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2023 annual review 1
Sandy Seal 2023 kicked off with biting some sand. As a powdered seal fills my frame, I realize that this animal was apparently at the back of the line when paws, ears and tails were handed out. It looks like some sort of hairy larva, decorated with these huge eyes […]

Bye 2023, Hello 2024!


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Suddenly, while I was innocently enjoying a calm spring evening, this cheerful whistler almost pushed its blue breast into my face. The hint was clear, even I didn’t need ObsIdentify for that! A bluethroat....

Birder For a Day


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 1. If it Walks Like a Goose And it Talks Like a Goose…. As soon as this Army of Cuteness arrives, the most fanatical birder goes “awwwwwwww”.Bold loitering spontaneously share their sandwiches, a homeless worriedly counts whether they are as many as yesterday.   2. Interview by Bored Panda “Talented […]

38. Photography Bestof 2014



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I’ve always loved the saying: ‘If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.’Because nothing can argue with that, can it? Elaborating on this idea, one could argue, that if it walks like a goose and it talks like a goose…it probably […]

29. If it Walks like a Goose and it Talks ...


BABY ANIMALS 8
I could write a whole new story about cute goslings andtheir endless fluffiness, but this time I refer to my former blog about little ducklings.Just replace the word duckling with the word goslings andyou’ll know exactly what my feelings are towards thislittle furry balls on legs…;)

10. Too cute to Blog: Goslings


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I’ve got (at least) two so called weak spots:One is a bizarre attraction towards all that shines.I’m an easy victim for vendors selling way too expensive, but beautifully twinkling fake bracelets and I easily spend my last money on hideous kitsch junk in the Christmas section of Walmarts.My kingdom for […]

9. Too cute to Blog: Ducklings



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Nagging Birds In Dutch Bohemian Waxwings are called Pestvogels, which means something like ‘Nagging Birds’.I often wondered why they got this strange name.Well…I found out the hard way! Bohemian waxwings invade my country every now and then.They appear in large numbers and -being just a little shy- they make a […]

7. Bohemian Waxwings Playing Hard to Get



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Waxwings & better Weather It doesn’t happen that often in life that you get a second chance when you blew your first.And in this case it wasn’t even me who blew it, but the bad weather that did it for me…But…to put it shortly: I got my second chance to […]

4. Waxwings Revisited



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As a newbie when it comes to bird photography I had my first Eurasian Bittern encounter last winter.An overweight, too brownish heron flew out of a reed bed and I realised this must have been one….. Since this find the bird kept me fascinated….A bittern is wrapped in riddles and […]

3. Bittern Times: Facts and Fables about the Eurasian Bittern


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Past week I met this very friendly person in the train.We had a pleasant conversation and it appeared he stumbled upon some waxwings that day.I must admit I was a little jealous since i had never seen these beautiful birds in my life.The next morning I planned to stay at […]

2. Bohemian Waxwings in town…!


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Weather Forecast: Wind force 9 and strong gusts of wind.A good reason to go to the beach. On arrival it turned out that it was ‘just’ a modest wind force 8, but I got sandblasted nevertheless. I love the sea, the dunes and the beach and when I smell the […]

1. The Small White & the Big Blue: Sanderlings ...