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About 10 days ago Birgit finally had been at the Guadalhorce mouth again.



Only today Birgit was able to post the report, you’ll find here:

Guadalhorce-Mouth

The new garden gives Birgit much pleasure! Although its smaller, but rather overseeable. Here the corner with the pond beside fruit trees are following. Underneath the fruit trees just now wild flowers are growing.



The first experiences and visitors in the new biotope please find here.

First experiences in the new garden

For nearly two month we have continous temperatures far above 30C. So one does not feel like making excursions, which also would be useless, because also the birds are hiding in the shadow.
But my garden biotope gives great pleasure! Umpteem young goldfinches have, thanks to the sunflowers, every day enough food


Well, three firecrests also payed me a visit. Here are the images:
Firecrests and Goldfinches

And on another subject, for some time I am posting photos on Facebook. That's often faster. Who wants to have a look, please find me here:
Facebook

Well, you also will find a Rock bunting with her son in the report, but the oustanding experience were the Steinbocks who rather ousted Birgit from the waterhole. But of course she immediately left her observation point, when she noticed, that they wanted to satisfy their thirst.



Please find the short report here:

Steinbocks

Here are some photos from Birgits excursion yesterday to La Janda, where you could really feel the migration
This Honey buzzard was waiting for better weather



And what Birgit experienced with White storks please read here:

Migration mood at La Janda

well who isn’t a friend of Snakes rather should not look! But …then of course you’ld miss a Viperine snake, who, joined by a Damselfly, are taking sunbath together



Please find the rest of the photos here:
Viperine snake taking sunbath

Yesterday Birgit again had been at La Janda, where at the moment still numerous Birds stay during their migration to the south, among others this Short-tailed eagle



Please find the report of Birgits wonderful excursion here:

Whitestorks, Ruffs and Short-toed eagle at La Janda

This obviously young Grey heron



had great fun the day before yesterday to frighten away Yellow-legged gulls and Lesser black-backed gulls. One could really feels his exuberance and playful instinct. Please look for yourself:

Playful Grey heron frightens away Gulls

At the moment Birgit hardly can tell as quick what is happening at the Guadalhorce mouth. The nordic Waders arrived here on their migration and the weather is so beautiful, that Birgit is rather with them but at the PC. It really is such a great pleasure to look at these beautiful and brave birds.

Here a Bar-tailed godwit:



Please find the complete report here:

Nordic Waders at the Guadalhorce-Mouth

Stilts are extremely brave and are most popular as neighbours in the Birds world, because they continously give alarm and even drive off a Fox.



Please find the report here:

Stilts drive off a Fox

And here a short story about …



Mirror images

Today Birgit put together her best Dragonfly- and Lizzardphotos from 2016. Please look here:

Dragonflies in Andalusia 2016

Lizards in Andalusia 2016

Birgit spent a wonderful holiday week at the Lower Rhine. Of course she visited the Bislicher Inseln, where thousands of Wild geese from the high north are spending the winter months.



Please find the complete report here:

Bislicher Inseln

Today Birgit would like to introduce another nature reservat of the Lower Rhine, the DeWitt Lake and ist inhabitants:


Please find the report here:

DeWitt Lake

A few days ago Birgit had finally been again at the Guadalhorce-Mouth, where they saw these nice Eared grebe



Please finde more pictures here:

Guadalhorce-Mouth – February 07 2017

Birgit had been for a few days in Doñana, where she enjoyed this Spoonbill with its windswept feathers very much.



Please find the photo report here:

Doñana

Birgit sends a few Springtime greetings from Andalusia:



Please find the complete report here:
Campiña de Almogia