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“Psittacula krameri” or “halsbandparkiet”. Not a native species, but they’re living in the wild here, mainly near city parks.
Some small white geese.
“Corvus monedula” or “kauw”, a member of the crow family.
Busy photo with all the light, but it was so nice to see a coot endlessly bringing lots of stuff to the breading one.
“Turdus merula” or “merel” in Dutch.
A common starling
A late afternoon photo of two common starlings in my hedge
A blackbird in a cold tree
Who cares about traffic?
A young coot. The only one that didn’t run away immediate when seeing a camera.
In my garden on a very dark day
A turkey on my way home.
Both enjoying the sun
A pigeon in the park
Skellig Islands. First time I’ve seen gannets (very impressive) and puffins (very cute) in the wild.
Some young swans on the canal this morning.
Spent some time today watching this cormorant fishing in the harbor. And he got one!
From a technical point of view this isn’t a good photo, but isn’t she (or he) cute?
I saw these cute ducklings lying together on my walk to town today.
Lazy today. Just sitting in my garden with a camera and a beer.
A grey heron on a short walk during lunchtime.
A magpie jumping to the ground.
The swans where far, far away, but it was a nice view.
Closeup of this fast swimming and often diving bird. I found this one on a short walk near my home.
There was a large group of swans this morning near my ferry to work.
Some very small ones this afternoon.
Flamingos in the zoo with a mirror
My guess is that this is a Greenfinch.
Typical Amsterdam city birds.
A godwit and a magpie
Two great crested grebes.