we went for a v cold walk out near some lakes and spotted two of these woodpeckers!

look at all those chickens!

#birds: Greater White-fronted Goose / Kolgans

400mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 2500

visited another local bird spot, it has a lookout hut, which was especially great on a day like today: -1ºC and windy.

got very lucky spotting this gorgeous hawk!

#birds: Eurasian Goshawk / Havik

400mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 2500

#birds: Eurasian Goldfinch / Putter

346mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 5000

#birds: Eurasian Goshawk / Havik

400mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 2500

Jean-Claude van Blue Tit

#birds: Eurasian Blue Tit / Pimpelmees

400mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 2500

#birds: Great Tit / Koolmees

400mm, 1/800s, f/5.6, iso 5000

#birds: Song Thrush / Zanglijster

400mm, 1/1000s, f/5.6, iso 4000

#birds: Great Cormorant / Aalscholver

400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, iso 8000

if only this were sharp… i found out much later that there was a dust partical on my sensor, making autofocus wonky. i had been wondering about that, many photo opportunities lost

#birds: Gadwall / Krakeend

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/1000s, f/5.6, iso 1000

#birds: Eurasian Blue Tit / Pimpelmees

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, iso 1600

@moiety Lovely! The upright alert posture reminds me of our Green-backed Tit in the Himalayas (we do not have Blue Tit here). The pink lichen is also very striking.

What's the glyph before the "Z" in your signature?

@moiety now I know my very first and most important dutch word. Pimpelmees. That's a very good word and a very good picture!

#birds: Great Tit / Koolmees

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, iso 2000

#birds Long-Tailed Tit / Staartmees

“i’m a real bird!”

@moiety that is a birb (orb)

@moiety

no that is a tiny angel

#birds: Dunnock / Heggenmus

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, iso 5000

What a little cutie

birds flying away from you generally don’t make v nice photos, and this is no exception, but i did enjoy seeing the water droplets jump off the bird’s back. plus seeing a bird take off from the water never gets old.

#birds: Great Cormorant / Aalscholver

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/1000s, f/5.6, iso 6400

highlight of today’s bird outing must surely be this gorgeous kingfisher. i was hurrying home at this point so i didn’t get as much time as i wanted, but a local birder told me it perches here more often. so i’ll check back on some other days for some more shots.

#birds: Common Kingfisher / IJsvogel

Sony A7R III, 400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, iso 4000