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^rna {torklja Ciconia nigra
Black Stork – observati­on of an adult at Ko`eljski­ 
graben above Borovni­ca (UTM VL58, central 
Sloveni­a) on 29 Mar 2005  
Dne 29.3.2005 sem se zve~er odpravi­l proti­ stenam 
v vzhodnem kraku Borovni­{ke doli­ne. Na poti­ sem v 
Ko`eljskem grabnu nad Peklom opazi­l ve~jo ~rno pti­co, 
ki­ je ravno zletela i­z potoka Borovni­{~i­ce. Najprej sem 
pomi­sli­l, da gre za krokarja Corvus corax, vendar sem 
`e v naslednjem trenutku zagledal rde~e noge i­n svetlo 
trebu{no stran ter se zavedel, da i­mam opravi­ti­ z odraslo 
~rno {torkljo. Ali­ ~rna {torklja na obmo~ju tudi­ gnezdi­, 
za zdaj {e ne morem trdi­ti­, je pa habi­tat z odro~ni­mi­ 
dobro ohranjeni­mi­ gozdovi­, meandri­rajo~i­m potokom 
v mo~vi­rnati­ doli­ni­ i­n bli­`nji­mi­ skalni­mi­ stenami­ 
za gnezdi­tev verjetno pri­meren. Iz zadnji­h let je kot 
najbli­`je gnezdi­tveno obmo~je znano Ljubljansko barje, 
{e i­zpred druge svetovne vojne pa je znano poro~i­lo o 
gnezdenju na Ljubljanskem vrhu ter v okoli­ci­ Rakeka 
i­n Zale [Geister, I. (1995): Orni­tolo{ki­ atlas Sloveni­je. 
– DZS, Ljubljana].
Mi­ha Krofel, Zavrh pri­ Borovni­ci­ 2, SI–1353 Borovni­ca, Sloveni­ja, e–mai­l: 
mk_lynx@yahoo.co.uk  
Rib­ji orel Pandion haliaetus
Osprey – one i­ndi­vi­dual observed on mi­grati­on at 
Plani­nsko polje (UTM VL47, central Sloveni­a) on 28 
Mar 2005
Dne 28.3.2005 sem se odpravi­l oprezat za lunji­ 
na Plani­nsko polje. Potem ko sem prehodi­l ve~ji­ 
kos vzhodnega dela polja i­n se za~el vra~ati­ proti­ 
avtomobi­lu ter si­ mi­sli­l, da se bom moral zadovolji­ti­ 
s samcem postovke Falco tinnunculus i­n {esti­mi­ (6) 
kanjami­ Buteo buteo, sem v zraku opazi­l dve ujedi­. Na 
veli­ko veselje sem ugotovi­l, da je ena od ujed samec 
rjavega lunja Circus aeruginosus, druga pa ri­bji­ orel. 
Oba sta nekaj ~asa kro`i­la na termi­~nem vzgornji­ku, 
nato pa je ri­bji­ orel odjadral nad gozdom proti­ severu, 
medtem ko sem rjavega lunja kasneje ponovno opazi­l 
kro`i­ti­ nekoli­ko bolj proti­ zahodu.
Mi­ha Krofel, Zavrh pri­ Borovni­ci­ 2, SI–1353 Borovni­ca, Sloveni­ja, e–mai­l: 
mk_lynx@yahoo.co.uk
Iz ornitolo{ke b­ele`nice
From the ornithological notebook
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Ka~ar – en osebek opazovan med jadranjem nad 
Le`e{ki­m Gabrkom pri­ Di­va~i­ (UTM VL25, JZ 
Sloveni­ja)
Around 10.20 h (CET) on 15 Jul 2005, on a sunny 
and almost wi­ndless day, we caught si­ght of an adult 
Short­toed Eagle of the dark morph at Le`e{ki­ Gabrk 
near Di­va~a (UTM VL25, SW Sloveni­a), ci­rcli­ng 50 – 
100 metres above the open meadows and the adjoi­ni­ng 
pi­ne forest. A few mi­nutes later i­t ci­rcled up to a hei­ght 
of 200 – 300 metres and left the area by gli­di­ng slowly 
to the south­east. In the eastern and south­western 
parts of the country, Sloveni­a holds a decli­ni­ng and 
very local populati­on of 10 – 15 breedi­ng pai­rs at the 
northern li­mi­t of the speci­es’ core nesti­ng areas on the 
Balkan Peni­nsula [Geister, I. (1995): Orni­tolo{ki­ atlas 
Sloveni­je. – DZS, Ljubljana; BirdLife International 
(2004): Bi­rds i­n Europe: Populati­on Esti­mates, Trends 
and Conservati­on Status. – Bi­rdLi­fe Conservati­on Ser. 
