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michael-ibk
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44/E44) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) / Reiherente

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. Sunny day - very pleasant after our snowstorms.

 

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michael-ibk
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45/E45) Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) / Türkentaube

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/5/2022. Very scarce in the Alps but extremely common at lower altitudes.

 

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michael-ibk
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46/E46) Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) / Fitis

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/5/2022. No ID doubt about this one - he was singing his heart out.

 

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michael-ibk
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47/E47) White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) / Bachstelze

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/5/2022. I know Dave is not too fond of them but I quite like them - their wagging always amuses me.

 

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michael-ibk
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48/E48) Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) / Schellente

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. Traditionally only a winter guest but some have started to stay and breed.

 

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michael-ibk
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49/E49) Dunnock (Prunella modularis) / Heckenbraunelle

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/05/2022. It´s a tradition - time again for my UK friends to laugh about my excitement of seeing this one. :D

 

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michael-ibk
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50/E50) Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) / Blaukehlchen

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/22. Really only possible to find them in their breeding quarters soon after arrival. Once they have stopped singing chances are zero. Managed to locate no less than 7 today but unfortunately none was as confiding as my fantastically cooperative specimen last year.

 

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A wonderful Bluethroat, and I still like Dunnocks even though we see them everyday in the garden

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I like all Wagtails and am quite fond of the Dunnock as it is now called.. It always seems quite confiding and with a name like Prunella so unlike Sybil Fawlty.

The Bluethroat makes a very worthy half century. Congratulations.

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The Bluethroat is the one I have not seen yet. Thanks for sharing them!

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Beautiful set again, Michael. I see that your name for the Willow Warbler is the same as ours. I haven’t heard one here yet, but I loook forward to hearing them everywhere shortly.

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I also have never seen a Bluethroat, very pretty bird.

michael-ibk
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Thanks! It seems Bluethroat really is a toughie for you in the UK - apparently none are breeding or wintering, just a few hundred on passage each year, and all of those stick to the Eastern coastline.

 

51/E51) Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) / Kormoran

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. A few more from yesterday.

 

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michael-ibk
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52/E52) Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) / Buchfink

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. The most numeous breeding bird in Tirol. Great Tits and Sparrows top them in our annual garden counts but Chaffinches do very well in any habitat.

 

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michael-ibk
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53/E53) Great Egret (Ardea alba) / Silberreiher

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/5/2022. A regular here.

 

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michael-ibk
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54/E54) Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) / Lachmöwe

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/5/2022. Abundant here - in Tirol we don´t have them. When one pops up that even justifies a message in our local "specials" WhatsApp group.

 

 

 

 

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michael-ibk
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55/E55) Common Gull (Larus canus) / Sturmmöwe

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. Much scarcer but nothing unusual here.

 

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michael-ibk
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56/E56) Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) / Kolbenente

 

Chiemsee/Germany, 11/4/2022. A beautiful duck which is common here.

 

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michael-ibk
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57/E57) Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) / Amsel

 

Innsbruck Airport/Tirol, 12/4/2022. The first one to start singing in the morning. I enjoy hearing them when I wake up.

 

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michael-ibk
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58/E58) European Serin (Serinus serinus) / Girlitz

 

Thaur/Tirol, 13/4/2022. Europe´s smallest finch - a little cutie.

 

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brilliant shots, even of the bluethroat which I never tire of seeing. And I like the dunnock too, it kept us entertained while waiting for the vultures. 

michael-ibk
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59/E59) Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) / Mönchsgrasmücke

 

Steindorf/Carinthia, 17/4/22. Singing everywhere now that they have all returned from their Winter quarters.

 

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michael-ibk
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60/E60) Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) / Nebelkrähe

 

Föderlach/Carinthia, 16/4/2022. Should probably wait for a better picture but simply don´t have the patience to really try for this bird. :D

 

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michael-ibk
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61/E61) Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) / Bruchwasserläufer

 

Föderlach/Carinthia, 16/4/2022. Very rare in my home province Tirol but a reasonably common migrant in the South and East of Austria.

 

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michael-ibk
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62/E62) Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) / Eisente

 

Stausee Reißeck/Carinthia, 16/04/2022. A huge rarity for Austria, have only seen it once before. This one apparently now thinks it´s a Tufted Duck and never once left its new friends. :D

 

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A tighter crop:

 

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