Blagaj for Lunch

Stopped at Blagaj near Mostar at the Vrelo Buna (source of the Buna River) for trout lunch in a restaurant near the base of the cliff. Here is the list tallied during the hour we were there. Sunny, warm, T ~ 28C.

1. Rock Pigeon (Wild type) Columba livia (Wild type)   (x)                                                        

many pairs flying in and out of likely nesting crevices and ledges

Breeding Code

N Probable--Visiting Probable Nest site

2. Alpine Swift Apus melba    (10)

Obviously resident and probably nesting in crevises near the base of the cliff where the water flows out of a cave.

Breeding Code

N Probable--Visiting Probable Nest site

3. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus    (1)

4. Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris    (3)

at least three flying around the cliff.

5. Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum    (10+)

6. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula    (1)

7. Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea    (1)

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24024098