Some violet-green swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) and barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) flying over our back field.

#fugle

That was a very interesting 30 min. birding from the garden today!
I was much later than usual and went out at 17:30. That was apparently a good idea:
1 Honey Buzzard, 1 Swift (my last for this year?), 2 Bullfinch, about 250 Rooks, 1 Kestrel, 5 Barn Swallow and to top it all off a Golden Plover flying over!
The last one is a first for this year (we live 25 km from the sea) , and #backyardbirding species nr. 75 for '23.

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En meget læsværdig artikel om #fugle - #vadefugle - #ryler

A very readworthy article on #birds - #waders - #sandpipers and relatives in #danish

Ein lesenswerter Artikel über #Vögel , #Watvögel - #Strandläufer auf #Dänisch

https://gylle.dk/rylefestival-paa-drejoe/

🙂 It's working! So I can have a look at some pictures to try to identify the birds. This/ these should be meadow pippits visiting the harbour, now also according to iNaturalist (though it wasn't sure about picture nr. 2)

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#DDA #Vögel Seltene Mischbrut: #Schwarzstorch hat Küken mit #Weißstorch. Die wohl weltweit erste dokumentierte Mischbrut zwischen Schwarz- und Weißstorch in freier Wildbahn findet aktuell in #Niedersachsen, in #Lüder (Landkreis #Uelzen) statt. https://www.dda-web.de/aktuelles/meldungen/seltene-mischbrut-schwarzstorch-hat-kueken-mit-weissstorch
#birds #BlackStork and #WhiteStork hybridise, article in #german.
#Fugle #Sortstork og #Hvidstork hybridiserer, artikel på #tysk.

#DDA #Vögel in #Deutschland Winter 2022/23, #Mönchsgrasmücke, #Zwergschwan, #Trauerente
#Birds in #Germany winter 2022/23 (#german) #Blackcap, #BewicksSwan, #BlackScoter
#Fugle i #Tyskland vinter 2022/23 (#tysk) #Munk, #Pibesvane, #Sortand https://www.dda-web.de/downloads/publications/falke/70/koenig_et_al_2023_rueckblick_winter_2022_23.pdf

Last week I went to a nature reserve in the area, hoping to see different birds than usual. It was busy and noisy at the parking place though, as a school class had just arrived.
But, nevertheless, as soon as I opened the cardoor I could see a whitethroat really close to me and hear a nightingale very near by.
And after a 10 meters walk I heard and saw my first ever Sedge Warbler 💚

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The local Kestrel can be seen from our garden just about every day. And as I have a habit of actively looking and listening for birds from the garden for at least 30 min. at least 3 to 4 times a week, good things can happen:
A kestrel flying over my head carrying a mouse. So I finally got a decent picture of one with prey 🙂

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Well that was nice!
Because of the loud begging calls from the nests I found two Great Spotted Woodpecker nests in the local forest 💚
I didn't take many pictures as I felt that I was disturbing them. As soon as I saw the first nest I stopped walking closer and I took 1 rather bad picture. Soon after I heard a repeated alarm call of on the parents and walked away.

I'll put the sound recording of the begging call in a reply.

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#Vögel #birds #fugle #DCE nationalt center for #miljø og #energi: Optællinger af #vandfugle i #Skagerrak, 2021-2022 (#dansk)
#Danish national center for #environment and #energy: Counting of #waterfowl in Skagerrak 2021 - 22 (danish)
Dänisches nationales Zentrum für #Umwelt und #Energie: #Wasservogel-Zählungen im Skagerrak 2021-22 (#Dänisch) https://newsletter.au.dk/t/j-l-eddkriy-jdhysllht-jk/

It has been there during the three visits to the same location the last two weeks. The first time I could barely hear it and had a suspicion about what it was.
This time I could make a rather decent recording, though the wind, the near-by motorway and my impatience made it less perfect. I have used a high and low filter to try to save it.

But there it is: a recording of a singing Thrush Nightingale 🙂

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I am way behind with updates on Mastodon, whereas there actually is a lot happening. But that might be the reason: One thing replaces the other and in the end there is just silence.
But today I recorded a new species for my life-list AND I will toot it 🥳.

I went for a walk while being very tired, so I actually walked passed it, even though I did hear something unusual. But while trying to record an Icterine Warbler it came again: A Red-Backed Shrike calling! 💚

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Combing a trip to the city of Aarhus with a stop at a great birding place at the edge of it made for a good birding result of 34 species in 1,5 hour.
Since it was my very first visit to the place I didn't expect much so it was nice to see my first House Martins of the year together with hearing a Common Reed Warbler.

A White Tailed Eagle steered things up at the lake where there where quite a few Reed Buntings, Swans, Greylag Geese and Gadwalls.

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30 birdspecies in 2 hours the last 2 days while #BackYardBirding the garden 🙂. That's a good start of the month of May.
a.o Lapwing, Sparrowhawk Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, Dunnock, Bullfinch, Redstart, Blackcap, Kestrel and my first Common Whitethroat of the year.
Today I also finally got a good picture of the Lesser Whitethroat that is hanging around the house the last 6 days and is singing loudly from early in the morning 💚

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It was a nice birding day yesterday, despite the fact that I was only birding actively for 30 min. in the garden.
But before I went out I noticed this Redstart in the garden, and rushed to take a picture from behind the window. 💚 My first for this year.

During my 30 min. #BackYardBirding a white tailed eagle flew by, and a few hours later I heard this year's first Lesser Whitethroat singing from some bushes in town - "Tiktiktiktiktiktik"! 🙂

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23 species today at a flooded area nearby the local lake. Wonderful weather, lots of birds, but I didn't dare to come too close and disturb them as I would be very visible in the open fields. But I think I got them all with the help of a Lesser black-backed gull that stirred things up a bit, making the Northern Shovelers visible to me 💚 📸.
And I saw my first Blackcap of the year! 🙂

Red-necked grebe - Shovelers and Teal.

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I went on a longer car trip with my son today because of a school outing. To get the most out of it I looked around on the internet yesterday evening to see if we would pass any birding possibilities, and decided upon one.
Luckily he had just some energy left to go for an half hours walk on the large heath area that we passed and that was just enough time to find an European stonechat in between all the Skylarks. Couldn't be better 🙂

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A 3 hours slow walk today (6,5 km in all 🙂) through the newly planted "forest" close by. It is a bit a boring place, but there is nevertheless always something to look at.

Today Common Linnet, Dunnock, Cowslip and to top it of a White Tailed Eagle checking the fields in between the rows of trees. It's not often that they fly by so close 🙂.
29 bird species in all.

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💚 My first barn swallow of the year! 💚

A few days earlier than in recent years, but that's probably because I walked to the right spot at the right time.
And I only saw 2 in the 3 hours I was outside.

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What a day again yesterday. 1 hour #BackYardBirding with my chair against the wall of the house. Last year I saw an Osprey flying by from the garden. It seemed to be the greatest miracle in my birding life.
And yesterday... again!!
And not only that, the second picture I took was of a bird flying by which turned out to be a hawfinch, which I normally also see once a year or so 💚
🙂

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