Lesser Whitethroat
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Like the chaffinch before it, a day later I heard a bird call in the whitethorn tree on the other side of the bend, which was still unknown to me. At first I didn’t notice the bird at all, but … read more or write a comment …

Chaffinch in a hawthorn tree
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Between the rape fields in Angeln are the farm roads lined with bends. There I had already discovered the flowering hawthorn in the undergrowth and brought it along as a picture. Many of the bushes in the bends are the … read more or write a comment …

Red Kites!
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In the north of Schleswig-Holstein red kites are very rare — the main distribution area here is the east and southeast of Schleswig-Holstein. I was all the more surprised when I identified the bird of prey, which was searching for … read more or write a comment …

Great spotted woodpecker
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Finally I got once a great spotted woodpecker in front of the lens and in addition still in nature! On one of my trips to the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park, I heard the typical tacking of the woodpecker and could … read more or write a comment …

Buzzard
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As I was sitting at the edge of the dead ground waiting for exciting light situations, I once heard the typical call of a bird of prey. And soon I discovered him still far away from me over the dead … read more or write a comment …

Robin with fresh food
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I have been watching this proud robin for days at our kitchen window. I was able to take the pictures in this series from the open kitchen window — uncamouflaged. The midday sun made the bird shine and the shadow … read more or write a comment …

House sparrow pairing
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In the spring it becomes quite noisy in the garden around our house. Many species of birds, such as house sparrows, tits, blackbirds, chaffinches, robins, magpies and crows live here in the neighborhood gardens. Several pairs of blackbirds and a … read more or write a comment …

I cannot fly!!!
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This might be a big bird, but it is still a baby bird. Each Year between August and September many big white birds get killed on streets in Iceland. They are young Northern Fulmars which cannot fly. The nest is … read more or write a comment …

Food envy II — blackbirds
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That’s how it started — at the edge of our terrace a blackbird branchling demanded food and in the foreground mother blackbird was busy preparing it. Probably it was a snail, in any case it was pulled or beaten several … read more or write a comment …

Feeding envy — the feeding of 2 branchlings
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In our lilac bush on one of the days. The mother of two house sparrows had to get some food, and as soon as she flew towards one of the young birds, the second young sparrow came along and opened … read more or write a comment …

Male Bullfinch
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This male bullfinch came to portrait session to us in the garden. I had »set up« the background and provided a nice perch. Everything fit, but unfortunately I could not stop him from eating all the time. Constantly something fell out … read more or write a comment …

Blue Tit Punk
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Back in the 80s? No, in the end, every bird goes through a molt every now and then and sheds many of her feathers. But this blue tit looked like it had its few feathers centered above its head — just … read more or write a comment …

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