Some photos of a special Common Redshank / Rotschenkel (Tringa totanus), catching flying insects by jumping in the air. This individual was ringed in September 2015 in Comacchio, Italy and returned to Seewinkel to breed …
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Jack Snipes forage at night
I’ve not seen too many Jack Snipes / Zwergschnepfen (Lymnocryptes minimutus) in my life and I guess that most observers haven’t had a lot of sightings either. A main reason for this is the species‘ …
Continue readingBlack-winged Stilts overwinter successfully in Austria for the first time
The first attempt of Black-winged Stilt / Stelzenläufer to overwinter in Austria.
Continue readingHow fast is a White-tailed Eagle in active flight?
When I drove through Seewinkel recently, an immature White-tailed Eagle / Seeadler (Haliaeetus albicilla) took off on a field, right next to the road. As it continued its active, powerful flight low over the ground, …
Continue readingFemale Red-backed Shrike with one male tail feather
Every once in a while, I think back about a bird that I encountered in June/July 2013 in Seewinkel. This female Red-backed Shrike / Neuntöter (Lanius collurio) was paired to a male. Her special feature …
Continue readingKleptoparasitism by a Goosander
While shooting a new episode of the #gobirdingvlog at the Gralla reservoir, Austria in December 2019, I encountered a male Goosander / Gänsesäger (Mergus merganser) aggressively stealing bread from Mallards / Stockenten (Anas platyrhynchos) and …
Continue reading„Brown“ Northern Lapwing in Austria
I often stumble upon older photos of special birds when going through my photo archives, looking for something else. This pale Northern Lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus) was in a group of spring migrants in …
Continue readingA Calandra Lark in Seewinkel
While working on Lapwings in Seewinkel national park, I found a Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) on a gravel road, right beside a small Lapwing colony near Neufeldlacke. The bird was singing gently from the ground, …
Continue readingYellow-billed Diver in Vienna
. I hardly find the time to post here. But waiting for an airplane, this is an occasion. Just twitched a second-year Yellow-billed Diver (Gavia adamsii) found by L. Timaeus at river Danube in Vienna. …
Continue readingLesser Grey Shrike – another (nearly) Austrian breeding record
I didn’t post too much during this extremely hot and sunny summer, as I’ve been busy with: enjoying the time. Most of all working ornithologically, photographically and frisbee-related (which peaked in the win of the …
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