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| Crossbill - male |
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| Smrekova draga (foreground) and the Julian Alps (bakcground) |
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| The bottom of Smrekova draga covered with mountain pine Pinus mugo |
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| Mountain pine Pinus mugo |
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| Mushroom on beech tree |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
Visited the Trnovo forest (Trnovski gozd) with a friend today; once again with complete absence of snow and relatively mild temperatures. We took a nice walk down to the bottom of Smrekova draga - a karstic doline with vegetational inversion - mountain pine
Pinus mugo and Norway spruce
Picea abies are covering the bottom, as it's otherwise usual for the top of the mountains. The walk through the mountain pine stand was quite an experience! Best birds of the day were 2 singing
PYGMY OWLS heard at dusk. Still quite a lot of activity in the forest, with
Crossbill being the most obvious species - the above bird was part of a very collaborative and fearless flock. Otherwise quite a lot of Coal, Willow & Crested Tits, Goldcrests and 2 Ravens.
An out-of-place Cormorant was migrating above Predmeja; the Vipava valley produced 2
Great Grey Shrikes and a
Peregrine with a freshly killed pigeon in the talons.
