This blue tit was visiting our rhododendron bush for some time. The cut branches are mostly used by tits to fly up to the nest box. The bush itself protects the approach very well and is so bare inside that … read more or write a comment …
I love these little tits when they come to us on the terrace to forage. This Marsh Tit has presented itself in front of me but really like on a fashion show. See for yourself in the gallery of 6 … read more or write a comment …
Self-confidently the blackbird cock sits on the branches of the apple tree at our place. He stretches his beak into the air as if no one could touch him.
I prefer the birds in natural surroundings, blackbirds, for example, foraging in our flower beds or on the grassy areas around our house. But when this blackbird lady presented herself so on the back of the chair, I gratefully took the … read more or write a comment …
It was a slightly rainy day. I was once again sitting in my camouflage tent and was only about 2 meters away from our bird feeding place. At this time of day, almost exclusively house sparrows were frolicking at the … read more or write a comment …
Before the beginning of the breeding season, I usually saw the long-tailed tits in pairs at our feeders. Unfortunately, I don’t know where they have been breeding now, because I don’t see them at all since a few weeks — … read more or write a comment …
It’s so beautiful when the morning light hits our patio and illuminates the box tree so brightly. It gives the perfect background for my bird pictures because it creates an irregular glowing green when it is out of focus. The … read more or write a comment …
In the morning hours on our terrace. My view from the camouflage tent and only a short moment before the robin spotted me and flew away. It sat only about 2 meters away from me on an old garden chair … read more or write a comment …
It is always fascinating what I get in front of the lens in our garden. Blackbirds are not uncommon and I can always watch them pulling earthworms out of our lawn. But this evening it was something special. I was … read more or write a comment …
Shortly after I had seen the chaffinch on the tree and it had flown away, I could spot it at the edge of the path in the sprouting grass. The beautiful evening light shone in stripes across the path and … read more or write a comment …
I caught this chaffinch in the evening in the woods along the gravel road near our settlement. He sat next to me in the tree and seemed to enjoy the rays of the evening sun. If you look closely, you … read more or write a comment …
The bullfinches are rare guests in our garden. Once I had seen the female bullfinch first in the feeder and when I had the camera ready, she retreated to the lilac bush behind it to feed in peace on the … read more or write a comment …