Last Sunday I participated on a guided tour through the nature reserve Eriskircher Ried at Lake Constance. Hoping for great photo opportunities for birds, and the famous groups of the trumpeter swan. Well… not only was the weather really foggy, but also the trumpeter swans hadn’t arrived yet.
Anyway, here is the list of birds I could identify myself:
- Kingfisher / Eisvogel
- Eurasian Jay / Eichelhäher
- A male and a female Hen (or Northern?) Harrier – the male is especially wonderful, fay-like white feathers. / Kornweihen
- Cormorants, plenty of them / Kormorane
- Mallards, of course / Stockenten
- Mute swans, no trumpeters / Höckerschwäne, keine Singschwäne
- Grey Heron / Graureiher
- Carrion Crows / Rabenkrähe
Now, not that impressive performance by me, though it was a first for me for the Hen Harrier. Our guide did show us more, though:
- Yellow-legged Gull / Mittelmeermöwe
- Peregrine Falcon / Wanderfalke
- Common Buzzard / Mäusebussard
- Eurasian Jackdaw / Dohle
- European Starling / Star
- Common Goldeneye / Schellente
- A wonderful Eurasian Curlew flying by / Großer Brachvogel
I should work more on my ID skills. But hauling that tripod with the camera with me did not make it easier to quickly grab the binoculars… because he did even see more:
- Meadow Pipit / Wiesenpiper
- Fieldfare / Wacholderdrossel
- Mistle Thrush / Misteldrossel
- Water Pipit / Bergpieper
- Field Lark / Feldlerche
In addition to that, we heard (and our guide identified):
- Green Woodpecker / Grünspecht
- Wren / Zaunkönig
- Bullfinch / Dompfaff
- European Robin / Rotkehlchen
I was lost there. More tk on the if the camera hauling paid off…
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