PeterHG’s sixth. Wherever it may take us.

[Peter Connan]

All 4 are excellent!

[Zim Girl]

7 hours ago, Peter Connan said:

All 4 are excellent!

Agree, great pictures!

[Soukous]

I must stop in Flevoland next time I am driving through NL. It looks very productive.

[PeterHG]

Thank you @michael-ibk, @xelas, @TonyQ, @Galana, @Peter Connan, @Zim Girl, @Soukous

1 hour ago, Soukous said:

I must stop in Flevoland next time I am driving through NL. It looks very productive.

It certainly can be (though definitely not always) and I'd be happy to show you some worthwhile spots

[PeterHG]

Today I took a short walk in the Arkemheen polder, my usual haunt. It got me a bird I had only seen once before many years ago.

 

40 / NL 40. Water Pipit. Arkemheen, 5/1. A heavy crop as it was quite distant.

 

[PeterHG]

There were many duck, but most of them far away. Among them I spotted a few Pintails.

 

41 / NL 41. Northern Pintail. Arkemheen, 5/1

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

And a flyby of a little falcon

 

42 / NL 42. Common Kestrel. Arkemheen, 5/1

 

[Soukous]

stunning kestrel Peter and aren't Pintails one of the most elegant ducks.

Edited February 6, 2021 by Soukous

[PeterHG]

Our local park has been a lot busier than usual lately on account of closed schools and people wanting to get away from their homes for a little walk. Even so, because of the snow I couldn't resist going there with the camera.

And it got me some nice pictures and some additions.

 

43 / NL 43 Western Jackdaw. Amersfoort 8/1

 

[PeterHG]

44 /NL 44. Eurasian (winter) Wren. Amersfoort 8/1

 

[PeterHG]

45 / NL 45. European Robin. Amersfoort 8/1

 

[PeterHG]

46 / NL 46. Wood Pigeon. Amersfoort 8/1

 

[PeterHG]

As it turned out there was quite an invasion of Redwings and most of them were not shy at all. Already counted, but they made for such lovely models

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

Lovely winter photos Peter. Jealous about the Redwings, we rarely get them. 

[Galana]

I have just opened to reply and it said "Nice shots of Kestrel and Pintail" so I must have had another senior moment and forgot to 'submit'.

I wondered why it had not appeared. Better late than never.

 

And so to the reason for posting. Loved the robin  and redwings. I think ours may have gone already as I have not seen any for a while.

[Soukous]

11 hours ago, Galana said:

I must have had another senior moment and forgot to 'submit'.

Don't worry, it even happens to us youngsters 

[Dave Williams]

Doesn't look the snow is holding you back Peter! Some excellent captures, just hoping I can get out to photographs some wildfowl too before they head off again.

[elefromoz]

gorgeous little birds in the snow, particularly the little puff-ball Robin

[Zim Girl]

Excellent snowy additions!

[TonyQ]

Excellent additions in the snow! Beautiful Redwing photos.

[Kalaharikind]

Lovely shots - and looking at the snow makes me feel slightly cooler in our hottest month!

[PeterHG]

Thank you @michael-ibk, @Galana, @Dave Williams, @elefromoz, @Zim Girl, @TonyQ, @Kalaharikind!

[PeterHG]

Some more additions from our local park:

 

47 / NL 47. Blackbird. Amersfoort 9/2

 

[PeterHG]

48 /NL 48. Goldcrest. Amersfoort, 10/2. They never sit still for even a second. I have a lot of partial or vague photos of this little one. This is the whole bird, at least

 

[PeterHG]

49 / NL 49. Greylag Goose. Arkemheen, 12/2. Usually not one of my preferred targets for photography, but the snow changed that. I especially went to the area to try and catch flight shots of geese, while the underside of their wings is lit by the reflection of the snow on the fields. I hoped for White-fronted or Barnacle Geese, but they had all left to find food elsewhere. There were still greylags, however, which at least gave me the chance to get the shots I wanted.