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Pintail - Stjärtand – Nyílfarkú réce (Anas acuta) |
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Pintail - Stjärtand – Nyílfarkú réce (Anas acuta) |
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Pintail - Stjärtand – Nyílfarkú réce (Anas acuta) |
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Hooded Crow - Kråka - Dolmányos varjú (Corvus corone) |
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Magpie - Skata - Szarka (Pica pica) |
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2012-02-24
Downtown
From downtown Västerås.
I don't normally do black-and-white, but Lightroom is screwing with me, so this was the best alternative. It's an intresting area, but I don't really want to dive into it yet.
2011-09-29
An afternoon in the harbour
I spent an hour in Västerås harbour yesterday. That is when I saw that strange gull (it is in the blog post right under this one), that turned out to be eighter a Herring Gull or a Greater Black-backed Gull, probably the first one. I'd like to thank Karl Hammar, Ola Bäckman, Dirk van Gansberghe and Jan Jörgensen for helping me with the identification.
But there were some other gulls and, especially, geese in the harbour too. Around 200-300 Canada Geese, 50 Greylag Geese, four Barnacle Geese and at least six goose hybrids.
Of all the pictures this day I like this picture the most:
Crows are nice:
After an hour, a large boat (ironicly named "Sea Eagle") got out from the harbour and scared all the geese away. Imagine 100 Canada Geese flying just a few meters from you. I had to think fast, but I found it to be the best decision to just concentrate on one goose and see how it works out. It did great! So from now on, if a big flock of birds fly by, I will only try to take pictures of one of them and not try to get the whole group.
Found this Black Redstart while searching for Collared Doves (didn't found any this time eighter). It jumped around between concrete slabs like it didn't even notice that October is around the corner....
Here is a collection of hybrid geese. There is propably some Canada Goose blood in all of them, and eighter Greylag Goose or Barnacle Goose as the other part. Or something else, I don't really know...
But there were some other gulls and, especially, geese in the harbour too. Around 200-300 Canada Geese, 50 Greylag Geese, four Barnacle Geese and at least six goose hybrids.
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Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus) |
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Barnacle Goose – Vitkindad gås - Apácalúd (Branta leucopsis) |
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Canada Goose – Kanadagås – Kanadai lúd (Branta canadensis) |
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Canada Goose – Kanadagås – Kanadai lúd (Branta canadensis) |
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Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) |
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Barnacle Goose – Vitkindad gås - Apácalúd (Branta leucopsis) |
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Canada Goose – Kanadagås – Kanadai lúd (Branta canadensis) |
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Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) |
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Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) |
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Hooded Crow - Kråka - Dolmányos varjú (Corvus corone) |
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Canada Goose – Kanadagås – Kanadai lúd (Branta canadensis) |
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Canada Goose – Kanadagås – Kanadai lúd (Branta canadensis) |
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Black Redstart – Svart rödstjärt – Házi rozsdafarkú (Phoenicurus ochruros) |
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Magpie - Skata - Szarka (Pica pica) |
2011-06-11
Kids
A lot of birds and good weather today. A lot of birds have their young out of the nest now, and they are very loud (and therefore easy to find):
In the evening, I went out with a few other birders to listen to birds of the night. It was a very succesful evening/night with lots of birds. We saw or heard Bittern, Black Grouse, Nightjar, a lot of Trush Nightingales, Grashopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Quail, a few young Long-eared Owls and a Woodlark, possibly the bird with the most beautiful song in Europe. I got home at 2:15 am ^^
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| Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus) |
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| Nortern Wheatear - Stenskvätta - Hantmadár (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
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| Tree Pipit - Trädpiplärka - Erdei pityer (Anthus trivialis) |
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| Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) |
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| Hooded crow - Kråka - Dolmányos varjú (Corvus corone) |
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| Black-headed gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) |
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| Common Swift - Tornseglare - Sarlósfecske (Apus apus) |
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| Common Swift - Tornseglare - Sarlósfecske (Apus apus) |
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| Common Swift - Tornseglare - Sarlósfecske (Apus apus) |
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| Common Gull - Fiskmås - Viharsirály (Larus canus) |
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| Black-headed gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) |
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| Nortern Wheatear - Stenskvätta - Hantmadár (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
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| Tree Pipit - Trädpiplärka - Erdei pityer (Anthus trivialis) |
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| Tree Pipit - Trädpiplärka - Erdei pityer (Anthus trivialis) |
In the evening, I went out with a few other birders to listen to birds of the night. It was a very succesful evening/night with lots of birds. We saw or heard Bittern, Black Grouse, Nightjar, a lot of Trush Nightingales, Grashopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Quail, a few young Long-eared Owls and a Woodlark, possibly the bird with the most beautiful song in Europe. I got home at 2:15 am ^^
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| Great Reed Warbler - Trastsångare - Nádirigó (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) |
2011-05-22
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:
In the afternoon, I went to the Asköviken nature reserve:
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.
Wednesday, may 18:th
The dump, as usual. It is very close and there are so many birds there....
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:
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| Whitethroat - Törnsångare - Mezei poszáta (Sylvia communis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400 |
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| Roe Deer - Rådjur - Európai őz (Capreolus capreolus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-400 |
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| Hooded Crow - Kråka - Dolmányos varjú (Corvus corone) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400 |
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| Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400 |
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| Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-400 |
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| Raven - Korp - Holló (Corvus corax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-200 |
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| Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100 |
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| Roe Deer - Rådjur - Európai őz (Capreolus capreolus) |
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| Wryneck - Göktyta - Nyaktekercs (Jynx torquilla) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-200 |
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| 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.
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| Common Swift - Tornseglare - Sarlósfecske (Apus apus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-250 |
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| Whooper Swan - Sångsvan - Énekes hattyú (Cygnus cygnus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100 |
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| Whooper Swan - Sångsvan - Énekes hattyú (Cygnus cygnus) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-100 |
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| 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....
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| Skylark - Sånglärka - Mezei pacsirta (Alauda arvensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/4000, ISO-400 |
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| Skylark - Sånglärka - Mezei pacsirta (Alauda arvensis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2500, ISO-250 |
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| Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO-250 |
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| Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1600, ISO-250 |
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| Little Ringed Plover - Mindre strandpipare - Kis lile (Charadrius dubius) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-500 |
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| Whitethroat - Törnsångare - Mezei poszáta (Sylvia communis) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/800, ISO-250 |
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| Whinchat - Buskskvätta - Rozsdás csaláncsúcs (Saxicola rubetra) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO-400 |
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