Blauwborst met jongen
De zon was al bijna onder en dit mannetje Blauwborst was bezig zijn kroost te verdedigen, tegen een huiskat die in zijn territorium kwam. Ondanks het weinige licht kon ik van zeer dichtbij nog een foto maken.
Birding trip Neusiedler See May 16 - May 27
Wednesday May 16, 2012 We split the 1300 km Autobahn trip from Zoetermeer in the Netherlands to the Neusiedler See in two days. The thirst 700 km brought us to the hotel Reiterhof near Günzenhausen in Germany, about 60 km from Nürnberg. A decent hotel with clean rooms and simple but good meals. But if you hate horses you will have to avoid that hotel. There was a lot of cargo traffic on the Autobahn. It caused a delay of about two hours, and, due to an accident, a detour through German country roads, with a hunting Montagu's Harrier as a bonus. Along the autobahn we saw the usual birds that can be expected during such a trip like Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Black Kite and some smaller stuff. Thursday, May 17, 2012 After a good night sleep and a fine breakfast the second day of travelling through Germany and Austria was to begin. It was unusually cold, about zero degrees but no rain today. From the balcony of our room we heard the first of many Great Reed
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