Tag: bird in flight
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Tilhet – A Bohemian Waxwing Reverie
On this Sunday morning the Bohemian waxwings—known in Finnish as Tilhil (pluralis: Tilhet) —were gathering in a rowanberry orchard at a street junction near the suburb of Keltinmäki in Jyväskylä. About the Waxwings:The sporadic, mysterious appearance of waxwing flocks in Central Europe was historically regarded as an ill omen—especially during the Middle Ages. This belief…
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Little Stern
The little stern catches a fish in the marsh of Ria Formosas of Portugal’s Algarve. The bird breeds in the sand dunes at the atlantic coast and the inland marshes are its hunting grounds. At a fish pond I saw several of them. They stand still in the air and when they see a fish…
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Pelican ascending
Pelican ascending – Lacul Roşu, Romania, June 2015 In the danube delta, the rosa pelican is an abundant species and lives between the swimming islands. It is only seen in the more remote lakes where they can live widely undisturbed.Here we can see a pelican ascending and starting his flight in the middle of Lacul…
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Cattle Egret
The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) flies in the evening over the bridge that links the mainland with Ilha Faro (Portugal), The outstreched mudflats of the Ria Formosa natural reserve provide a rich source of food, not only for this water-bird. Making of: I used the Nikon 300s, Nikon 300mm lense and a low exposure time…
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Crag-martin catching a bee
A crag-martin catches a bee. Old sheds and abandoned houses of the Algarve are places where crag-martins reside. Although they look similar to house martins they belong to a different familiy of bird-species. Making of: The old dusty path from Loule to Faro the heat of the afternoon was gleaming. Butteflies and birds wer Just…
Michael Emmerich 