will be wrecked by the dams and HEPPs. The podcast is at http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/tn35-great-march-anatolia/ If all these developments take place, Turkey's wildlife and the way of life of so many of its people will be wrecked. Thankyou Charlie Moores -- Charlie Moores : charlie10000birds AT gmail.com 'Talking Naturally' podcasts and blog: http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk Birds Korea Blog http://www.birdskoreablog.org/ Skype charlie.moores Twitter AT charliemoores [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Dams in Turkey
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:30:15 +0200

Dear All, Thank you, Sureyya -- Haven't looked at the video (in a hurry to see 5 days' emails). During our stay at Mr. Ali Kocak's Pehlivanli camp in his fish farm, and farm, and family house. Ali is a paraplegic who works the farm with his sons, and during our visit (maybe because we had a few foreigners at the Coruh Valley Birding Festival) the district police chief visited, and Ali had a long chat with him and a chance to tell him how the dams will ruin his livelihood, and dry up the river valley. Ali and family are happy and productive and sucessful in the river valley, and caring for the environment -- the single greatest attraction for visitors (tourism) in this entire area -- birders, rafters, hiking, general "nature tourism." This will ALL be spoiled by these dams -- and there's no evidence they need more electricity in the area of the dams, but might export it to other countries! We must help stop it -- so little, so late! 2011/9/26 Sureyya Isfendiyaroglu > Dear All, > > According to Doga Dernegi's findings in the latest Key Biodiversity Areas > Inventory, Dams and the Hydro Electric Power plants are the major threat to > Turkey's biodiversity. We've been already trying to tackle with this > problem > for two years, but it's a major issue, therefore international support is > very valuable. Our Colleagues has prepared this video, this provides a > picture of how local community reacts to those developments. > > You can stream the short movie "Anatolian Revolt" via the link: > http://www.vimeo.com/21679494 > > As Doga Dernegi we're opposing the construction of Dams and HEP's in the > way > it's being implemented by the Turkish government. As the current process > bypasses the community participation in decision making and environmental > impact assessments and turns them in to an ongoing crime against the > nature. > The government plans to finalize 3000 Dams and HEPs in Turkey as of 2020. > > Please support our campaign against Ilisu Dam in Hasankeyf please visit our > Website: http://hasankeyfesadakat.kesfetmekicinbak.com/ > And sign the petition: > http://hasankeyf.dogadernegi.org/ > > For further information on the problem and our campaigns. Please feel to > contact Doga Dernegi Campaigns Coordinator Dicle Tuba Kilic via: > dicle.kilic AT dogadernegi.org > > Best Wishes, > > Süreyya Isfendiyaroglu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf > Of Mary Megalli > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 1:39 PM > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Dams in Turkey > > Ian, and MEBird: > > I've just been to one of those places, Pehlavani camp in the Coruh Valley, > for the Coruh Valley Bird Fesitval (Sep 23-5) -- and was shocked by the > news > (and sounds and sights -- right near by) of the dams, and the small farms > and enterprises they will wipe out. Everyone says "big people, with money." > A worldwide effort must be made to limit these -- maybe Turkey has to save > the water from going south, but the ecological effect (of dams whose life > span is about 30 years) would be devastating, to animals and people. > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Ian wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > The following email concerning dams in Turkey was posted by Tristan Reid > on > > WestPal Birds last month. Apologies for delay and for cross-posting. > > > > See also http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2780 > > > > Ian Harrison > > Moderator, MEBirdNet. > > > > I had a fantastic birding trip to Turkey this year (see: > > http://tinyurl.com/6falmp6) . What an incredible country to go birding > > in! The culture, scenery and amazing biodiversity had a real positive > > impact on me! However on my return after speaking to Charlie Moores > > (http://tinyurl.com/5vas968) I was shocked to learn that the Turkish > > government had sold off all the water ways to private companies. There > > is currently in excess of 2000 dams being built and a further 1700+ > > Hydro schemes planned. This will have a disastrous effect on the > > countries biodiversity and the displacement of communities will also > > impact on the 'micro-cultures' that make Turkey such an amazing country. > > I have taken it upon myself to try and raise as much funds for Dog(a > > Derneg(i (Birdlife's partner in Turkey) as I can, hoping that this will > > go someway to help them in their work to protect the countries > > biodiversity. The way in which I am hoping to raise funds is as follows: > > > > 1. Invite some artists to contribute some artwork depicting some of the > > iconic birds of Turkey. > > 2. Have a montage of this artwork (totalling a minimum of ten species) > > tattooed onto my right arm and shoulder. > > 3. Auction off the original artwork to go towards the fundraising. > > > > There is more information here: > > > > > > http://www.binocularface.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-ten-species-to-feature-in-the- > art-work-are/ > > > > People can donate here: > > http://www.justgiving.com/givingmyrightarm > > > > Alternatively you can donate via text message! Text the code VWFE83 > > followed by the amount (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070 (all letters > in > > the text must be in higher case) > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mary Megalli > mary.megalli AT gmail.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, > Caucasus and Central Asia. > > Read all about us at http://www.osme.org > > To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- > MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com >
Subject: RE: Dams in Turkey
From: "Sureyya Isfendiyaroglu" <sureyya AT gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:19:32 +0300

