Little Egret (7)Egretta garzetta IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 17 2008 This species is very similar to the American Snowy Egret and differs only in the color of the bare parts (bill and legs), especially when breeding. Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 8 Write comments
Yellowhammer (2)Emberiza citrinella IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Apr 21 2007 Details: male Yellowhammers are usually an indicator of healthy countryside habitats. They were very common in the Stapeler Moor, one of the last patches of moorland in the area. Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 15 Write comments
Common Black-headed Gull (14)Larus ridibundus IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Oct 26 2005 Details: winter plummage Gulls were very numerous around the outflow of a power plant, especially because there were lots of dead fish in it, an easy prey for the gulls! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 9 Write comments
Mew Gull (9)Larus canus IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 22 2006 Details: adult, winter plummage Sometimes this species also has a black ring around the bill which can cause some confusion with the Ring-billed Gull. However there are some other characters that distinguish the two, such as the dark eye. Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
Herring Gull (15)Larus argentatus IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 22 2006 Details: adult, winter plummage Of the European subspecies argentatus, very similar to the American in plumage, especially the adults. Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 6 Write comments
Red-breasted Goose (1)Branta ruficollis (Endangered) IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Nov 5 2005 Details: outside normal range This bird, apparently a first-year bird, was quite the rarity. This species is seen on the North Sea coast every year but in very low numbers. The main contingent of the world's population winters around the Black Sea in Romania but there are always some stragglers that join flocks of other species going somewhere else! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
Brant (15)Branta bernicla IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Nov 5 2005 This photo is of an individual of the Eastern subspecies nigricans, which is quite rare in Europe but some individuals occur every year mixed in with the more common subspecies. Sometimes it is treated as a separate species, the Black Brant (Branta nigricans). Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (21)Nyctanassa violacea IvanM Bermuda 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 5 2006 This species has been introduced to Bermuda to fight against an invasive crab species (and protect an endemic Bermudan crab). Apparently they liked the abundance of crabs and became established on the islands! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 17 Write comments
European Robin (15)Erithacus rubecula IvanM Italy Date taken: Mar 28 2006 This robin stayed around our banding station for several days and was very tame. It was getting some huge earthworms out of the ground! Robins pass thorugh Italy quite early in the spring, being a short-distance migrant that does not cross the Sahara desert to overwinter. Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 17 Write comments
Red-throated Pipit (1)Anthus cervinus IvanM Italy 📍 Map Date taken: Apr 20 2006 Details: male Not all Red-throated Pipits are so striking red! Many don't even show any red at all. It is a scarce but regular migrant in Italy. Given the amount of red I believe that this was a nice male! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
