tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411759001445094802024-02-07T03:55:20.769+01:00RoefBirding, photography and other important things in life.
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Use without written permission will be punished severely.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-4220605071893189092022-08-27T23:16:00.001+02:002022-08-27T23:16:41.554+02:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaxYie1-Qjondsy5LKwZt0yVfMGFPmUsU9eWJiH9o2QEyMvp0Rym8SdoV3WTrhtSvbkNXNoEA2nlVd6-aDlpabjrnBgIhSAQm4N3wusk7fdZz3PDd7SaeCZyQ7z-gN4ZlwZnD9w-ExTt1z5SFoJfwLRWBYEjYZHOsYFMJef-_8SUBn2JCtFGjpa0P/s1000/step9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaxYie1-Qjondsy5LKwZt0yVfMGFPmUsU9eWJiH9o2QEyMvp0Rym8SdoV3WTrhtSvbkNXNoEA2nlVd6-aDlpabjrnBgIhSAQm4N3wusk7fdZz3PDd7SaeCZyQ7z-gN4ZlwZnD9w-ExTt1z5SFoJfwLRWBYEjYZHOsYFMJef-_8SUBn2JCtFGjpa0P/s16000/step9.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-607219939681581872020-05-24T10:36:00.002+02:002020-05-24T16:31:43.937+02:00May 2020 - local patch birdingLast years were rather busy with only limited time for birding and even less time to edit photos and update this blog. But times may change:-) Yesterday evening I was on my bike riding towards the Heemskerk "waterberging" to have a check on the waders. But to my surpise I found a ringtail harrier hunting over the fields. The first observations were rather stressfull due to strong winds and heavy backlight and it was a challenge to follow the moving bird, make pictures, check the pictures for ID and give updates on the local newsgroup simultaneously. In the end the bird showed well and instead of the expected Pallid it turned out to be a Montagu's (which is even rarer in the region!). It was seen by several local birders in the last hour before dark.<br />
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And there is more; 2 weeks ago I went for a short birding-walk on the parking at Castricum aan Zee and found a Tawny Pipit. These birds are rarely seen on the ground here in the west. Luckily it stayed just long enough to make a decent picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tawny Pipit, 10 May 2020 Castricum aan Zee. The poles limit the amount of parking spaces (Corona restriction).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tawny Pipit, 20 May 2020 parking Castricum aan Zee</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-87005838035580390802018-10-12T20:30:00.001+02:002018-10-12T20:30:52.711+02:00RottumerplaatA slight delay in the publication, but it is still summer today! Below images from a visit to Rottumerplaat during the last days of september. A rather strong northwesterly wind resulted in some nice observation of seabirds; 2 Long-tailed Skua's, some Arctic and Great Skua's, several Leach's Petrels and a Sooty Shearwater. Passerine migration was low but we still saw some Yellow-browed Warblers. And plenty of waders of course!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same bird in flight; note the cold tones, nicely barred under and upper tail feathers, white in primaries restricted to the 2 outermost.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gulls - high tide roost</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waders gathering for high tide. We counted good numbers of Knot, Grey Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the 2 Yellow-browed Warblers in the garden, later one of them gained height over the Wadden Sea and departed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adult and immature Great Skua. They both spent some days on the beach and caused major panic over the saltmarshes. The Shellduck was caught by surprise and killed brutally by the adult. I will add some more pictures of this mean duo later.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-8445462016671827912018-07-31T21:17:00.000+02:002018-07-31T21:17:09.209+02:00Afsluitdijk - Black Tern arrivalWithout doubt the greatest news was the birth of our son Siebren a month ago, but I will stick to birds here:-)<br />
I drive the Afsluitdijk almost daily for work and last days it was obvious that Black Terns are arriving. A large part of the European population gathers along IJsselmeer/Afsluitdijk after breeding (and before they migrate South), and today I took my bike for a closer inspection. Highest numbers were present between Breezanddijk and Den Oever.<br />
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The terns were feeding low on insects before the weather cleared and soon I found what I was looking for; a fine adult White-winged Tern!<br />
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Although the tern was already moulting towards winter plumage it was rather easy to pick out thanks to the pale upperwings and white rump.<br />
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From the underside it rather resembles a moulting Black Tern but note that the flight feathers are very pale (the primaries and secondaries).<br />
