Tag: berlin

  • Starlings Returned

    Starlings Returned

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    Welcome back dear starlings. They are sitting on my balcony and singing. Soon they will built a nest – as they did last year. Gosh its so hard to take a good picture of a really dark bird.

  • Wrong Place

    Wrong Place

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    This grey heron appears to have missed his nest. The choosen “partner” dont really seem to approve. Currently there are 8 pairs of herons breeding in the reed of karow.   Okay, I better go…

  • Cormorant

    Cormorant

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    A cormorant visited my in Schlosspark Charlottenburg while I was waiting for a kingfisher to appear. (But he didn´t came.).  

  • Starting Swan

    Starting Swan

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    The swan swom out of a small canal on the big river “spree” – looked around – and started on the big runway.  

  • Nuthatch

    Nuthatch

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    A nuthatch from the Schlosspark Charlottenburg. Pics were taken on 2 different days. Nuthatchs can walk overhead and climb in any position. They re-use old woodpicker holes but make the entry alot smaller by using a “glue” of spittle and mud.  

  • Kestrelness

    Kestrelness

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    OR.. Female Kestrel. Falconerin… You get the idea. Because the most falcon pics in my Blog are of tercels. In German its just “Weib”.

  • Cormorants

    Cormorants

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    Cormorants are somewhat hard to take pictures of. There are rather shy in my area so you cant get close to them. Additionally they are mostly black, which is hard to take pics of, too. Currently I really try to take pics of then.The first one on the top is in the late evening at…

  • Tree Sparrow

    Tree Sparrow

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    What a small fluffball. Good that they are making alot of noise, otherwise i just had walked past them.

  • Kladow – Berlin

    Kladow – Berlin

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    Kladow, a small village between Berlin and Brandenburg is a perfect breeding spot for cormorants. They just started to fight for the nests and get a partner. I didnt see much of them yet, but I guess there will be more to see in the next weeks. Hopefully with good weather. The place has more than…

  • Sniff Sniff

    Sniff Sniff

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    An European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) sniffing around. Maybe it wind me, but maybe its just interested were the best food is. This was a small group of 3 animals crossing the field on the Area of the Schönerlinder Lakes in Berlin. I was laying on the ground where I was shooting white and great…