With my wife and the kids we spent the turn of the year in Debrecen and had really great time with my parents.
While driving on the way back home we counted 84 Common Buzzards, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard, 8 Kestrel and 1 imm/ad female Hen Harrier in a 100m-wide transect along the road between Debrecen and Besenyőtelek on 2nd January. This is a 103 km section of the Road 33 crossing the Hortobágy region. Most raptors perched on the trees along the road probably due to the bad weather and the relatively thick snow cover.
I took this Kestrel photo 3 days earlier in the Hortobágy.
Happy 2011 for you all!
Regards,
András
