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[mvecht]

#183

 

Thursday two Cattle Egret had been spotted some 40 miles from the house.

This would be a detour of app 1 mile going home from work so I decided to bring the camera to work the next day.

They are still very rare in Denmark. Over the last 5 years a few have ben spotted and they are probably going to breed here in a not too distant future. 

They were easy to find and @Galanalaw certainly applied here

 

[Galana]

Rubbing it in now.

Always envied your sofa at your last house and now you have Red-necked Grebes at the new one.

Plus Red-breasted Geese.

Enjoy them.

Edited April 30, 2023 by Galana

[PeterHG]

Two very good species and photos!

[Galana]

Sorry. Bad manners.

How are the eyes progressing?

[michael-ibk]

Great sighting of the Red-Breasted Goose - very rare here as well. Cattle Egrets have bred for the very first time last year in Austria - let´s see if they will do it again this year. Great shot of the Sparrowhawk in flight!

[TonyQ]

Good progress and some beautiful photos.

The Red-breasted Goose is a lovely bird, your persistence paid off.

[mvecht]

@PeterHG, @TonyQ, @michael-ibkthank you for the kind words

@Galana Appreciate your concern about my eye. The result of the operation was more or less status quo. If I am lucky there will be a minor improvement over the next year.

The right eye is no good for reading or photography but still decent as the distance increases ie I can still drive a car without issues.

The left eye is not affected so i should not complain.

[Galana]

Hope all goes well for you. If it is any comfort I have found that Lady G sees more of my misdemeanours with her one good eye than is good for me.

[Kitsafari]

two lovely Red species and i've never seen either.

 

[mvecht]

Saturday evening another rare species had been spotted app 10 miles from the house.

A first for the Island and still quite a rare bird in Denmark.

I missed this species in Kenya so it was nice to have my first sighting in Denmark.

#184 Glossy Ibist 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

Cool sighting. A very rare bird here as well - we are having a small influx of them this year, apparently 45 of them were sighted today in Western Austria.

[mvecht]

@michael-ibkyou call 45 birds a small influx😎 I dont think Denmark has seen 45 birds in total over the years

[michael-ibk]

Neither have we - we have had years with one or two, many years with none at all. I have only ever seen one here once before. The report is unconfirmed so far by photos but comes from a trustworthy birder.

[mvecht]

Another uncommon visitor to the ponds at the Sugarfactory.

I see it in the winter from the beach, but always quite far out.

This is my first sighting of a bird in breeding plumage so sort of a lifer.

I love my "new" Canon EOS R7 but I could not get the Red Eye Reduction to work 

#185 Horned Grebe aka Slavonian Grebe

[michael-ibk]

Great shot of a stunning bird! 

[Soukous]

14 hours ago, mvecht said:

I love my "new" Canon EOS R7 but I could not get the Red Eye Reduction to work

 

it took me a moment, but I got there in the end. 

[pedro maia]

1 hour ago, Soukous said:

 

it took me a moment, but I got there in the end. 

me too

[Galana]

On 5/10/2023 at 5:47 PM, mvecht said:

I could not get the Red Eye Reduction to work

I always time my shot for when they blink.

Lovely sighting of a lovely bird.

[mvecht]

I went back to the Sugarfactory to look for a Greater Reed Warbler.

Found it but no photographs.

I did however get these.

#186 Common Swift

 

 

#187 Common Cuckoo. Quite far away!

 

 

 

some bonus shots of the slavonian Grebe

 

 

 

 

and a worn out Red Kite

 

 

 

 

 

[Galana]

Love those Grebes.

[PeterHG]

Agree about the grebes they are beautiful!

[mvecht]

Birding in the garden can be rewarding.

#188 White Stork

 

 

[michael-ibk]

Stork in the garden is pretty awesome!

[mvecht]

@michael-ibk  The garden is quite big😀

[Galana]

Not content with that Sofa of the last house you now have Storks in the garden. Did you check the rings?