Dear All, According to Doga Dernegi's findings in the latest Key Biodiversity Areas Inventory, Dams and the Hydro Electric Power plants are the major threat to Turkey's biodiversity. We've been already trying to tackle with this problem for two years, but it's a major issue, therefore international support is very valuable. Our Colleagues has prepared this video, this provides a picture of how local community reacts to those developments. You can stream the short movie "Anatolian Revolt" via the link: http://www.vimeo.com/21679494 As Doga Dernegi we're opposing the construction of Dams and HEP's in the way it's being implemented by the Turkish government. As the current process bypasses the community participation in decision making and environmental impact assessments and turns them in to an ongoing crime against the nature. The government plans to finalize 3000 Dams and HEPs in Turkey as of 2020. Please support our campaign against Ilisu Dam in Hasankeyf please visit our Website: http://hasankeyfesadakat.kesfetmekicinbak.com/ And sign the petition: http://hasankeyf.dogadernegi.org/ For further information on the problem and our campaigns. Please feel to contact Doga Dernegi Campaigns Coordinator Dicle Tuba Kilic via: dicle.kilic AT dogadernegi.org Best Wishes, Süreyya Isfendiyaroglu -----Original Message----- From: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Megalli Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 1:39 PM To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [MEBirdNet] Dams in Turkey Ian, and MEBird: I've just been to one of those places, Pehlavani camp in the Coruh Valley, for the Coruh Valley Bird Fesitval (Sep 23-5) -- and was shocked by the news (and sounds and sights -- right near by) of the dams, and the small farms and enterprises they will wipe out. Everyone says "big people, with money." A worldwide effort must be made to limit these -- maybe Turkey has to save the water from going south, but the ecological effect (of dams whose life span is about 30 years) would be devastating, to animals and people. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Ian wrote: > ** > > > The following email concerning dams in Turkey was posted by Tristan Reid on > WestPal Birds last month. Apologies for delay and for cross-posting. > > See also http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2780 > > Ian Harrison > Moderator, MEBirdNet. > > I had a fantastic birding trip to Turkey this year (see: > http://tinyurl.com/6falmp6) . What an incredible country to go birding > in! The culture, scenery and amazing biodiversity had a real positive > impact on me! However on my return after speaking to Charlie Moores > (http://tinyurl.com/5vas968) I was shocked to learn that the Turkish > government had sold off all the water ways to private companies. There > is currently in excess of 2000 dams being built and a further 1700+ > Hydro schemes planned. This will have a disastrous effect on the > countries biodiversity and the displacement of communities will also > impact on the 'micro-cultures' that make Turkey such an amazing country. > I have taken it upon myself to try and raise as much funds for Dog(a > Derneg(i (Birdlife's partner in Turkey) as I can, hoping that this will > go someway to help them in their work to protect the countries > biodiversity. The way in which I am hoping to raise funds is as follows: > > 1. Invite some artists to contribute some artwork depicting some of the > iconic birds of Turkey. > 2. Have a montage of this artwork (totalling a minimum of ten species) > tattooed onto my right arm and shoulder. > 3. Auction off the original artwork to go towards the fundraising. > > There is more information here: > > http://www.binocularface.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-ten-species-to-feature-in-the- art-work-are/ > > People can donate here: > http://www.justgiving.com/givingmyrightarm > > Alternatively you can donate via text message! Text the code VWFE83 > followed by the amount (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070 (all letters in > the text must be in higher case) > > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Dams in Turkey
From: Mary Megalli <mary.megalli AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:39:18 +0200

