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Well we better start early then ... with a singing bird introducing 2023 :)

 

Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus- Pimpelmees ) Dilbeek in front of my window 1th of January 2023 : 

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Eurasian Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula - Kauw) Dilbeek my neighbours chimney 1th of January 2023 : 

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Wood Pigeon ( Columba palumbus- Houtduif ) Dilbeek roof of my neighbour 1th of January 2023 : 

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Common Raven ( Corvus corax- Raaf) Dilbeek my garden 1th of January 2023 : 

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Magpie ( Pica pica- Ekster) Dilbeek my garden 1th of January 2023 : 

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6° Rose-ringed Parakeet ( Psittacula krameri- Halsbandparkiet ) Dilbeek 1th of January 2023 : 

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Posted

Unfair advantage. Your year started one hour ahead of mine (and I had a lie in anyway.)

Well done Peter. You have got off to a good start and have actually done something I was also planning. A Big Year from my home. I have run a lounge list (birds to be seen from my window) for years and I may carry this forward to a BY subdivision.

Your English is good and I know you will not mind if I point out that in English the abbreviation for sequential numbers is First. 1st. Second, 2nd. Third 3rd and then they go with the soft th. 4th, 5th etc.,10th, 100th etc.,

Posted

Thanks Fred mind you I said to myself that abbreviation looks indeed a bit strange but having only had four hours of sleep is perhaps a small excuse ? ;)

Posted
21 minutes ago, BRACQUENE said:

having only had four hours of sleep is perhaps a small excuse ? ;)

No wonder you got an early start for 2023 then!:o

I am waiting for @Game Wardento start off BY 2023 Topic before posting my 001 for 2023.

Spoiler alert is not a species one normally associates with a lounge window view (unless you live in a mansion like Galana Towers)

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Sorry for the quality of the picture but this one taken from my bedroom window this morning is without doubt a ...

 

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla - Keep) Dilbeek 2nd ( ;)Fred) of January 2023 : 

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My first walk of the year started unusually in the afternoon when the weather looked a bit more settled but alas I only reached the border with Brussels Anderlecht when a downpour tempered my expectations ; the pigeons didn't seem to bother ... 

 

Black-headed Gull ( Larus ridibundus- Kokmeeuw) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 : 

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 Feral Pigeon ( Columba livia domestica - Stadsduif ) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023  : 

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10° Mallard  (Anas platyrhynchos - Wilde eend) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 : 

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11° Domestic goose ( Anser Anser domesticus - Huisgans) - Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 :

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12° Common Pochard ( Aythya ferina - Tafeleend) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023  : 

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13° Grey heron ( Ardea cinerea- Blauwe Reiger) - Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 : 

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14° Common Coot ( Fulica atra - Meerkoet) - Anderlecht Neerpede - 2nd of January 2023 :

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15° Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis - Grote Canadese Gans ) - Anderlecht Neerpede - 2nd of January 2023 :

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16° Carrion Crow ( Corvus Corone - Zwarte kraai ) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023  :

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17° Tufted Duck ( Aythya fuligula - Kuifeend ) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 :

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18° Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus - Waterhoen ) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 : 

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19° Chaffinch ( Fringilla coelebs- Vink) Anderlecht Neerpede 2nd of January 2023 : 

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Posted

Nothing like getting a good start but you have to know the difference between Ducks and Geese!:D

Those white fellows at #11 go well with Orange Sauce and if the saying is accurate "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a DUCK!" Or as the scientists would put it.  Anas platyrhynchos domesticus.

Have this one on me and keep Ansa for later.:P

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I thought we didn’t count domestic animals @Galana ;)?

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@TdgravesWhy didn't you tell me that in my first BY where they counted :lol:?  As for duck and goose, the goose goes well with oranges as well Fred , but I admit this is a better picture taken yesterday also 

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Believe me or not but the confusion came from the place were I saw the goose last year : almost the same spot as the ducks in # 11 now

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Posted

I didn’t notice. Did you not wonder why there was lots of tongue in cheek talk of zoos and owl sanctuaries in the last week of December….?

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I was busy birding until the last day at the Belgian coast as you might have noticed so I didn't , but anyway those pictures of "domestic" animals were all taken in the wild be it close to a Brussels lake ;)

Posted
40 minutes ago, BRACQUENE said:

almost the same spot as the ducks in # 11 now

They could be sat in the same nest but  a Duck is a Duck and a Goose is a Goose and #11 are ducks. If you want to test the difference (test not taste although they are edible with or without Orange sauce) walk up to them. A duck will just waddle away whereas a goose will stretch out its neck and hiss at you. The saviours of Rome.

