Zsombor Károlyi's Photo Blog: Black Tern

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2014-09-30

May 2014 part 2

Crane – Trana - Daru (Grus grus)

Black Tern – Svarttärna – Kormos szerkő (Chlidonias niger)

Ortolan Bunting - Ortolansparv – Kerti sármány (Emberiza hortulana)

Crane – Trana - Daru (Grus grus)

Tawny Owl – Kattuggla – Macskabagoly (Strix aluco)

White-winged Tern – Vitvingad tärna – Fehérszárnyú szerkő (Childonias leucopteros)

Kestrel - Tornfalk - Vörös vércse (Falco tinnunculus)

River Warbler - Flodsångare – Berki tücsökmadár (Locustella fluviatilis)

Thrush Nightingale - Näktergal – Nagy fülemüle (Luscinia luscinia)

Red-breasted Flycatcher – Mindre flugsnappare – Kis légykapó (Ficedula parva)

Great Gray Owl - Lappuggla - Szakállas bagoly (Strix nebulosa)

Mandarin Duck – Mandarinand – Mandarinréce (Aix glareliculata)

2011-05-08

Asköviken is a beutiful nature reserve not far from Västerås. It is a very good birding place with many different biotopes; large fields, water, different types of forests, and reed fields. This makes the place very comfortable for many bird species.

Here are a few I saw today (with a few other birders):

The black tern (below) is the symbol of the Asköviken nature reserve. 10-20 pairs are breeding here. They sometimes come closer than this, but I like the picture.

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO-320

The ruffs (below) are not breeding here, they only pass by during the migration, when they move from Africa to northern Scandinavia and Russia in the spring. They offen migrate together, sometimes in hundreds. Today, we saw at least 200-250 of them. Notice the different colours of the males; yellow, red, white and black.

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) 400mm, F/5.6, 1/1600, ISO-250

In the spring, the common snipes are very active. They fly high up, and then "dive" down, during which they "open" the tail, and the two outermost of the tailfeathers vibrate. This makes a very loud buzzing sound. Listen to it here: http://www.virtual-bird.com/songs/gallinago-gallinago.mp3