Djäkneberget

I went to Djäkneberget today. It is like a park in central Västerås. A female Goldeneye with her four chicks and two Common Moorhens was in the little lake in the middle of this "park" today.

Goldeneye - Knipa - Kerceréce (Bucephala clangula)

Goldeneye - Knipa - Kerceréce (Bucephala clangula)

Goldeneye - Knipa - Kerceréce (Bucephala clangula)

Goldeneye - Knipa - Kerceréce (Bucephala clangula)

Moorhen - Rörhöna - Vizityúk (Gallinula chloropus)

  

Moorhen - Rörhöna - Vizityúk (Gallinula chloropus)

Strix uralensis

Yesterday I went to a place not far from Sala, a city 35-40 kilometers from Västerås, to watch ringing of ural owl chiks. I have actually never seen this species before, so it was a wonderful experience.

Ural Owl - Slaguggla – Uráli bagoly (Strix uralensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/640, ISO-1250

Ural Owl - Slaguggla – Uráli bagoly (Strix uralensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO-640

Ural Owl - Slaguggla – Uráli bagoly (Strix uralensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/640, ISO-640

Ural Owl - Slaguggla – Uráli bagoly (Strix uralensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO-1000

Calling:

Ural Owl - Slaguggla – Uráli bagoly (Strix uralensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/640, ISO-1250

Västmanland

Some pictures from today that I took around Surahammar, Ramnäs and Skinnskatteberg:

Greater Scaup, Tufted Duck - Bergand, Vigg - Hegyi réce, kontyos réce (Aythya marila, Aythya fuligula) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO-160

Spotted Flycatcher - Grå flugsnappare - Szürke légykapó (Musciapa striata) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-250

Cuckoo - Gök - Kakukk (Cuculus canorus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/4000, ISO-400

Green Sandpiper - Skogssnäppa - Erdei cankó (Tringa ochropus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-250

Black-throated Loon - Storlom - Sarki búvár (Gavia arctica) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/640, ISO-250

Black-throated Loon - Storlom - Sarki búvár (Gavia arctica) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-250

Treecreeper - Trädkrypare - Erdei fakusz (Certhia familiaris) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-100

Fieldfare

After school today, I went to a little forest near Central Västerås to photograph a willow warbler that used to sing there all spring last year. This year, there are very few willow warblers in Västmanland. I don't know why. But there are still other birds, so I spent an hour photographing some of the 20-30 fieldfares that always hang around there. They also breed there, and right now, there are lots of young fieldfares. Here are a few pictures I took today (not only fieldfares):

Fieldfare

Fieldfare

Fieldfare

Fieldfare

Hare

In the afternoon, I went to a lake, Frövisjön, north from Västerås. At first, I was a little irritated for forgetting the memory card for my camera at home, but that dissapeared after finding the first Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) I've ever seen!

The Great Gray

Last night brought me two Black-throated Loons, a beutiful Great Gray Owl and a Short-eared Owl. Unfortunately the Short-eared Owl didn't show up until it was very very dark.

Black-throated loon - Storlom - Sarki búvár (Gavia arctica) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO-100

Black-throated loon - Storlom - Sarki búvár (Gavia arctica) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/640, ISO-160

Great Gray Owl - Lappuggla - Szakállas bagoly (Strix nebulosa) 400mm, F/5.6, 1, ISO-100

Great Gray Owl - Lappuggla - Szakállas bagoly (Strix nebulosa) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2, ISO-200

The past week

During the last few days I've been around the town birdwatching and photographing. I saw other kind of animals too; deers, snakes, squirrels, hares, you name it.
Internet is slow, so it takes a while to upload the pictures. But here comes the pictures of the past few days:

Friday, may 20:th

In the morning, I started at the dump:

Whitethroat - Törnsångare - Mezei poszáta (Sylvia communis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400

Roe Deer - Rådjur - Európai őz (Capreolus capreolus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-400

Hooded Crow - Kråka - Dolmányos varjú (Corvus corone) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400

Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400

Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400

Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-200

 In the afternoon, I went to the Asköviken nature reserve:

Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100

Roe Deer - Rådjur - Európai őz (Capreolus capreolus)

Wryneck - Göktyta - Nyaktekercs (Jynx torquilla) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-200

Marsh Harrier - Brun kärrhök - Barna rétihéja (Circus aeruginosus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-100

Thursday, may 19:th
I went to the Ångsjön. Two whooper swans landed in the lake, and different swallow species (and common swifts) were busy eating mosquitoes and dragonflies around and above the lake.

Common Swift - Tornseglare -  Sarlósfecske (Apus apus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-250

Whooper Swan - Sångsvan - Énekes hattyú (Cygnus cygnus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100

Whooper Swan - Sångsvan - Énekes hattyú (Cygnus cygnus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100

Whooper Swan - Sångsvan - Énekes hattyú (Cygnus cygnus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100

Wednesday, may 18:th
The dump, as usual. It is very close and there are so many birds there....

Skylark - Sånglärka - Mezei pacsirta (Alauda arvensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/4000, ISO-400

Skylark - Sånglärka - Mezei pacsirta (Alauda arvensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2500, ISO-250

Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-250

Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1600, ISO-250

Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-500

Whitethroat - Törnsångare - Mezei poszáta (Sylvia communis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-250

Whinchat - Buskskvätta - Rozsdás csaláncsúcs (Saxicola rubetra) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-400

Pied flycatcher

It's been a few days, but that is becouse the weather was pretty bad. Sometimes it rained, sometimes the sun shone. But it was mostly cloudy and boring.

A male pied flycatcher have been around my house a few weeks now. It inspected all my nest boxes around the house, but it hasn't found a female yet.

Pied flycatcher - Svartvit flugsnappare - Kormos légykapó (Ficedula hypoleuca) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/160, ISO-400

Pied flycatcher - Svartvit flugsnappare - Kormos légykapó (Ficedula hypoleuca) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-250

Pied flycatcher - Svartvit flugsnappare - Kormos légykapó (Ficedula hypoleuca) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-250

I got a sun-filter yesterday. I tried it with my camera and it worked nice. More pictures of sunspots are coming later.

The sun - Solen - A nap (ISO-100)