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I got back from my trip Tuesday evening and have been catching up on things here at home. Here’s a photo of a Common Chaffinch I took in the garden during a rare sunny morning in Germany.
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I arrived in Germay this past Tuesday to wind, rain, and cloudy skies. The conditions haven’t been ideal for photography, and the birds are staying quite high up in the trees, so I haven’t taken many photos with my Nikon DSLR. I’ve done a bit more with my iPhone and am posting on my Instagram account.
The photos below were taken with my Nikon with the exception of the Eurasian Nuthatch, which was taken through my binoculars with my Phone Skope adapter with a binocular ring.
The weather vane on my aunt and uncle’s dairy barn,
There are hundreds of Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) growing in my aunt’s garden,
One of the many old fruit trees growing in the yard; there are apple trees as well as cherry, pear, and hazelnut trees on the property,
A Eurasian Nuthatch in the garden the other morning,
A very out-of-focus photo of a Common Blackbird, which is closely related to the American Robin,
Many old farmyards had a bakehouse with a big oven inside. This one is no longer in use, but still possesses a lot of charm,
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I know it’s not bird-related, but I had to share a photo of our new lambs. Our ram jumped the fence early last year, and bred five of the ewes. The lambs were born this past week, and we have 14 of them from the five ewes. Our normal lambing season should begin at the end of April.
Here’s one of the ewes with her triplets,
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Some of you might have guessed from my latest Feathers on Friday that I’m going to be doing some traveling.
I’m headed to Germany in March for a month, accompanying my grandmother to visit family for Easter, since she doesn’t want to travel alone. I volunteered to go along to help out, and selfishly to do some birding and photography too.
I’m bringing my iPad and SD card adapter so I can upload my photos and hopefully write a couple posts about the trip while I’m in Europe. I’m going to post a photo a day to my Instagram account (my user name is (prairiebirder) if you’re interested in following my daily adventures.
Here’s the photo from the FoF post. The bird is a Great Spotted Woodpecker that was outside my aunt’s kitchen window Germany last January,
Auf wiedersehen!
Some of you may already know that I’m a regular contributor to the Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds radio show based out of Massachusetts on WATD. My twice-monthly segment, “Charlotte’s Web-log”, features young birder activities and events, my latest sightings, and this year is focusing on the U.S. National Park Service centennial and its Every Kid in a Park Initiative.
Tomorrow’s broadcast has a special guest lined up — my good friend Jody Allair, who is a biologist and science educator for Bird Studies Canada. Jody will be talking with Ray about the results of this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count earlier this month.
You can follow Jody on Twitter and his amazing Instagram account.
Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds airs Sunday mornings at 9:30 am Eastern standard time on WATD. If you live in Canada, or in another part of the United States, you can listen to the show through the WATD website on their live streaming player. If you aren’t able to listen live, you can always download the latest episodes from the Talkin’ Birds website or iTunes.
I hope you’re able to tune into the show tomorrow!
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A Black-billed Magpie in the parking lot at Lake Louise last month,
Nikon D610, handheld, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 320, Nikkor 200-500mm, natural light
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