Wagtails are always fun to watch! Here’s a White Wagtail I saw on my morning walk hovering above the (honestly rather disgusting-looking) water with its mouth already full of insects. Seen at a pond in Bielefeld, Germany.
Kind of blurry since I had to zoom with my phone. He was chattering up a storm! We also have a feeder made specifically for orioles, but he really digs the hummingbird feeder…
Managed to get a decent recording of the Common Firecrest I heard today and it was a lot of fun! I mostly do bird photography, but I want to start recording birds’ songs and calls with something that has better audio quality than my iPhone....
Seeing a glowing (b)orb in the trees is always a delight! So here’s a male Eurasian Bullfinch (Gimpel / Dompfaff in Germany) after just having preened, his feathers still slightly fluffed up....