It’s not the first, whitish Common Shelduck / Brandgans (Tadorna tadorna) that I have come across at Seewinkel, Austria (but probably the only one I took some snapshots of). It seems that aberrantly colored individuals …
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Avocet vs. Shelduck
On a recent trip to Amrum, North Frisia, I observed an example of parental defensive behaviour that was as impressive as it seemed overacted.. A pair of Pied Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) was feeding in a …
Continue readingWadden Sea, again!
Recently I went for a short visit to the wadden sea national park again. I spent some great days at Hamburger Hallig and Amrum.
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