A spontaneous thought and we were suddenly on our way to Neusiedler See again 😀 Short-eared owl. Setting up camp. Early morning at the campsite. Lunch. Border bridge with Austria to the left and Hungary to the right. A couple of ground squirrel babies hanging out next to our pitch. European tree frog. Easy dinner…
Going home today and we are not ready to leave this place 😛 We’ll be seeing you, Croatia. Lunch stop in Italy – they have the best service stations! A pocket coffee for the long drive 😉 A quick stop in our local birdarea at home and the Lapwings have chicks, awww!
Last full day in Croatia – it has been a bit cold, compared to last year, but its been great and we spotted a lot of birds and we got 10 new species on our list on this vacation. Hello little fella 😉 Ahh relaxing day at the campsite – its been a vacation with…
We heard from one of the guys we met that he had spotted 3 Little bittern and that this area was on there migration route. We were lucky and as the first this this morning, we spotted a Little bittern 🙂 Marsh harrier More Cattle egrets – they are not that common in our area,…
Another early morning and we spotted a big flock of Cattle egrets. Hawfinch. Red-footed falcons. Lunch. A young European stonechat. The Little owl enjoying the sunset. Goodnight.
The weather forecast is turning around an reporting some bad weather coming in later this week, so we are up as early as possible and taking advantage of the early morning light. Little egret. Zitting cisticola. Cattle egret. Lunch break. White nutria. Bee-eater. Squacco heron.
Day 2 in Croatia and we are going birdwatching early morning. 1 of 4 (we have found) Little owls in this area. Bee-eater – fantastic bird and this is a great place to observe them. Lunch time at the campsite. Afternoon birdwatching – another Little owl. We counted 16 red-footed falcons in one place. Dinner…
Another cold and windy day and we are staying at the campsite. Sandwich for lunch. Another visit from the hoopoe.
Its cold and windy, so we are staying at the campsite after doing some shopping for wine and pasta 😉 Hot cocoa. We had some danish “leverpostej” and “kødpølser” with us from home and we found a decent ryebread in Austria – not bad for lunch on a cold day. Hoopoe on the campsite. The…
5.30am and the campsite is quiet, only the birds are up. We are getting ready to move on to our next location. Breakfast and then one last round on the campsite. A little Goldfinch is busy collecting materials for the nest. Spoonbill in the morning light. Common Cuckoo. Black-winged stilt. Black redstart. Black woodpecker. Ground…