Tag: berlin

  • Cormorants

    Cormorants

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    Before i moved to Berlin i never had seen this bird in a distance where you could see the beautiful patterns on their wings. They are probably one of my favourite bird. Compared to other city-birds they are still very reclusive and don´t like to be approached. I know of bigger populations on Wannsee (for example Insel…

  • Common Kestrel

    Common Kestrel

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    aku
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    I am currently thinkin on buying a new camera. My old one has some weird issues with the center AF Point. So i rented a Canon 5D MK III . Its a really nice camera. The AF System is fast, Image Quality is “good” (even if not *that* much better in my opinion). The Problem…

  • Thunderstorms

    Thunderstorms

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    aku
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    Announced as a really hard thunderstorm we were barely hit. Berlin seem to have kind of forcefield again every thunderstorm. So, only Shot with an old 500D an the bad Kit-Lense.

  • Swaning

    Swaning

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    A mute swan on Tegeler Lake, Berlin. Its happily washing itself, working the wings and tries to impress.

  • Little Grebe

    Little Grebe

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    A little Grebe in Malchow, Berlin. I didnt know these guys in the nuptial plumage so I firt mistake them as red necked grebe.  

  • Long Tailed Tit

    Long Tailed Tit

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    Or “Bird on a Stick” because of their enormous tail while having a shape of an ball.

  • Colorcontrast

    Colorcontrast

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    aku
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    Most of our birds our grey, brown, black. But this one brings some color in the local avifauna. European goldfinch.

  • Chicks

    Chicks

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            The Greylag goose in Berlin have their chicks. They are growing really fast. This one is 2-3 weeks old. The parents do really dont like me in their proximity.

  • Cormorant II

    Cormorant II

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    aku
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    Aand another cormorant. On a lake in Charlottenburg this time again. The coot was all but happy the visit, but the cormorant just wanted to rest a little bit.

  • Cormorant

    Cormorant

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    aku
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    Aand another cormorant. On a lake in Charlottenburg this time. The coot was all but happy the visit, but the cormorant just wanted to rest a little bit.