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And of course there were many Black Terns within photographic range. Below a juvenile, note the brownish back, dark spot on the breast-side and pale fringes along the coverts on the upperwing.<br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-26095825307352889712018-02-11T18:02:00.005+01:002018-02-11T18:02:43.737+01:00More gulls from MadeiraAn Iceland Gull at the Ribeira Brava river mouth was even more surprising than the Ring-billed Gull. Both species have the status "occasional" in Madeira. Note that it is a second-winter/3rd calender year (pale iris). Date of observation Feb. 2nd.<br />
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and some more images of the Ring-billed;<br />
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more occasional (and exceptional!) records soonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-16562480136250886502018-02-09T17:07:00.001+01:002018-02-09T17:07:06.060+01:00Ring-billed Gull at FunchalThe highlight of a rather windy and rainy week on Madeira. This first-winter was competing for bread with the feral pigeons in Funchal harbour on the 6th (and was still present 2 days later). More pictures soon.<br />
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lightness in the dark forest! (and in-between heavy rain..)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-72231582706406877082017-11-08T21:48:00.001+01:002017-11-08T21:48:57.691+01:00Helgoland - the highlights<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a tame Little Bunting, Unterland Ort</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dusky Warbler in very dull light, Helgotick 1!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic Redpoll, self found and the first of a small influx. Helgotick 2!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siberian Chiffchaff, several were present</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-flanked Bluetail in typical Helgoland habitat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the -not- the Desert Warbler rock, I will try to add a picture of the -not- the Dusky Thrush bush later</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-43704117739230302602017-11-06T21:07:00.000+01:002017-11-06T21:07:01.133+01:00Helgoland againSome more pictures of not the Desert Warbler soon. We had a great weekend anyway!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-47019049978906777352017-10-18T21:36:00.002+02:002019-07-30T14:29:20.572+02:00Cuxhaven-Helgoland, seawatching again!Several days of NW-storm caused a severe ocean swell, a trip to remember! On October the 6th the depart of the ferry from Cuxhaven was delayed several hours in hope for better weather, so we had some time for seawatching from the mainland. The Elbe is a famous trap for seabirds and even without telescopes we soon saw the first Leach's Petrel. Several other Leach's followed and we also saw some Arctic and Great Skuas before we left the harbour with the ferry.<br />
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Only minutes after departure there was a petrel rather close to the ship, and it showed the typical flight of European Storm Petrel, which was soon confirmed by the pictures. Great start!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">note the diagnostic white line on the underwing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the rather distinct upperwing pattern resembles Leach's but indicates this is a fresh immature plumage</td></tr>
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At almost the same time a slender and dark skua appeared next to the ship, a dark phase Long-tailed! Soon afterwards both birds were also reported from mainland Kugelbake (but they must have distant views).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">juvenile Long-tailed Skua. Note the small bill with long dark tip, the boldly striped underwing and uppertail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the very long and blunt central tail-feathers and contrasting undertail-coverts</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtHzq4FgM3_4ST3Itd3CEpfsNXQeX2L9FnDH4aud3fAipn8K7Kjz441XC2JrUtdYNwrZleP89xvvxU66vHOoIufjAgo8ZkXyp9IaB9SbQ25OBRsp6oZ7zDhLqysTKdRS2JAwBgbo4pTw/s1600/LongTailedSkua13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtHzq4FgM3_4ST3Itd3CEpfsNXQeX2L9FnDH4aud3fAipn8K7Kjz441XC2JrUtdYNwrZleP89xvvxU66vHOoIufjAgo8ZkXyp9IaB9SbQ25OBRsp6oZ7zDhLqysTKdRS2JAwBgbo4pTw/s1600/LongTailedSkua13.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the white pattern on the upperwing is limited to only 2 primaries</td></tr>
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Then we left the sheltered and shallow Wadden Sea. There was a severe swell with a wave height of 4-5 meters. For many people this was not good and chumming started:-) About halfway we saw several Arctic, Pomarine and Great Skuas and several Little Gulls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pomarine Skua</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pomarine Skua - same bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-gk5KZedo3uuGSaAWc6MsbPUr030neDj_zaNbALq4vlrW782abeQZv93t3L7WWlvBDWKro06h-006Facfy7-rXiiw6vyIJEev-riub33U48nbnSYLhSshfG3unJ98kS2Qkl5IgMzTK8/s1600/PomarineSkua4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-gk5KZedo3uuGSaAWc6MsbPUr030neDj_zaNbALq4vlrW782abeQZv93t3L7WWlvBDWKro06h-006Facfy7-rXiiw6vyIJEev-riub33U48nbnSYLhSshfG3unJ98kS2Qkl5IgMzTK8/s1600/PomarineSkua4.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same bird again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic Skua</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic Skua - same bird</td></tr>
