Wednesday 27 th of April 2022 and my alarm goes off quarter past 4 o'clock. I go out at 7 and I had expected us to take off to the boat in Tulcea. But we were not going to leave until 8 thirty. So I had tea and avocado for breakfast enjoying a lovely morning.
I watched the birds in the garden, the House Sparrows had nest underthe roof tiles and the Collared Doves had their nests,or in progress to build nest.
Breakfast outside my room
Listen to the Eurasian Collared Dove
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Remarks from the Recordist
Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity
Setting next to me when I have my breakfast outside the room
Collared Dove
House Sparrow
eBird Report
Casa Varvara, Somova, Tulcea, RO
27 Apr 2022 07:05
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: Sitting outside my room waiting for tea
4 species (+1 other taxa)
Collared Dove 3
woodpecker sp. 1 Pecking a tree. Heard only
Common Magpie 2
Common Starling 1
House Sparrow 6
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We left Verada Tour Guest House in their van. The owner was driving and we will stop at a Supermarket and at the ATM on the way to the marina. We found an ATM and there was a Supermarket next door so I had a bag of drinks when we left for the marina. It will be the same guy driving the boat as was picking me up in Bucharest yesterday.
It was a big boat and we removed the roof top from the aft half of the boat. I had a sit down in the sofa and we left Tulcea and I started my eBird app at 08:29. I opened a bottle of MAX and I enjoyed the morning on aft “deck”
View from the marina
Time to board the boat
Leaving Tulcea
On the way to explore the Danube Delta
Mila 35
Mila 35
Little Egret
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
We run east towards the Black Sea in Danube for 5 or 10 minutes before we turn north in to Mila 35 Canal and after a while we turn in to another smaller canal going towards north and the Garla Sireasa. There were plenty Little Egrets in the Mila 35 and we spotted two Common Kingfishers.
But as soon as we left Mila 35 and got in to the narrow canal we spotted many Common Kingfishers along the water.
It is a very beautiful area, and I was pleasantly surprised, no mosquitos and it was pure enjoyment to cruise along the beautiful surroundings.
In the narrow channel
Little Egret
Little Egret
Common Kingfisher
In the narrow channel
Chased by the police
Interrogated about my permit to take pictures
The police is leaving us
Black-headed Gull
Great White Pelican
White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Great Cormorants with nest
Great Cormorants with nest
We make a stop
We reached some forester station or something and my Guide had some friends working there so we stopped to say hello. I spotted 2 House Sparrows and some Barn Swallows at the station.
eBird Report
Danube Delta--Tulcea, Tulcea, RO
27 Apr 2022 08:29 - 11;49
Protocol: Traveling
24.8 kilometer(s)
21 species
Mute Swan 37
Mallard 2
Red-necked Grebe 12
Great Crested Grebe 6
Eurasian Coot 21
Common Sandpiper 2
Black-headed Gull 1
Whiskered Tern 15
Common Tern 1
Great Cormorant 60
Great White Pelican X 31 pelicans in total
Dalmatian Pelican X 31 pelicans in total
Grey Heron 2
Little Egret 12
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Eurasian) 1
White-tailed Eagle 3
Common Kingfisher 10
Hooded Crow 8
Barn Swallow 5
Common Starling 20 Many
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108178090
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Morning track in the Danube Delta
I left my phone in the boat and all the apps had stopped due to overheating so I had to restart my eBird app and by then it was 12:09. Did not take long before we spotted one Dalmatian Pelican together with two Caspian Gulls. The Pelican took off but the Caspian Gulls stayed behind so I could get some pictures.
We spotted a Great White Pelican few hundred meters away so I could get a picture.
Dalmatian Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Caspian Gull
Caspian Gull
Great White Pelican
Great White Pelican
Marsh Harrier
Picture for ID purpose only - Too far away for any good pictures
Glossy Ibis behind the reed
More tourist boats on Danube
eBird Report
Danube Delta: Between Lacul Nebun and Lacul Furtuna, Tulcea, RO
27 Apr 2022 12:09 - 14:49
Protocol: Traveling
33.64 kilometer(s)
23 species
Mute Swan 44
Mallard 5
Great Crested Grebe 6
Common Cuckoo 1 Heard only
Black-headed Gull 2
Caspian Gull 2
Common Tern 10
Pygmy Cormorant 3
Great Cormorant 22
Great White Pelican 1
Dalmatian Pelican 1
Grey Heron 7
Great White Egret 6
Little Egret 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 11
Western Marsh Harrier 1 Picture for ID purpose only, very far away
Common Kingfisher 1
Common Magpie 1
Hooded Crow 11
Great Tit 1
Barn Swallow 2
Common Starling 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108183434
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Today's track between Lacul Nebun and Lacul Furtuna
My Guide was going to pick up a friend that will come with us to Tulcea. I stop my e-bird app at 14:49and I restart the app at 14:52 and now I am going to run the app until we are back in Tulcea. We moved full speed towards Tulcea, but we stopped to help a guy rowing his boat. My Guide got on board his boat and started his engine and he was very happy.
Little Egret
eBird Report
Danube Delta--Canalul Mila 35, Tulcea, RO
27 Apr 2022 14:52 - 15:58
Protocol: Traveling
19.33 kilometer(s)
7 species
Mallard 5
Common Sandpiper 1
Black-headed Gull 2
Great Cormorant 2
Grey Heron 1
Little Egret 11
Hooded Crow 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108189225
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( https://ebird.org/home )
Today's track at eBird hotspot: Danube Delta--Canalul Mila 35
Back in Tulcea and we stop to fill up gas
My Guide was very surprised, we had only used 36 litres of gasoline during the day. I told him that we had only been driving very slowly to look for birds. He had expected a much higher consumption. We were happy. I spotted a White Stork on the way back to the hotel and we made a U-turn to get some pictures.
Of course, most of the stork was covered by grass when we were back in position. I took a picture and we continued towards Verada Tour Guest House in Somova.
White Stork
I had tea coming back to Verada Tour Guest House and then I checked today's pictures. Much garbage, but there was a few I was happy about. We will leave for Carorman tomorrow morning and this promise to be exciting. Just click HERE to find out if we see any birds.
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