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Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
May 1 2010
male
A male (right, smaller) and a female (left, larger) Honey Buzzards on migration over Ventotene island in spring. Raptors try to avoid crossing large water bodies during their migration, but when the conditions are right they can manage that even on quite large distances (Med sea ~500 km).
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
May 8 2010
A whinchat positively refueling during its stopover on Ventotene island, a major migration hotspot in the spring.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2010
A Mute Swan resting on the ice during a quite cold winter in Northern Germany. There were just a few open spots in the water (mostly kept open by the warmth of the ducks swimming in them) and waterbirds concentrated there, mostly taking food from people, too.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2010
male, adult
During the winter, huge numbers of Common Pochards and Tufted Ducks gather on the central European lakes. Usually they stay further ashore, but this one decided to join the other ducks in getting food from the people in the park!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2010
adult, winter plummage
Ruddy Turnstones become quite the city birds in winter! They are attracted to bird food such as seeds and so they can almost be hand-fed!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Apr 28 2010
adult, summer plummage
In April, grebes are displaying and mating. That's when you can see their courtship dances and their most beautiful plumages!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Apr 28 2010
summer plummage
Quite a distant shot but it shows a beautiful Eared Grebe in breeding plumage. You can see why in Europe it is called Black-necked Grebe, too!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
May 10 2010
On rainy days in the spring, many migrants stop just south of the Alps, to avoid crossing the mountains in bad weather. That is when the fields of southern Switzerland are alive with a lot of different birds, including shorebirds such as this Wood Sandpiper.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
May 10 2010
male, adult
This photo was taken in very poor light conditions, but since the species is not yet in the database I thought I'd just add it. Red-footed Falcons are migrating through Switzerland in May, and they are particularly common in Maybug(beetles that look quite similar to Junebugs but that occur in May)-years.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2010
male, adult
A Mallard resting on the ice in a very cold winter day in Northern Germany. Ducks mate very early in the spring and that's why they put on their breeding plumage in the winter already. Come the summer, males will look as drab as females!
Jul 10 2014