Maybe I told you that I had started birdwatching a couple of years ago.
That is one of my dearest hobby by now.
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| Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds arrived today. First signs of spring! |
All winter long while I walk around on the island, alone or in company,
I am on the outlook for a feathered friend.
Sometimes I can sit for hours behind the window,
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| Blue Jay Blauhäher (Cyanocitta cristata) |
sometimes I see them far out on the water.
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| Mallar/Hybrid female and Mallard male Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos) |
During the winter there usually is not much activity. But now, the first migrating birds are arriving at their summer destination. The next two month will be busy counting as many as I can find until the trees are fully with leafs.
Here is a variety of birds I photographed over the last few month.
Enjoy!
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| Common Eider Ducks, males and a female Eiderente (Somateria mollissima) |
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| Surf Scoter, male Brillenente (Melanitta perspicillata) |
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| A pair of Ring-necked Ducks, Ringschnabelente/Ringhalsente (Aythya collaris) |
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| Bufflehead, female Büffelkopfente (Bucephala albeola) |
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| Bufflehead, male Büffelkopfente, Erpel (Bucephala albeola) |
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| Red-breasted Merganser, male Gänsesäger (Merguro merganser) |
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| Common Goldeneye, male Schellente, (Bucephala clangula) |
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| White-crowned Sparrow (Subsp. "Gambel's") Dachsammer (Zonotrichia leucophrys, subsp."gambelis") |
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| White-throated Sparrow Weisskehlammer (Zonotrichia albicollis) |
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| Fox Sparrow Fuchsammer (Passerella iliaca) |
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| Song Sparrow Singammer (Melospiza melodia) |
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| A pair of Mourning Doves Carolina Taube (Zenaida macroura) |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Kleiber (Sitta carolinensis) |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch Kanada Kleiber (Sitta canadensis) |
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| Downy Woodpecker, male Kleinspecht, (Picoides minor) |
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| Downy Woodpecker, female Kleinspecht (Picoides minor) |
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| Northern Cardinal, female Rotkardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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| Northern Cardinal, male Rotkardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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