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And then there were no birds anymore, until we entered Helgoland-harbour. The whole trip lasted about 4 hours.. More from the island soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">immature Shag at the harbour-entrance</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-69220492866906071642017-10-09T21:33:00.001+02:002017-10-09T21:33:30.583+02:00Autumn storm @LauwersoogSlightly delayed due to a Helgoland-visit; an impression of the storm last week.<br />
Although Sabine's Gull was missing it was an excellent day with all 4 species of Skua and several Leach's Petrels.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I arrived rather late and started with a Gannet, always promising</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTPynzm6QcqQXWOMjFOKiEBRYzqKO6I5edwF3vb0WX4DDcQeRx1IAvSfToKyR-LIbceh_TejGsoFXp2PY6LmM4D_FxxagX7RsuK3igcy-XdW1MxPufcmnzQKYu6cTV-vWrPfxQvcOJy0/s1600/LongtailedSkua1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTPynzm6QcqQXWOMjFOKiEBRYzqKO6I5edwF3vb0WX4DDcQeRx1IAvSfToKyR-LIbceh_TejGsoFXp2PY6LmM4D_FxxagX7RsuK3igcy-XdW1MxPufcmnzQKYu6cTV-vWrPfxQvcOJy0/s1600/LongtailedSkua1.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then there was a fine Long-tailed Skua, and it was rather close!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhq4JL9IrMc0rkf1KkXvdrtiJhOofqbvxjmsXvraP3h8DPcALMruMx3CDHiwYQJozj0GnbSCecwm39XAKgW03-3ocfoiLpD8CdF34DpuuQXstFhwJNsRsxj7Wudv8v_WSGwQMLOR_j7w/s1600/LongTailedSkua3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhq4JL9IrMc0rkf1KkXvdrtiJhOofqbvxjmsXvraP3h8DPcALMruMx3CDHiwYQJozj0GnbSCecwm39XAKgW03-3ocfoiLpD8CdF34DpuuQXstFhwJNsRsxj7Wudv8v_WSGwQMLOR_j7w/s1600/LongTailedSkua3.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same bird, a light-phase juvenile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Long-tailed was escorted by 2 Arctic Skuas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">note the difference in colour tone</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrNMYvCSPmbqcbYpH8Pf0wFTgsJje5WOcQu1aK75YvuPyD9NYdBDfk9qO1KIRgCPjPJ9KflupWEiwKWrf8AHXxf4qCLA0_dv2eZR9O94Yv7iVjYDx-Mnqt6dZ-rAiHafz9MWzd7Qpc3k/s1600/PomarineSkuas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrNMYvCSPmbqcbYpH8Pf0wFTgsJje5WOcQu1aK75YvuPyD9NYdBDfk9qO1KIRgCPjPJ9KflupWEiwKWrf8AHXxf4qCLA0_dv2eZR9O94Yv7iVjYDx-Mnqt6dZ-rAiHafz9MWzd7Qpc3k/s1600/PomarineSkuas.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 adults and an immature Pomarine Skua. I do not see often adult birds of the dark phase </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZU9r9tFWUaa7Sn82hyphenhyphene5acCwZqc8FRuYvD6ytoOHQqHOzzZnAhinfgQ654fR03UAxunImzldPedYnVYdZqB9_xraS6Kt3sx-DlKSE9waWQvKwtAVnhKdfn9v6J008iqPna7UwG1yuK8/s1600/LeachPetrel1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZU9r9tFWUaa7Sn82hyphenhyphene5acCwZqc8FRuYvD6ytoOHQqHOzzZnAhinfgQ654fR03UAxunImzldPedYnVYdZqB9_xraS6Kt3sx-DlKSE9waWQvKwtAVnhKdfn9v6J008iqPna7UwG1yuK8/s1600/LeachPetrel1.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leach's Petrel, normally they stay rather far out but this one was close; it flew over the road in front of me but then turned around to the sea again</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-78779539794901986682017-09-16T20:46:00.000+02:002017-09-16T20:46:06.585+02:00Great SkuaMany hundreds were seen during the storm last wednesday. This immature took a rest on the beach at Wijk aan Zee. It was still strong enough to steal several fish from the gulls.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-76156264043389152252017-09-15T21:38:00.000+02:002017-09-15T21:38:24.488+02:00Storm!A few days after the strongest winds; Great Skua and impressive light at Wijk aan Zee.<br />
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More skua tomorrowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-21938093551097644912017-05-03T22:05:00.000+02:002017-05-03T22:05:11.789+02:00Sicily - more Red-footed FalconsA small flock of 4 males and a female, probably forced down by the low temperature in combination with the strong winds. They were hunting for insects along a reed bed and sitting on the ground. Brilliant birds!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-77715267450816705172017-04-30T20:55:00.000+02:002017-04-30T20:55:43.623+02:00SicilyThe birding highlight of a non-birding holiday:-)<br />
