birdphotography

Today was not a really beautiful day so I spend most of the day on the couch and doing nothing, sleeping, watching TV and a little bit of...

Sometimes the most striking scenes appear in the most unexpected places.😎 These photos were taken on a truck parking lot in Germany. Actu...

🦉 The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornith...

🦉 The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) Curruca is an unidentified bird name mentioned in the poems of the...

🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) The first...

🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red ...

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - https://ecency.com/hive-106444...

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moo...

🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer trochilus trokhilos (Greek...

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) These brightly colored birds attract attention in the spr...

this photo of a female mallard is my contest entry the female mallard is easily distinguished from the more colorful male. the hen's mo...

In Lower Austria Stefan and I found a nice nature reserve that is basically a medium sized lake with shallow water. It is a perfect spot ...

🦉 The Baikal bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea), also known as the grey bullfinch, grey-headed bullfinch or great bullfinch Pyrrh...

Today during a long walk in the muddy forest, I suddenly heard how many small sparrows were chirping in a large flock, I thought that the...

🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - w...

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail We call this bird the "flaming...

🦉 The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) Remiz (Polish) Remez, dates back to lat. remissus quiet, ca...

I am lucky that I know a spot where I can take pictures of the beautiful white tailed eagles. And since some years I visit this spot at l...

The Bar-tailed godwit is a migratory bird that can sometimes be found here in Austria during bird migration. I managed to get some pictur...

Pictures of birds from last winter, which are always good to look at again, but I guess I won't get them this year winter, because HIVE...

🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mytholog...

Today I'm bringing you a sequence of photographs of a flamingo feeding at the zoo. These birds are very colorful and always make for att...

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - https://ecency.com/hive-106444...

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, b...

The Cementary is one of my favorite spots to take some pictures of birds and other animals since they are not that shy there and it is ea...

🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only...

🦉 The common grasshopper warbler or just grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) Locustella (Latin) diminutive of locusta grasshopper;...

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark This tiny, 9-gram b...

🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) ...

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - https://ecency.com/hive-106444...