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HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST TRIPS AND CHECKLISTS |
JUNE 2008 BIRDING IN HUNGARY & BULGARIA Details Coming Soon! |
WHY FBSPB FOR YOUR BIRDING NEEDS IN BULGARIA |
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Past Trips: Our June 2007 fund-raiser trip focused on visiting internationally recognized Important Bird Areas (IBA's) and RAMSAR Sites from the Central Rhodope Mountains, from the southern Black Sea Coast near Turkey to the Romanian Border and the Central Balkan Mountains. Photos taken by Earl Harrison from Ohio State University may be found at his link. Check List from 2007 Trip (Total of 194 Species Seen or Heard)
Rose-Colored Starlings in Sinemoretz! Photo by Rick Wright
Comments from 2007 Trip: "Thank you for organizing such a wonderful tour of Bulgaria and sharing so much pre-and post-information regarding the trip. I had a wonderful time! Bulgaria is a lovely country full of beautiful mountains, forests, steppes, and red-tiled roofs of the valley villages. Your choice of guides and driver were excellent. I applaud your efforts to retain much of the country's rural and undeveloped character and wish you success in all these efforts." D. Jones "I just wanted to thank you one more time for running such a great trip. But it goes far beyond that. I am amazed at how much you care about other people's feelings. Your treatment of Elaine was above and beyond the call of duty. She should be very grateful. Your love of Bulgaria and its birds is wonderful to see. That beautiful country needs someone like you to protect its natural heritage. There's an old saying,"you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time". You sure proved that adage wrong by pleasing everyone.... Good Bulgaria Birding" F. Windfelder
"Thank you for an outstanding trip!! It is
one I will never forget..... I hope to join you again for
birding either in the US or Europe." E. Harrison
---------------------------------------------- Check List: Click here for August 2006 Picidae, Woodland and Upland Bird Trip. Our August 2006 fund-raiser trip focused on trying to view all 10 European species of Woodpecker. We saw all but Three-toed Woodpecker. Gerard Gorman volunteered his services for this trip. Petar Iankov, one of Bulgaria's preeminent ornithologists (author of "Where to Watch Birds in Bulgaria") was kind enough to volunteer his expertise and wonderful insights on city birding in Sofia. Areas visited during the trip: (1) Central Balkan Range (location of Europe's oldest virgin beech forests); (2) Eastern and Central Rhodopes (3) Pirin Mountains (4) Rila Mountains and (5) Vitosha Park outside of Sofia.
Species' highlights: Black and White Stork, Griffon, Egyptian and Cinereous (Black) Vultures, Levant Sparrowhawk, Long-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, White-backed Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Firecrest, Dipper, Blue Rock-Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Icterine Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Common Nightingale, Long-tailed Tit, Rock Nuthatch, Common and Short-toed Treecreeper and more. Our September 2005 fund-raiser focused on Autumn migration along the Black Sea Coast. A Group from Potters Bar and Barnet Local RSPB visited Bulgaria. Download Trip Checklist.
Species' highlights: Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Griffon & Egyptian Vulture, Imperial Eagle, Booted Eagle, Black Kite, Steppe Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Levant Sparrowhawk, Red-footed Falcon, Hobby, Kentish (Snowy) Plover, Temmick's Stint, Ruff, Whiskered Tern, White-backed Woodpecker, Woodchat & Lesser-Grey Shrike, Linnet. Our Mid-September 2004 fund-raiser and outing consisted of a multi-national group of active birders from Ireland, Malta and the UK with over 180 species observed.
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(1)
All birding
trips led by the FBSBP are fully sanctioned by the Bulgarian Society for
Protection of Birds, BirdLife International's Bulgarian Parter.
(2) 100% of funding from these trips are used to fund important Society projects. (3) Trips in the past have funded: (a) Avi-fauna mapping in the Strandja Reserve; (b) Provision of carcasses at the Eastern Rhodope Vulture Feeding Station; (c) Imperial Eagle conservation and nest protection in the Sakar; (d) Publication of secondary school pamphlets encouraging conservation as well as creating an interest in birding; (e) The annual Bulgarian Youth Birding Olympics; (f) Funding projects aiming at preserving habitat throughout the migratory byways (ie: Via Pontica & Via Aristotelis) and (g) Administrative costs connected with Wind Farm and NATURA 2000. (4) You become a full member of the Society with all benefits and discounts. (5) All trips are led by Society members and leading ornithologists in the field. (6) Tours are led by Society Volunteers thus making these outings extremely affordable.
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