Cormorant

A Cormorant sat looking out.
When he noticed me coming a bit closer,
he decided to take off...
I loved to see how he first walks a bit on the water, before taking flight.

Pheasant

Long time ago I saw these birds moving around.
Such beautiful colours!

Such Beauty

Being away on my bike today, going thru beautiful fields.
I came along these. It reminded me of my youth, having these flowers in abundance.
Soooo beautiful!
As if I arrived in another world.

Squirrel

When I was sitting with my morning coffee, suddenly I noticed squirrel near the pond, looking for something to drink.
I grabbed my camera and when I came back I was just in time to see where he had hidden one of his treasures!
He dove deep into the grass, dug into it and out came his safely hidden nut!
Does he smell them under the ground?
Does he remberber where he had hidden the nuts?
How does he find it back?

poppy-leaves floating

Poppy-leaves floating in my pond.

Grebe

Grebe, is going deep. 
(Podiceps cristatus, Fuut,)

Heron on the hunt

Coming near the area where I was born,
a heron was hunting in the green grass, looking for mice, moles and other crawly snacks.

Moving bag

I was standing near my table unpacking something I had just bought.
Suddenly I noticed that the bag only table was moving...
I looked up, looking closer
The bag moved again a bit.
I looked inside the bag
and guess what?
The Fluff had crawled inside the bag for a good nap.

Big splash

Oh Yeh, gett'n ready for a big splash!

Ghost moth

Today, a for me unknown butterfly landed on a grass.
I never saw such a butterfly before and I thought it might be a kind of night-moth.
However he sat down in the sunshine and he was not hiding in the shadows.
I easily could come very close, he didn't seem to notice me at all.
So I was able to make photos from all sides.
I looked up his name: Ghost moth, (Hepialus humuli), (Hopwortelboorder).

Blue-tits almost done

Blue-tits are almost done.
One young is peaking out of the nestbox, looking out to see what's outside of the box.
Mother and father blue-tit flying to and fro with endless caterpillars and other insects.
So good to see a new breed, almost ready for flying.

Smallest of the smallest of the smallest

Today when I walked thru my garden, I noticed a small something flying away.
When I came closer, I saw it was a young baby wren.
He sat quietly almost unafraid.
So I ran into my house to get my camera out.
When I came back he still sat there on the same spot when I left.
I was able to come rather close.
The smallest of the smallest of the smallest!
My hero of the day!