Ian, and MEBird: I've just been to one of those places, Pehlavani camp in the Coruh Valley, for the Coruh Valley Bird Fesitval (Sep 23-5) -- and was shocked by the news (and sounds and sights -- right near by) of the dams, and the small farms and enterprises they will wipe out. Everyone says "big people, with money." A worldwide effort must be made to limit these -- maybe Turkey has to save the water from going south, but the ecological effect (of dams whose life span is about 30 years) would be devastating, to animals and people. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Ian wrote: > ** > > > The following email concerning dams in Turkey was posted by Tristan Reid on > WestPal Birds last month. Apologies for delay and for cross-posting. > > See also http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2780 > > Ian Harrison > Moderator, MEBirdNet. > > I had a fantastic birding trip to Turkey this year (see: > http://tinyurl.com/6falmp6) . What an incredible country to go birding > in! The culture, scenery and amazing biodiversity had a real positive > impact on me! However on my return after speaking to Charlie Moores > (http://tinyurl.com/5vas968) I was shocked to learn that the Turkish > government had sold off all the water ways to private companies. There > is currently in excess of 2000 dams being built and a further 1700+ > Hydro schemes planned. This will have a disastrous effect on the > countries biodiversity and the displacement of communities will also > impact on the 'micro-cultures' that make Turkey such an amazing country. > I have taken it upon myself to try and raise as much funds for Dog(a > Derneg(i (Birdlife's partner in Turkey) as I can, hoping that this will > go someway to help them in their work to protect the countries > biodiversity. The way in which I am hoping to raise funds is as follows: > > 1. Invite some artists to contribute some artwork depicting some of the > iconic birds of Turkey. > 2. Have a montage of this artwork (totalling a minimum of ten species) > tattooed onto my right arm and shoulder. > 3. Auction off the original artwork to go towards the fundraising. > > There is more information here: > > http://www.binocularface.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-ten-species-to-feature-in-the-art-work-are/ > > People can donate here: > http://www.justgiving.com/givingmyrightarm > > Alternatively you can donate via text message! Text the code VWFE83 > followed by the amount (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070 (all letters in > the text must be in higher case) > > > -- Mary Megalli mary.megalli AT gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: HOUSE CROW - Cyprus
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:19:33 +0100

Try Kerem at kerem.boyla AT gmail.com Ian On 24 September 2011 14:35, Bob and Caz wrote: > ** > > > > > Hi There, > Just wondering who the Bird Life bird recorders are for Turkey > > Bob > Migration Route > <<< Alacati this way > > > > ________________________________ > From: Chris > To: MEBirdNet AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011, 16:25 > Subject: [MEBirdNet] HOUSE CROW - Cyprus > > > > Apostolos Andreas, Karpas Peninsula, 19-Sep > > (Indian) HOUSE CROW 1, potential 1st record for Cyprus, photographed near > monastery > > care of Colin Richardson - Birdlife Cyprus Bird Recorder > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: HOUSE CROW - Cyprus
From: Ian Harrison <ianbirds AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:18:11 +0100

Hope it is not joined by another bird of a different sex. Ian On 24 September 2011 14:25, Chris wrote: > ** > > > Apostolos Andreas, Karpas Peninsula, 19-Sep > > (Indian) HOUSE CROW 1, potential 1st record for Cyprus, photographed near > monastery > > care of Colin Richardson - Birdlife Cyprus Bird Recorder > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ This list is maintained by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read all about us at http://www.osme.org To unsubscribe by email send an empty email message to:- MEBirdNet-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com

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