As to domestic wildlife I am ambivalent (anytime now someone will put up a Rhode Island Red and try and pass it off as a Belgian Jungle Fowl:o) Red AND Grey species.


Bombay Duck might be duck too far.

 

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I was a late starter in 2022 but an early bird in 2023 :) 

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The weather was very windy and wet the last days but this morning the sun was out and I had a walk in one of my favorites , the small but beautiful "Wilderbos" in Berchem Brussels close to Dilbeek : 

 

20° Great Tit ( Parus major - Koolmees ) Wilderbos 7th of January 2023 : 

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21° House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus - Huismus) Wilderbos 7th of January 2023 : 

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Posted

Another day and a first walk this year in the " Wolfsputten" in Dilbeek ; glorious sunshine for once ..

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22° Great spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos major- Grote Bonte Specht ) Wolfsputten Dilbeek 8th of January 2023 : 

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2 Robin ( Erithacus rubella - Roodborst ) Dilbeek Wolfsputten 8th of January 2023 : 

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24 ° Common Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris- Spreeuw ) Dilbeek 8th of January 2023 : 

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25° Blackbird ( Turdus merula- Merel ) Wolfsputten Dilbeek 8th of January 2023: 

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Posted

Starting early and quickly. Good light in 2023!

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A cold morning in Dilbeek with some hazy sunshine and a biting wind ; on my own in the Wolfsputten but not quite ...

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A far better view of the Great spotted Woodpecker than on Sunday : 

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And the Blackbird : 

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But also a few others ....

 

26° Wren ( Troglodytes troglodytes - Winterkoning ) Dilbeek Wolfsputten 10th of January 2023 : 

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27° Short-toed Treecreeper ( Certhia brachydactyla- Boomkruiper) Dilbeek Wolfsputten 10th of January 2023 : 

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Cute squirrel. The last pose  really captured the animal's nature.   I wish we had them here.

Some obscure lbjs took some finding even when you told us they were in the shot.

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Off to a good start, @BRACQUENE!

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Wednesday is market day in Dilbeek and also the day when I do the shopping for the week and prepare a curry for dinner , but still some time to do my walk and this time in glorious sunshine :

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Canada geese I saw in Anderlecht Neerpede on the 2nd and the very common : 

 

28° Egyptian Goose ( Alopochen aegyptiacus- Nijlgans) Dilbeek lake 11th of January 2023 : 

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Another regular be it not in the usual spot ...

 

29° Great Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo - Aalscholver) Dilbeek lake 11th of January 2023 : 

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Thursday was a miserable day in Brussels with gale force winds and rain all day but this morning at least it was dry for a few hours and I decided to go to  "Wilderbos" instead of the "Wolfsputten" ; nothing new there , I suddenly realized it was Friday the 13th ,  but just at the border of Brussels with Dilbeek I heard a high pitched sound and a flock of birds different from the tits I usually see and that were also present : 

 

30° Long-Tailed TIt ( Aegithalos caudatus- Staartmees) Border Flemish region 13th of January 2023 :

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Posted

That is always a nice one to see!

Posted
5 hours ago, PeterHG said:

That is always a nice one to see!

Absolutely. One I rarely get to see but enjoy when I do.

Nice one.

Posted

Thanks Peter and Fred ;  it was the sound of them and their behavior that made me stop to have a look otherwise I would have moved on : at home I learned that though originally part of the tits Parus group they are now in the Aegithalidae together with the pygmy and American bushtit ; there is a subspecies with a complete white head in Northern Europe rare in Belgium but not totally uncommon in winter that I will be looking for now ;)

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A frosty morning after all the rain we had and I was eager to go out and took an unusual way just beside the "Brussels Ring " 

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And arrived at the bottom of the valley and close to the border with Brussels where I saw those Long-tailed Tits on Friday but close-by there was a path upwards

again that I never took before God knows why ? 

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For the Dutch speaking birders and there are a few ;)this is of course easy to understand and for the others the " Thaborberg " is a small but very diverse

nature reserve  of six hectares with a limestone substrate and spring is the best season to visit if you want to enjoy the flowers but I went up to look for birds ...

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The area was stunning with plenty of the usual birds not in the least the noisy Parakeets or the Chaffinch :

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But secretly I was hoping to see another bird , my number one of last year that I had already narrowly missed last week and went a bid offroad and suddenly

heard an

 

31° Eurasian Jay ( Garrulous glandarius- Gaai ) Thaborberg - Dilbeek 17th of January 2023 : 

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I went for a drink in "Lou's Plek" at the entry of the Wolfsputten and returning home I saw another one ! 

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