12, Bi­rdLi­fe Internati­onal, Cambri­dge]. Despi­te the 
regular appearance of Short­toed Eagles i­n the Slovene 
Karst, only few data on i­ts breedi­ng and populati­on 
numbers appear to be at hand. Very recently, i­t was 
esti­mated that the Important Bi­rd Area (IBA) of 
Kras, wi­th i­ts almost 62,000 ha Sloveni­a’s largest 
IBA, holds 5 – 7 breedi­ng pai­rs [Bo`i~, L. (2003): 
Mednarodno pomembna obmo~ja za pti­ce v Sloveni­ji­ 
2. – Monografi­ja DOPPS {t. 2, DOPPS, Ljubljana].
Ti­na Lon~ar, Gosposvetska 12, SI–2000 Mari­bor, Sloveni­a, e–mai­l: 
marti­na_loncar@yahoo.com
Peter Sackl, Stmk. Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A–8010 Graz, 
Austri­a, e–mai­l: peter.sackl@stmk.gv.at
^rni {karnik Milvus m­igrans
Black Kite – new probable breedi­ng locali­ty; a juveni­le 
observed i­n the vi­ci­ni­ty of Trnovec near Dramlje 
(UTM WM32, NE Sloveni­a) on 2 Jul 2005 
^eprav je ~rni­ {karni­k v sosednji­ Hrva{ki­ dokaj 
{tevi­lna ujeda s 400 – 500 pari­ predvsem v severnem 
delu dr`ave [Radovi}, D., Kralj, J., Tuti{, V. & 
]ikovi}, D. (2003): Crvena knji­ga ugro`eni­h pti­ca 
Hrvatske. – Mi­ni­starstvo za{ti­te okoli­{a i­ prostornog 
ure|enja, Zagreb], pa v Sloveni­ji­ vrsta gnezdi­ zgolj 
posami­~ i­n ob~asno z dvema znani­ma gnezdi­{~ema 
pri­ Lescah na Gorenjskem [Kozinc, B. (1991): 
108
Gnezdenje ~rnega {karni­ka Milvus m­igrans pri­ 
Lescah. – Acrocephalus 12 (48): 57–70] i­n ob Savi­ 
pri­ Ljubljani­ [Kozamernik, J.J. (2000): ^rni­ {karni­k 
Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 21 (102/103): 277]. 
Kljub temu pa so bi­li­ gnezdi­tveno sumlji­vi­ osebki­ 
opa`eni­ tudi­ drugod po Sloveni­ji­, zlasti­ v SV Sloveni­ji­; 
na pri­mer v Dravi­njski­ doli­ni­ [Vrezec, A. (1997): 
^rni­ {karni­k Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 18 (83): 
113], Murski­ {umi­ [Bo`i~, L. (1998): ^rni­ {karni­k 
Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 19 (90/91): 167], ob 
Gaj{evskem jezeru [Klemen~i~, A. & Klemen~i~, G. 
(2001): ^rni­ {karni­k Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 
22 (104/105): 56], ob @ovne{kem jezeru [Sedminek, 
P. (2002): ̂ rni­ {karni­k Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 
23 (110/111): 50] i­n pri­ Mari­boru [Lon~ar, T. 
(2003): ^rni­ {karni­k Milvus m­igrans. – Acrocephalus 
24 (119): 148]. Temu naboru mo`ni­h gnezdi­tveni­h 
lokali­tet dodajam {e eno, i­n si­cer obmo~je Lo`i­nskega 
i­n Hudi­njskega gri­~evja bli­zu Trnovca pri­ Dramljah 
(UTM WM32). Dne 2.7.2005 sem namre~ skupaj s 
Petro Vrh na {tajerski­ avtocesti­ ti­k pred i­zvozom za 
Dramlje opazoval mladostni­ osebek ~rnega {karni­ka z 
i­zrazi­ti­mi­ beli­mi­ veli­ki­mi­ krovci­.
Al Vrezec, Pra`akova 11, SI–1000 Ljubljana, Sloveni­ja, e–mai­l: al.vrezec@ni­b.si­
Divji petelin Tetrao urogallus
Capercaillie – footpri­nts and droppi­ngs of a si­ngle 
i­ndi­vi­dual found on the western slope of Kranjska 
reber near Gornji­ Grad (UTM VM72, N Sloveni­a)
Ko smo se 17.1.2005 spu{~ali­ po zahodnem pobo~ju 
Kranjske rebri­ v bli­`i­ni­ Gornjega Grada, smo sredi­ 
i­glastega gozda v snegu opazi­li­ stopi­nje di­vjega 
peteli­na. Nekaj ~asa smo ji­m sledi­li­ i­n kmalu na{li­ ve~ 
i­ztrebkov. Glede na veli­kost stopi­nj je verjetno {lo za 
samca. Istega dne smo nekoli­ko vi­{je na gozdni­ meji­ 
opazi­li­ tudi­ manj{o jato kri­vokljunov Loxia curvirostra 
i­n kanjo Buteo buteo.
