The pure aggressiveness is written all over the faces of the rivals, you almost think you can see the hate glistening in their eyes. Again and again the cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) call from the edge of a bush and then fly over the pulpit with conspicuous, slow wing beats and then land in elder bushes.… Continue reading Cuckoos in aggressive territorial fights
Category: Bird Behaviour
How birds behave, strange features, fighting, eating….
Moewenpick-Garden: a Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Promoted as a secluded oasis set in beautiful gardens on Elephantine Island, the 5-star Mövenpick Aswan resort is located on an island in the middle of the Nile in Aswan city right next to the Sahara desert. A vegetable garden, tall trees in the middle of an otherwise densely populated Egyptian city. Here, the Möwenpick… Continue reading Moewenpick-Garden: a Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Egyptian Nightjar in a wadi in Egypt
Orginally we wanted to stretch our legs at a wadi. We boot a little on the sandy ground. Depending on where you step, you step deep. The remains of the loamy layer lie on the ground like tiles after drying out. So the wadi has water at times. Some of the bushes are still green,… Continue reading Egyptian Nightjar in a wadi in Egypt
Gray woodpecker inside Beech forest of Kriebstein Castle
A high-pitched laugh echoes through the morning chorus of songbirds. The male of the Gray woodpecker or Gray-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus) obviously wants to interest a female in himself and his nest opportunities. The deciduous forest, dominated by the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), on this steep slope between Kriebstein Castle and the dam of the… Continue reading Gray woodpecker inside Beech forest of Kriebstein Castle
Spontaneous colonization at a retention basin by Little Ringed Plover
In the morning light, a bird with contrasting colors curves with sickle-like wings above a retention basin, which is only 6 months old and is part of a construction project for the renovation of a county road near a village in the middle of the countryside of southern Brandenburg, just 40 kilometers south of Germany´s… Continue reading Spontaneous colonization at a retention basin by Little Ringed Plover
Winter roosts and Red Kites
Just before sunset there some activity is in the air. Red kites (Milvus milvus) can be seen against the dark winter sky. They gather. Dozens of Red Kites perch on tree tops spread across various spruce trees. Again and again Red Kites flies up, does a few laps over the snow-covered landscape, then change the… Continue reading Winter roosts and Red Kites
Wallcreeper on a barren rock in Turkey
Anyone who discovers a Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) flapping and climbing up a rock face is immediately enchanted by its beauty. With the jerky spreading of the crimson bright wide wings, he resembles a butterfly. Unmistakably, the Wallcreeper climbs up the vertical rocks and keeps flashing its bright red feathers. The Wallcreeper is usually difficult to… Continue reading Wallcreeper on a barren rock in Turkey
Egyptian Goose: an invasive species in Europe
The Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) shuffles leisurely into the water. Then she begins to bathe extensively. As she sits back and splashes the water, the low sun’s rays illuminate the water, making it look like a sea of glittering diamonds. Seemingly immersed in a magical moment, the goose relaxes as it lets itself be enveloped… Continue reading Egyptian Goose: an invasive species in Europe
Photographing at Common Bush-Tanager’s nest
A Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus) of the subspecies fulvigularis of southern Bolivia has built a nest in a clay quarry along a shady forest trail. 4 hungry beaks are fed intensively in the Yungas of Bolivia near Remates. I had already found the nest yesterday during an afternoon stalk. I now decide to set up… Continue reading Photographing at Common Bush-Tanager’s nest
Olrog’s Gull at Punta Rasa/ Argentina
The bright sunrise lets the sky shine in a bright orange and bathes the beach in a golden light. The sunrise bathes the water in an almost magical light. A seagull sits on the sand, looking out to the wide, grey sea, apparently watching the spectacle of the disappearing clouds at the horizon. It’s a… Continue reading Olrog’s Gull at Punta Rasa/ Argentina
Immature Pallid Harrier on migration in southern Brandenburg/ Germany
In April I was in the so-called Niederer Fläming (Lower Flaeming), a gently sloping landscape in southern Brandenburg. I had an incredible experience that I will not soon forget. I had the opportunity to observe a young Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus). A beautiful clear morning kept the Skylarks (Alauda arvensis) soaring and cheering over the… Continue reading Immature Pallid Harrier on migration in southern Brandenburg/ Germany
My backyard, garden bird photography near Berlin
I’m really enjoying my garden bird photography at the moment. Since October I have had a feeding place for the birds in the garden. The feeding site is quite busy. But there are many birds of prey here on the outskirts of the village. I think the most dangerous is the resident male Eurasian Sparrowhawk… Continue reading My backyard, garden bird photography near Berlin