Mother duck and her ducklings cross a lane in Offenbach, July 2.
Tag Archives: birds
Tempting Fruit
A pidgeon stretches to pick one of the red fruits from an amelanchier or shadbush in my neighborhood in Frankfurt, May 26.
(This is one of the photos that required the least effort ever – I was working on my computer when I saw the bird through the window. I just picked up my camera, still seated, and took a few shots…)
Low Flyer
A gray heron flies at low altitude over river Lahn in Runkel, some 70 kms (42 mls) northwest of Frankfurt, April 24.
Room for Four or More
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.
Watchful Eye
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.
Cranes and a Buzzard
Cranes that migrate southward fly high above a buzzard over Frankfurt, Oct.18.
Birdsong on Staves
Starlings on power lines, just north of Frankfurt, Oct 15.
Little Falcon
A falcon in serach of prey in front of a dogrose on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Sep.1.
Starlings
Starlings under high-voltage power lines near Frankfurt, Aug.31.
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