THE EXPERIENCE OF USING CAMERA TRAPPING TO STUDY BIRDS
Camera traps were used for to register avifauna in the mountain forests of the Southern Urals. Thirty one bird species were registered, among them blackbird ( Turdus merula L.), which is relatively rare register in traditional route accounting methods. In the surveyed areas, blackbird was recorded in f ve out of eight habitats. The obtained results show that camera trapping surveys can provide high-ﬁ delity and high-volume data on species diversity and distribution, which can make a signiﬁ cant contribution to biodiversity monitoring and regional bird inventories.