2021-09-23 Meeting on a light pole in the harbour
There is not much room left between the gull and the needle on the top of the light pole. But they manage to land and play there without problems.
2021-09-23 juvenile Mediterranean gull successful hunting
I wanted to try out some new camera settings that Matt proposes in his course on bird photography. This is an excellent course btw. Anyhow I planned to go to…
2021-09-23 News from the grebe family
I believe the family is still complete and still in the harbour. I could not spot the two adults and the three young ones on the same spot, but nearby…
2021-09-19 Redstart performing his own flight show
Parallel to the Flight Squadron this redstart performed his own flight show, much quieter, much shorter, but as impressive as the other show.
2021-09-03 Pied Flycatcher
To me it looks quit happy this Pied Flycatcher in the bird bath. At least it enjoyed for a long moment. Camera Sony Alpha + with a 200 - 600…
2021-09-03 Splash-start after a bath
I photographed this redstart on a nearby tree before it jumped into the birdbath, which was out of my sight. After the bath I saw the bird again and it…
2021-08-28 Ducks
This duck is holder her wings like the falcon doors of a Tesla X ... Sony Alpha 1 200-600 mm lens
2021-08-28 More news from the grebe family
A few weeks later the parents and the three young ones are still together and obviously the young birds do well. They've grown considerably, almost no difference in size compared…
2021-08-15 Sparrows
The sparrows enjoy often the bird bath in our garden. On one image it looks like a bird is practicing back swim. Sony Alpha 1, 200-600mm lens with 1.4 Teleconverter
2021-08-14 Garden birds and Butterflies
The variety of birds we see in our garden is not enormous, but every single time it is nice to spot different bird within a short period of time. Beautiful…
2021-08-06 Redstart takeoff
For a good while this redstart was sitting. Suddenly he took off and flew almost out of the frame. Images captured using bird eye tracking mode on the Sony Alpha…
2021-08-03 La Garenne
Today we visited the Zoo La Garenne, please read more about this magnificent institution here -> https://en.lagarenne.ch. The weather was not perfect, but we were lucky that it only started…
2021-08-02 News from the grebe family
Again about a week later I visited the same grebe family. It looks all doing well. Same equipment used, Sony Alpha 1 with a 200 - 600 mm lens
2021-08-02 Goldfinches and sparrows eat the seeds of faded sunflowers
Photographed with a Sony Alpha 1 and a 200 - 600 mm lens
2021-08-02 A young goldfinch reclaims its place
Hey what are you doing here ? This is my place I'll stay here until you move out A little faster please Wasn't my message clear enough ? Ok finally…
2021-07-26 Grebe family
One week later I visited the same grebe family again. The three young ones have grown quit a bit and started to be a little more independent, at least one…
2021-07-17 Again the same Great Crested Grebe another week later
This grebe family still has the three young ones, only that this time they did not wanted to cooperate with the photographer to come close enough to each other to…