Spring and summer 2013

Felis silvestris · **Posted:** April 3rd, 2013, 6:52 pm

In the hope this looooooong and cold winter all over Europe is now finally coming to an end and spring takes over we start a new thread!

Share your pictures of spring and later of summer here - wherever you live!

Lussi05 · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 5:27 pm

I saw my first Hestehov/ Coltsfoot today :loveshower:

Felis silvestris · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 6:10 pm

Even if it is snowing at the WTE nest(s), the hope for spring grows with every passing day. Thanks Lussi for this little "sun" on a grey day.

Manu · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 6:37 pm

Lussi: What a beautiful picture of these "little suns". Now winter should definitely stay away and spring have to come :nod:

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fireblade1 · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 7:39 pm

Ok. Spring is ordered. Still snow and ice here. I can remember the drill many years ago. Spring/summer can be commanded

airras · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 7:49 pm

are good and green fields for Catalonia :rolleyes:

, the other day also saw a concentration of white storks pass ivan north jij
and I'll show the photos :whistling:

mimosa

heidu · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 9:04 pm

Airras!
I am soo jealous :slap:

Mimosa

I so envy you, looking out of my window and see snow :rant:

Where is the spring hiding? :help:

airras · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 9:31 pm

heidu wrote:

Airras!
I am soo jealous :slap:

Mimosa

I so envy you, looking out of my window and see snow :rant:

Where is the spring hiding? :help:

jajaja,and smells like mimosa bufffff glad, here there is a lot :hi:

airras · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 9:32 pm

fireblade1 fantastic photos if .... :bow:

Manu · **Posted:** April 7th, 2013, 10:57 pm

Fireblade:Gorgeous pictures as always. You live on a nice place with a lot of interesting birds
Airras: I'm a bit envious too. Your area look so green and beautiful. Really nice photos.
Heidu: I hope spring will arrive in our areas too :nod:

asteria · **Joined:** February 6th, 2009, 10:37 am **Posts:** 3476

As there are no flowers in our forest yet and it is full of snow, I'll place here this nice blue palm tree from Fort Lauderdale.

fireblade1 · **Posted:** April 14th, 2013, 5:59 pm

Today it a very nice day for me. Really spring! The loong winter ended and we were out to look at some places. Sure numero uno was wte nestings. We had a look on four nests and only one nest was not in use (we saw the pair together in a tree hundreds of meters away). In two nests we saw feedings and one head of an eaglet each.
First we looked (without success) for an eagle owl nest in a kormorant-colony

first picture for everybodys spring

fireblade1 · **Posted:** April 14th, 2013, 6:11 pm

You can see the distance to the nest in the pine (or so)

Here was the feeding. Saw a few times head and beak of the eaglet (hope, there are two, but not sure)

Here another nest (observed). Heavy I think

On this picture I (maybe only) can see the little head (like a snowball with a little black dot

)of one of the eaglets (hope there are two)

And this picture, like the first, for everybodys spring 8-)

Lussi05 · **Posted:** April 14th, 2013, 7:10 pm

Beautiful pictures :loveshower:

Yesterday we had another snow fall, but the weather cleared up, and we had a beautiful afternoon. The snow we got earlier melted, and took some of the old snow away too.

A little video of my cat, enjoying one of the first snow free spots, and listen to the chaffinches singing..