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I spent a weekend in Munich just lately to go to my girlfriend and my brother. As South Germany at all times has totally different birds on supply to the realm round Bonn, I needed to take my digicam with me. Whereas I normally solely take my binoculars on journeys the place birding just isn’t actually a component however I simply wish to ensure. I’m positive each birder is aware of that feeling when some chook flies previous and also you suppose to your self, “I used to be fascinated with whether or not to take my binoculars and ultimately determined to not – I simply knew I’d remorse it. Subsequent time I’ll positively carry them”. Nonetheless, my most important thought was that maybe we might check out the Tawny Owls which roost in some timber within the Nymphenburger Schlosspark within the metropolis, as they’re very shut (no bins wanted!) and I want to take good images of this species.
We did go to the park however sadly the owls had been nowhere to be seen. Nonetheless, the climate was spectacular (it felt like summer season!), and we merely loved taking a stroll and mendacity down on the garden. The waterbirds had been enjoyable to observe, as they usually are at this park, and all the usual species had been there significantly Mallard, Frequent Pochard and Tufted Duck (you may need observed I point out Tufted Geese so much in my posts – I’m unsure why however I actually like this species!) and Goosander. I used to be a bit shocked to see a number of Barnacle Geese – they weren’t ringed however they need to’ve been escapees since they had been very tame. A number of Purple-crested Pochards had been additionally enjoyable to observe, though I felt a bit ridiculed once I was very blissful to see them (having beforehand solely ever seen them at nice distances) and so they swam as much as me as I took a photograph. I’ve had a number of of those moments once I notice {that a} species is quite common and tame at a spot after I had been very excited once I beforehand noticed that species after some effort for the primary time someplace else.
We additionally went on a stroll alongside the Isar river simply South of Munich, which was additionally very satisfying. Along with numerous Goosanders, I noticed Bar-headed Goose, Mandarin Duck, Yellow-legged Gull, White Wagtail, Gray Wagtail, White-throated Dipper, Eurasian Wren, Frequent Chaffinch, and Nice Noticed Woodpecker, and heard a Black Woodpecker.
Again in Munich within the night, I used to be blissful to come back throughout a number of Frequent Goldeneyes that had been actively in courtship. The male randomly stretched his neck after which threw his head backwards over the again, whereas producing an odd nasal sound – nice enjoyable to observe.
Sadly the sunshine was dangerous and the Frequent Goldeneyes had been fairly distant (I knew that I ought to’ve taken my bins!). On the identical time, I used to be blissful that I had my digicam, as these had been the primary acceptable images I took of this species. I used to be shocked at what number of images I had taken on the weekend – normally the identical quantity as on a week-long journey. However I actually loved the nice climate and the photogenic birds (unsurprisingly as most of them thought I’d feed them…) meant that I had few causes to not take images.
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