Messina was calm, the chicken was only heard but a small flock of these stunning falcons gave a nice show. I will add more soon.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-35075325858193617422017-03-05T20:46:00.002+01:002017-03-05T20:48:40.255+01:00Brown Shrike - Den HelderA long-stayer; it is in urban/park area for several weeks now. The first addition to my Dutch list since long time (the Lauwersoog Chretzschmar's Bunting might actually be the previous)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-24684829632905997842017-03-01T19:29:00.001+01:002017-03-01T22:09:40.722+01:00Winter has not ended yet; another Iceland GullA short late afternoon trip today, and I decided to bike on the beach in search of gulls. And succeeded! This boldly patterned 1st-winter was at Scheveningen and Meijendel during January and as far as I know has not been seen for several weeks now. Today it was at Heemskerk, and it is a beauty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are my first pictures with the D500 (that replaced a D3). I am very pleased with the autofocus accuracy and image quality (moderate crop on ISO1000, JPEG).</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-37522937570146227842017-02-03T21:57:00.000+01:002017-02-04T15:44:59.951+01:00Another IcelandAgain a beautiful first-winter at Wijk aan Zee - Noordpier, a different one than 2 weeks ago (note the patterned primaries). Last week I saw a 2nd-winter at close range here but no camera..<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-78500840635039805432017-01-21T20:53:00.000+01:002017-01-21T20:53:29.685+01:00Iceland Gullone of the many that invaded the Netherlands last week @Wijk aan Zee<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the recent storm resulted in millions of shells and starfish on the beach. many 1000's of large gulls have gathered in a huge feeding frenzy</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-34944814268992745572016-08-23T21:44:00.000+02:002016-08-23T21:44:18.141+02:00Another day at the officeBut almost immediately after I left Kornwerderzand there was this strange bird flying above the Afsluitdijk. It reminded me shortly of a Green Sandpiper with the white belly and black underwings but the erratic flight soon confirmed it to be a pratincole!<br />
The next exit was a few kilometers away so I needed some minutes to turn and take the secondary road but luckily the bird was still there, hunting for insects above the dike. No real camera so only some records shot with the phone, but it was really close! There was direct sunlight on the underwings frequently and they were clearly black; Black-winged Pratincole!<br />
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After a few minutes I lost the bird when I was checking if there were any useful images on the phone.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-3863306682995820112016-08-10T21:14:00.001+02:002016-08-10T21:14:52.595+02:00update soonbusy times, crashed computer and other priorities<br />
Below is a Common Loon at Quabbin Reservoir, Boston, from last June.<br />
Several of these brilliant birds showed really close, more soon!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-6323041210459912252016-05-12T21:45:00.000+02:002016-05-12T22:13:26.336+02:00and more Red-footed Falcons!Another 4; a migrating female almost hit my car close to Makkum and late in the afternoon we found 3 hunting birds during an excursion along the IJsselmeer-coast (on the Makkumer Noordwaard, together with at least 2 Ospreys!).<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-26793557423026642812016-05-11T22:41:00.000+02:002016-05-12T22:14:27.402+02:00more falcons from Fochteloerveen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting small Kestrel with short rounded wings and short tail, this falcon also hunted on dragonflies while migrating east. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently the length of the outer primaries are diagnostic for Common Kestrel, but it looks rather smaller (lesser:-)</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-10372957477248905832016-05-10T22:18:00.001+02:002016-05-10T22:18:58.042+02:00Falco vespertinusIt is party again at Fochteloerveen! The easterly winds have brought Red-footed Falcons and this evening at least 9 were present! (8 females and 1 male). More images soon, also from Helgoland last weekend. Again without albatross.. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141175900144509480.post-61237167886468260632016-03-28T20:07:00.002+02:002016-05-10T02:12:16.834+02:00EemshavenImpression of yesterday afternoon at Eemshaven, the early migrants start to arrive! The few bushes left in the area were occupied by many Robins, Chiffchaff and few Song Thrush, Redwing, Goldcrest and Firecrest, and some of them were confiding tame.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chiffchaff with 2 Robins in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chiffchaff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Chiffchaff appeared very grey, almost like a Garden Warbler. The bird did not call so cannot be identified with certainty but it looks very Siberian.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same bird, note the blackish feet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firecrest is always nice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">different bird in better light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">note the flaming colour of the centre crown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldcrest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then 2 Cranes approached from the south, luckily they could gain some height before crossing the windmills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cranes really do not like flying over the sea but the strong southern wind forced them to cross the Wadden Sea. They left towards Borkum</td></tr>
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