http://www.sakertour.com/ en Photography http://www.sakertour.com/ http://www.sakertour.com/images/sakerbannersm.gif 115 71 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item166 Oláh János The winter of 2011/2012 is a very mild one so far. We had 2 days of -8C in early December and then 2 days of -7C in mid January. Snow cover is almost non-existent though we had 8cm on the 22nd January but it was gone in a single day! The last weekend of January brought some wintry weather and apparently this will last a few days. We shall see!

]]> 2012-01-28 05:57:17 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item165 Oláh János Although it was our first eagle photo-tour of the season the images came just recently from the tour with our partner in December 2012. They have enjoyed a terrific time yet again in the Hortobágy National Park with White-tailed Eagles, Long-eared Owls and woodpeckers. They will be back in February for a second tour!

]]> 2012-01-09 13:49:21 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item163 Oláh János We are continuously uploading the changes on our website in January 2012. Our Danube Delta operation will start in full swing. You will find more birding and photo tours, more hides and more information! We plan to have all up-dates online by the end of January.

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]]> 2011-12-24 02:25:12 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item161 Oláh János Our partner Wild Images had his first 'eagle tour' of the 2011/2012 season from 9-13 December. You can find more info and dates of their second tour in February here. Although the weather was not wintry at all with daytime temperature up to 11C the activity was good. Partly because of the mild weather there are still hordes of geese in the Hortobágy region and the eagles are a little bit unpredictable at the hides. All the hides have regular eagle visitors but one day can be very different from another. It is easy to get no eagles one day and then several the next day at the same spot. Tour participants had a special last day with 11 White-tailed Eagles around them for hours!

]]> 2011-12-14 15:47:28 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item160 Oláh János Sakertour is committed to nature conservation and we yearly dispose several nest boxes for owls. This winter we have made 25 Ural Owl boxes. Half of these will be for the Zemplén Hills, the other half for Transylvania. The owl boxes were created by Zoltán Petrovics our famous local guide (known as the 'woodpecker man'). Each of them weigh about 6kg and made out of oak so they will last for up to 12 years. We also have a small mirror to help the survey work without actually disturbing the breeding owls. These type of boxes proved to be very popular for the owls over the last 20 years. This winter Sakertour spent 800 euros on the owl box project.

]]> 2011-12-10 14:24:27 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item159 Oláh János Gábor just uploaded the latest Ornitholidays tour report to our trip report gallery. You can find it here.

]]> 2011-12-06 14:24:54 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item158 Oláh János Our partner tour with Terres Oublies has started today and we hope for some nice images of raptors and woodpeckers in the next week! The weather will be rainy in the first two days but hopefully the second part of the tour will be cold and sunny. At the moment eagles and buzzards regularly visit our hides and sometimes even the scarce Rough-legged Buzzard puts up an appearance. We will keep you posted of the first tour of the 2011/2012 Season.

]]> 2011-12-03 14:16:13 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item157 Oláh János The 2011/2012 eagle season is just starting from 1st December 2011. There are many White-tailed Eagles around the Hortobágy at the moment as still lots of geese present. The night temperature is down to -5C now but daytime weather is still not cold. We hope to see you in our eagle hides soon!

]]> 2011-11-28 16:22:53 http://www.sakertour.com/activity_blog.php#item156 Oláh János Late Autumn was lovely dry and sunny in Hungary and there were some fantastic possibilities for photography. Our drinking hides are still in full operation and in 2011/2012 winter we will try for the first time to keep some drinking water at the hide throughout the coldest periods as well (heating).

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