A young bird with distinctive, light-colored feathers on its head crouches low in a Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris). It’s barely out of the nest when its first flight into freedom begins. The young Common Redstart still wobbles a bit as it releases itself from the fork in the branch. Its feathers are almost like those… Continue reading Common Redstart with Nestling Down
Tag: Flycatcher
Female Common Redstart at the nestbox
She lands silently on a lightly leafy branch. In her beak: a large lump—something soft, with legs. The high-pitched calls are intense. Seconds later, she flies on to the nesting box on a Pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). Out again. In again. Always with food in her beak. The female Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) is in… Continue reading Female Common Redstart at the nestbox
Great Spotted Woodpecker´s nestbox project
The sound is bright and harsh, almost metallic. It’s clear something hollow is being hammered, and not by accident. A quick glance confirms the suspicion: a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is chiseling away at a wooden bird nest box. Not on a tree trunk, as expected, but right around the entrance hole of a… Continue reading Great Spotted Woodpecker´s nestbox project