Birds Birds Birds

[Manu]

On Saturday evening, I saw a chick of sparrow fell out of the nest and could not back again . Then the whole night the little guy was sitting on the window sill. Poor little guy, at this night it was raining strongly/ thunderstorm.

On Sunday morning, mother fed him and then he flapped away with her.The remaining chicks have flown out the last days and I can see and listen them round the house and garden.

[alice44]

Manu
I think the first day out of the nest is a really tough day for birds -- your window sill was probably a pretty safe place to fall to -- out of the storm and everything. Anyhow it sounds like the siblings eventually all moved out together.

[alice44]

Me chasing this poor bird down the sidewalk. (After it rounded the corner it did fly off.)


Morning Dove by alice_knitter, on Flickr

[Lussi05]

This little fledgling flew right into our window yesterday morning. I got our cat, which was very interested, indoors and hoped for the best. And fortunately, after a little rest, it flew away..
- It's very difficult to see what species it is, but can it be a very young Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)? It was something about the shape when it flew away and the front plumage (unfinished, I know)..any suggestions?

[vainamoinen]

This little fledgling flew right into our window yesterday morning. I got our cat, which was very interested, indoors and hoped for the best. And fortunately, after a little rest, it flew away..
- It's very difficult to see what species it is, but can it be a very young Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)? It was something about the shape when it flew away and the front plumage (unfinished, I know)..any suggestions?

http://www.birdholidays.co.uk/birdwatch ... r_2007.htm

It couldn't be Wryneck. Wrynecks belongs to order Piciformes and they have two toes forward and two back. I don't know what is but I will think about it tomorrow.

[vainamoinen]

http://www.birdholidays.co.uk/birdwatch ... r_2007.htm

It couldn't be Wryneck. Wrynecks belongs to order Piciformes and they have two toes forward and two back. I don't know what is but I will think about it tomorrow.

I was thinking about this picture quite a long time. My version - this is the juvenile spotted flycatcher. In this page is a similar picture. http://www.hos.org.uk/image_archive/2011/2011.htm

[Lussi05]

I was thinking about this picture quite a long time. My version - this is the juvenile spotted flycatcher. In this page is a similar picture. http://www.hos.org.uk/image_archive/2011/2011.htm

When I look at the picture I think it must be a Spotted flycatcher.
I saw it again today, outside my kitchen window, or a similar one. It seemed to find something exciting, food probably, among my flowers.

Thank you, Vainamoinen
And by the way, the photos in the link was great!

[Bubo]

Barn swallow


And this - guess who

[Felis silvestris]

On my outing I also got to see white storks, actually quite a few of them, a group of 14 individuals was flying around, only it was not possible to take pictures, they were too high up. Most probably young ones getting ready for the big trip.
But we visited some "locals" and they received us at home:

Parents



and their single child, getting ready for an afternoon nap and in no way thinking about leaving parents

[fireblade1]

hope that I will disturb no one here
Yesterday I learned something new. Yes I know: Wtes are able to swim. But how calmly was new for me. With a heavy fish in the claws. First time I saw such a distance. Ca. 25m.
Takeoff was not possible

[Bea]

Fireblade, you saw that live - lucky you

Thank you for sharing this story and the photos

[fireblade1]

Fireblade, you saw that live - lucky you

Thank you for sharing this story and the photos

Thank you Bea. It is a pleasure
And after that the Wte took a bath

[Felis silvestris]

Wow, what a great sequence! I think I have to start thinking again of moving towards North Germany!

(and - this is a thread exactly for such pictures - you are not disturbing anyone here!)

[fireblade1]

Today I saw this bird. I am sure a Stelze (in german) but to much yellow for a Bachstelze (Wagtail) and not enough for a Schafstelze (Yellow Wagtail)

[Felis silvestris]

How about a "Zitronenstelze" - Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) - they are not too yellow when they are young or during winter/resting season. It would be a rare bird to see here, but not completely impossible, if I read Wikipedia

Die Zitronenstelze (Motacilla citreola) ist eine Singvogelart aus der Familie der Stelzen und Pieper. Namensgebend ist die lebhaft zitronengelbe Färbung des Kopfes im Prachtkleid. Das Verbreitungsgebiet der Art reicht von Osteuropa, Nordwest- und Mittelsibirien südwärts durch Zentralasien bis zum Himalaya. Sie besiedelt offene Graslandschaften und ist nicht selten in Gewässernähe zu finden. Die Zitronenstelze ist ein Zugvogel, der zum größten Teil auf dem Indischen Subkontinent, aber auch in anderen Teilen Südasiens überwintert. Die Art hat ihre westliche Verbreitungsgrenze im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts immer weiter in Richtung Mitteleuropa verschoben und seit den 1990er Jahren gibt es hier erste, vereinzelte Brutnachweise. Die Zitronenstelze ist nicht bedroht.

http://www.planetofbirds.com/wp-content ... agtail.gif

[Starling]

Wow, fireblade1! Thank you for sharing your excellent photos!
Especially those WTE photos are amazing. I think too the wagtail is "Motacilla citreola" or "Motacilla flava". But not sure which one.

[Manu]

@fireblade1: Thank you soooooo much for all your wonderful photo's you made and share with us. And you are a lucky one to see so many WTE live. I'm a little bit envious .

[Lussi05]

An amazing experience Fireblade I agree with Manu, I envy you too....

I want to show you how the norwegian summer has been: rain, rain, rain..but the Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) don't care about it..

Barn Swallow in a sunny moment, between the rain..

House Martins (Delichon urbicum) find something interesting at the top of the birch




Felis, I think it's nice to see White Storks..to me they are very exotic.

[fireblade1]

An amazing experience Fireblade I agree with Manu, I envy you too....

Thank you Manu and Lussi. But envy is a bad thing. I talked with a bird ringer from the north-east of germany. Crane, osprey, WTE and and and. Normal for him. He knows places where you can see 9 different birds of prey. Merlin and so. It would be a great thing for me to visit such a place (with someone who knows this places).

Lussi I saw your pictures yesterday (today there seems to be a problem). Like that birds and it is a little sad for me that they will start their very long migration soon.
Are there less than normal swallows this year?

[Lussi05]

Lussi I saw your pictures yesterday (today there seems to be a problem). Like that birds and it is a little sad for me that they will start their very long migration soon.
Are there less than normal swallows this year?

We think that the number of Swallows has increased this summer. They have been flying high and low in full speed, and many times I have almost been afraid that they would fly right at me..
I agree, they are very nice, and it feels empty when they leave us. (and they soon do)