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lapwing
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But then I noticed a water buffalo. At first I thought he was swimming and taking a bath. After an hour he still hadn't managed to reach land. His head was more under water than above it. After 2 hours I thought it didn't matter if I was making a fool of myself, I'd get help. Big fire brigade operation! When they arrived, the water buffalo managed to reach land. He lay on his side for a while, completely exhausted. The Fire brigade stayed until the buffalo got up on his legs. A rescue in this area would have been a major challenge. I was grateful that everything ended well.
the fire department people thanked me. I didn't take any more pictures because suddenly there were an incredible number of people in this place. There was no one to see before!
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now I will go there again BTW: there were my Caspian terns again I didn't have time to take photos anymore. The rescue operation took a lot of time.
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Pictures are from our member Arnt Löber.

Caspian tern (one of them wears a red ring!) ringed in Sweden!
https://cr-birding.org/node/455
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Liz01 wrote: September 17th, 2023, 10:08 am ....
:hi: Good morning Liz

Wow, very nice pictures! Arnt, yours too. :2thumbsup:
Liz, I didn't know there were water buffalo up there. :blush:
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sova wrote: September 18th, 2023, 8:41 am Liz, I didn't know there were water buffalo up there. :blush:
sova, good morning :D
I'm glad you like the pictures. I also saw cranes circling over my house. That means it will start soon and there will be thousands again

sova, that's not their natural environment either. But water buffalo are used to keep the vegetation short in such areas. This is how birds can breed there. There are some herds of water buffalo on the Darß. Unfortunately, they are also eaten.
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Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) Female, immature plumage in flight
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ringed Caspian tern
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BTW: they have left the area. Now there are large birds in this area. countless swans, great egrets, gray herons, as well as ducks, geese and various seagulls.
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Good morning Liz and all
thanks a lot for the nice pictures :2thumbsup:
...tell me, don't you have any cranes for sale yet? :mrgreen:
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sova wrote: September 24th, 2023, 10:47 am ...tell me, don't you have any cranes for sale yet? :mrgreen:
sova, not for sale :mrgreen: I know you love them.
https://www.kraniche.de/de/kranorama.html
now, they are here with us. Large groups. The Kranorama opened yesterday.
the meadows and fields are full. Unfortunately they are too close to the bike path. I have to ignore them. If I stopped and tried to take a photo, I would be extremely disturbing to them. so I wait until they are far enough away to feel safe. I do this with all birds. I also see large numbers of gray herons and great egrets together in meadows. They are just as sensitive.

soon I have time I will go there
https://www.facebook.com/kranorama.kraniche
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some cranes for sova :laugh:

not the best pictures. I have to wait and see. I could have taken really good pictures today, but there are still too many tourists here. You have no peace.
I asked the geese to leave the picture but they stayed :mrgreen:
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:hi: Good morning Liz
Thank you so much for the beautiful, majestic bird :rolleyes: ....and the young one in the middle, that sweet brown head. The fact that the whole family travels together, that the young ones stay with the family for almost a whole year (their first trip), can learn... simply wonderful.
Geese are allowed to stay... :D
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long-tailed tit
out of the house into the garden
doubled 800 mm/f11 Canon RF
Av 1/400 sec., 3200 ASA
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Arnt, the picture is just beautiful :2thumbsup:
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Absolutely. :nod:
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
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EDIT: Liz, this is loaded via PicR.

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… cannot see it myself, as all other pictures.
EDIT: my iPhone shows everything

This is taken with the same optic eastward of the Werre, September 30th.
Av 1/640 sec., 4000 ASA
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arntloeber wrote: October 6th, 2023, 8:43 pm Liz, JPEG seems to be the better way....
This is taken with the same optic eastward of the Werre, September 30th.
Arnt! Your Pics are gone.It's better to use a conventional upload for forums. This is picr. most of us use it.
It's really a pity, your pictures are just good!

Unfortunately the weather is not so good here at the moment. I also wanted to go to Werre to photograph bearded tits.
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Good morning

Arnt....beautiful pictures!...I can't say much about the technology but the horse's *hind* is great. :D t.....of course, so is the star. I've never seen long-tailed tits in nature, unfortunately...
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Hi sova, :hi:

you simply have to be ready on bicycle to stop softly (from two miles per hour) and shoot immediatly free handed …

The barn swallow is taken at the weir of Werre. Manually exposure with on board flash TTL hidden by the railing around the channel, 200 mm zoom.

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arntloeber, awsome pictures! thanks for sharing.

I can't believe you don't know how to take pictures.
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September 18th, 2023, 8:11 am
He doesn't know how to take pictures.


couldn't help but make that joke Liz01, hope you don't mind.
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you took and posted great photos too. :thumbs:

balistar, your greenfinches, starling and the other birdie pictures are also great. :wave:
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