
A duck and its refelction in a pond at Frankfurt’s central (and tiny) Bethmann Park, April 16.
Rotated 90 degrees – in case you didn’t notice :-).

A duck and its refelction in a pond at Frankfurt’s central (and tiny) Bethmann Park, April 16.
Rotated 90 degrees – in case you didn’t notice :-).

Lit by the full moon, a stork stands in its nest in front of wind turbines near Schoeneck, just north of Frankfurt, shortly after midnight April 16.

Two crows on a field at the end of the day in Frankfurt’s northern Bergen district, March 22.

A starling cleans its plumage on a tree in Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, March 11, with the moon in the background.

A starling attempts to land on the branch of an apple tree that is already occupied, more or less. Taken at Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, Feb.18.

Starlings assemble on a bare tree in front of the moon in Friedrichsdorf just outside Frankfurt, Feb.11.

A pidgeon crosses contrails of a plane as sun somes up in the morning sky over Frankfurt, Jan.30.
(Canon EOS 1d MkIV, EF 2.8 70-200, 200asa, f 3.5, 1/800sec.)

Goslings are being watched by one of their parents at a pond in Frankfurt, Jan.20. They are actually Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) that are mainly found in Africa, but also in Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and even in the U.S.. Some ornithologists say they are notoriously bad-tempered. In Britain, they were officially declared a pest a couple of years ago.

A crow on a chimney on a foggy day, downtown Frankfurt, Jan.13.

A seagull flies past Frankfurt’s office towers early in the morning, Jan.6.