Fotogalleri

Titel: A clumsy touchdown by the Heron is clearly disturbing the Anhinga

Beskrivelse: Note the breeding look of the Heron - i.e white top and bright-blue base of bill

Titel: Female or a 1Y male

Titel: Re-fueling after a long non-stop migration from i.e. Yucatan (app. 18 hours). The black mulberries are perfect for the purpose - contains lots of sugar.

Beskrivelse: Restricted distribution in Texas and NE Mexico.... southern/western relative to Tufted Titmouse

Titel: Drinking and bathing

Beskrivelse: This state park is worth a visit - realy great birding i.e. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Relatively easy and guided acces in most of the area. Wild Turkey is easy to spot - and the park supports the habitat favoured by the turkeys.

Titel: Not easy to ID in relation to it's European relative. In avarage it's smaller (1-2 cm) than S. albifrons; - but size overlap in the normal distribution in a group of birds.

Titel: Resting on top of the mailbox at our motel

Titel: Migrating bird resting after crossing the Carribean or comming up the costal bend of Texas

Titel: A gnatcatcher catching gnats in 'Two Dead Cows Bird Sanctuary' (great name for a sanctuary :-))

Titel: The Kite flying over 'two dead cows' (great name for a bird sanctuary :-))

Beskrivelse: Supplement til de fine billeder fra Nord-Jylland. Her ses en adult hun - samme individ på alle 4 fotos. Mindre orange på undersiden - i stedet mere bleg og med fine striber - samt meget lyse baser af armsvingfjer i mod skarpt afsat sort bagkant på armen. Tak til KMO for 'second opinion' og den præcise uddybning af min ID!

Titel: The Crane in natural winter-time environment. Might be a family, - two adult birds - and one 1Y bird: since the bird at the left still has a little brown left in the head/neck region

Beskrivelse: A really tall bird 125cm compared to G. grus beeing app. 100-105cm. A lot of the time in relatively deep water, but also taking food in the wet meadows behind. Most birds left the sanctuary before the end of March. We spotted 5 individuals this day.

Titel: A familly ... 2 adults and one 1Y bird

Beskrivelse: from a boat - on the distance

Titel: almost always coastal / saline waters