BIRDING MONGOLIA

Khovd, 28 NOV 2007 - A. Laurie & A. Braunlich The temperature was about -18 deg C in the morning today. During lunch break - when it wa...

Dear colleagues, birders, After the publication of ' The Birds of Kazakhstan ' in April 2007, many of you already submitted a lot of...

Quality!!! - Jim Moulton For this North American, the birdwatching in Mongolia has been great fun. I’ve been in-country for about 5 months ...

Khovd, 25 NOV 2007 - K. & A. Braunlich Just after the observation of a male Red-mantled Rosefinch yesterday we found today two more ma...

Khovd, 24 NOV 2007 - A. Braunlich, A. Laurie Yesterday we had all day strong southerly winds, pushing the temperatures to an unusual high o...

Rare vulture shot dead in Myanmar after being freed in Thailand I posted information on the rehabilitation and release of a Cinereous Vult...

Biobeers etc. Some recent environmental news from Mongolia Web (Mongolia 's Latest News & Current Events, Directly from Ulaanbaatar...

New trip report: S Russia & NW Mongolia Between 24 May and 8 June 2007 four Swedish ornithologists – Fredrik Friberg, Magnus Hellström, ...

A “Time”- Honored Hero Renowned conservationist Dr. George Schaller of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been named one of 60 “H...

Khovd, 18 NOV 2007 - A. Braunlich After checking Otzon chuluu and the plantations in Khovd town over the last days I visited today the “air...

Otzon chuluu, Khovd - aerial view Khovd is situated in the Great Lakes Basin Desert Steppe ecoregion . Below an aerial photograph I took du...

Khovd, 17 NOV 2007 - K. & A. Braunlich Today in the afternoon Katja and I visited Otzon chuluu , a plantation a little bit north of tow...

Khovd, 16 NOV 2007 - A. Braunlich The European Robin was still in the plantation this morning, and I got a better photo. European Robin , ...

First European Robin for Mongolia? Khovd, 15 NOV 2007 - A. Braunlich I was in Ulaanbaatar for a while, so I haven’t been birding in Khovd ...

Gobi - September-October birding highlights - D. Mantle Although I was back in Australia for a few weeks at the end of September-early Octob...

Pallas’s Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus Some photos of this beautiful finch from western and central Mongolia: Pallas’s Rosefinch . Khovd, 7 O...

Fish caught by dipper Igor asked in a comment on " Dipper catching fish. Khovd, 3 NOV 2007 ”: "Is the fish Nemachelius ( Barbatul...

Dipper catching fish. Khovd, 3 NOV 2007 - A.Braunlich, A. Laurie At the edge of town we have a small stream which doesn’t freeze over in wi...