Tag: bird

  • Mr and Ms Tufted

    Mr and Ms Tufted

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    This bird above is Ms Tufted Duck. Her Husband is down here. They are currently chilling on the Tegeler See in Berlin. They belong to the diving ducks.

  • 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…

  • Calm Lake

    Calm Lake

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    Late evening. We had finally some clear skys. Now that the sun nearly left there is only a soft haze of orange left.

  • Rarity – Snow Bunting

    Rarity – Snow Bunting

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    A snow bunting!. In the first moment I couldn’t relate this to anything. This bird don’t belong here and is a rarity in Germany. IF then they visit the Baltic Sea in small flocks, but not this abandoned airport in Brandenburg. This one was especially weird as it was totally alone. I laid down on the landing runway and…

  • The Mandarin

    The Mandarin

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    You can easily tell that they don’t belong here. With only a few exceptions we really don’t have those intense colorful birds. Beautiful colored by the late evening light they really stand out of the rather greyisch boring surrounding here at Tegeler Lake. (thanks to Dadriel for finding them)

  • 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.

  • Hunting Kestrel

    Hunting Kestrel

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    A male common kestrel. Looking around for food. Its an cold day and the earth is covered in snow. This male is  looking around for mice to hunt. Apparently he found something interesting. Starting in to the Air! A few beats of his wings later hes up in the air, hovering above a promising area…

  • 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…

  • Angry Hooded Bird

    Angry Hooded Bird

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    Hooded Crows looking somewhat like Angry Birds. The first nice day in “weeks” (a little bit exaggerated ;)). There are still lots of crows on the Tempelhof Airfield.