
2025-07-01 02:45:14
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A cormorant standing on rocks at the edge of a pond. June 2025
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A cormorant standing on rocks at the edge of a pond. June 2025
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Cormorant standing on a rock, looking around. June 2025
Saw this massive bird today. Pretty sure it's a peregrine falcon. It started flying as soon as I got my phone out, I'm glad I could snap these! Sucker was probably around 18 inches tall standing up. #birdsofmastodon
Die Recycling-Ralle aus der Familie der Rallen (Rallidae).
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Pelican. June 2017
Terrible backlit photos of bird this morning feeding at insects at corner of the windows. Quite active and hard to see well, but still very sure it is a female american redstart from the very distinct yellow bands on the tail with a very dark tip. #birds #birdsofmastodon
This European #BlueTit - Cyanistes caeruleus, Blaumeise - punk came visit our place in #Bochum, Germany, today. Shot with a #Lumix FZ300 at maximum zoom; light was difficult but some contrast and color adjustment with #IrfanView got this out of the JPG. #BirdsOfMastodon
On the way back from the stork viewing position in #Bochum a close (!) encounter with a singing Eurasian #chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), perfectly placed and lit in the trees ... more pictures in #BirdsOfMastodon
One happy white #stork (Ciconia ciconia) family in #Bochum, Germany, photographed - often with digital zoom at the limit - from the approriate distance: one adult and four youngsters, one pretty big already. A lot of interesting behavior observed in one hour: more pictures in #BirdsOfMastodon