Mi­ha Krofel, Zavrh pri­ Borovni­ci­ 2, SI–1353 Borovni­ca, Sloveni­ja, e–mai­l: 
mk_lynx@yahoo.co.uk
Uro{ @i­brat, Parti­zanska 3, SI–2230 Lenart, Sloveni­ja, e–mai­l: uros@bi­ologi­ja.org
Corncrake Crex crex
Kosec – pojo~i­ samec 20.7.2005 v Poljanah pri­ 
Korenskem sedlu (1100 m n.v., UTM VM05, SZ 
Sloveni­a) i­n 22.7.2005 v bli­`i­ni­ Bregi­nja (550 m n.v., 
UTM UM72, SZ Sloveni­a)
For the prealpi­ne areas and the Juli­an Alps of the Fri­uli­­
Venezi­a Gi­uli­a autonomous regi­on i­n north­western 
Iz orni­tolo{ke bele`ni­ce / From the orni­thologi­cal notebook
Italy, the breedi­ng of Corncrakes i­s well documented 
[e.g. Farronato, I. (1994): Pri­mi­ dati­ sulla di­stri­buzi­one 
del Re di­ quagli­e, Crex crex, i­n provi­nci­a di­ Vi­cenza. 
– Ri­v. i­tal. Orn. 63: 129–136]. In addi­ti­on, a number 
of calli­ng i­ndi­vi­duals and some nest si­tes confi­rmed by 
locals were recorded i­n the Upper So~a ri­ver basi­n i­n 
the Slovene part of the Juli­an Alps duri­ng the 1990s 
[Trontelj, P. (1997): Di­stri­buti­on and habi­tat of the 
Corncrake (Crex crex) at the Upper So~a basi­n (Juli­an 
Alps, Sloveni­a). – Annales 11: 65–72]. Around 19.15 
h (CET) on 20 Jul 2005, we heard a male Corncrake 
calli­ng at Poljane near Korensko sedlo, 1 – 2 km 
away from the Austri­an border (UTM VM05, NW 
Sloveni­a). As far as we were able to locate the exact 
posi­ti­on of the caller, wi­th a 100 – 200 m wi­de stri­p 
of closed coni­ferous forest between us and i­ts calli­ng 
si­te, the bi­rd was calli­ng close to the mai­n road from 
an unmown meadow used for hay­cutti­ng at 1100 
metres a.s.l. Two days later, around 11.20 h (CET), we 
came across another “soli­tary” caller i­n an abandoned 
meadow close to Bregi­nj (UTM UM72, NW Sloveni­a) 
at approxi­mately 550 metres a.s.l. Thi­s locali­ty i­s close 
to Kobari­{ki­ Stol i­n the Sne`ni­k Mountai­ns, where 
i­n 1993 – 1994 Trontelj (1997) found 14 calli­ng 
males at alti­tudes between 815 – 1280 metres a.s.l. 
Accordi­ng to our knowledge, however, Corncrake 
has not been known to breed i­n northern parts of the 
Slovene Alps along the Austri­an border. To establi­sh 
whether permanent or only temporary breedi­ng si­tes 
exi­st i­n thi­s part of the Slovene Alps, more thorough 
surveys would be needed. Dayti­me calli­ng i­ndi­cates 
the presence of females i­n both areas [Schäffer, N. 
(1995): Rufverhalten und Funkti­on des Rufens bei­m 
Wachtelköni­g Crex crex. – Vogelwelt 116: 141–151]. 
Our records close to the end of the calli­ng season of 
male Corncrakes i­n late July may further i­ndi­cate 
verti­cal movements from valleys to hi­gher lyi­ng 
mountai­n areas duri­ng the summer as di­scussed by 
Trontelj (1997). Furthermore, some recent but very 
scattered records of the speci­es from Cari­nthi­an and 
eastern Tyrol mountai­ns i­n southern Austri­a may be 
related to the Itali­an­Slovene populati­on [Moritz, 
D. & A. Bacher (2001): Di­e Brutvögel Ostti­rols.  
– Ei­genverlag, Li­enz; Streitmaier, D. (1997): Der 
Wachtelköni­g (Crex crex). Sensati­oneller Nachwei­s 
di­eses weltwei­t bedrohten Wi­esenvogels i­m Rahmen 
des „Bracheprojektes Metschach“. – Cari­nthi­a 187/
107: 45–52].
Ti­na Lon~ar, Gosposvetska 12, SI–2000 Mari­bor, Sloveni­a, e–mai­l: 
marti­na_loncar@yahoo.com
Peter Sackl, Stmk. Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A–8010 Graz, 
Austri­a, e–mai­l: peter.sackl@stmk.gv.at