Near the water you can always practice action photography, or trying your luck with birds in flight. I am not good at it, but this time I got a nice shot, even if it’s just a gull. I think it is a black-headed gull with different plumage. I like how the image turned out and I got quite close with my lens, but I cropped the picture even further. Continue reading Flying Gull
Above is a photo that I shot during one of my recent short hikes. I found these white swans near a pond, and they seemed to enjoy the sight as much as we humans. Continue reading Enjoying The Water
There are probably enough photos of common blackbirds on my blog, but it’s difficult to stop taking photos of them when they are all around you (laugh). I like them! Continue reading Common Blackbird
Above is a photo that I shot a while ago. I am pretty sure that it is a carrion crow but it could also be a common raven. This is a close-up shot but in 2017 I uploaded a full picture of that crow. We have so many crows in our area at the moment, it’s as if the population exploded. I’ve never seen that much crows. They have always been there, but today you find hundreds if not thousands of them in some trees. Continue reading Carrion Crow
I shot a photo of an Eurasian coot near one of the local ponds. It’s easy to find them here, because there are always some near any pond. I think the photo is not perfectly in focus, but it’s also not too bad. But I find the plants in the background a bit distracting, but you can’t always get it right. Anyway, for a close-up shot it’s still great. Here is the photo… Continue reading Eurasian Coot
I saw this bird swimming in the pond and I think it is a common moorhen. And it seems it got a fish, probably a common minnow or a gudgeon (gobio gobio). It’s funny because I actually didn’t notice the fish in the beak when I shot the photo, I noticed it at home. I had to crop the image a lot because the bird was too far away. It was also shot at a time when I still did mostly take JPG photos. But I think it’s still a nice snapshot. You can find more bird photos on my … Continue reading Common Moorhen Got A Fish
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