mjohanning

mjohanning, 8 months ago to Birds

I looked out of the kitchen window and saw something large and strange on a neighbour's roof. I took my camera, looked more closely and, wouldn't you know it, it's the Black Stork!

I immediately went to the house to take some photos of it on the roof. It really doesn't care about people at all.

The owners hadn't noticed it either. They only came out because they saw us taking photos.

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mjohanning, 6 months ago to Birds

It's getting colder outside, so it's time for the birds to turn into borbs! Here's a very fluffed up Eurasian Bullfinch I saw today.

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mjohanning, 4 months ago to Birds

These guys are always a delight to see. A Long-Tailed Tit I saw during a very cold (by our standards, anyway) late morning walk today.

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mjohanning, 7 months ago to Birds

"Oh no, the paparazzi's back!".

Kestrel looking shocked at my taking photos of him.

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mjohanning, 4 months ago to Birds

Two photos of a Common Goldcrest (i. e. the Golden Winter Chicken in German, Wintergoldhähnchen) showing off its fantastic hair!

As far as I know, they are the smallest bird we have in Germany and they really are absolutely tiny! Not only that, they are seemingly unable to keep still, so taking photos of them can be difficult at times.

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A Common Goldcrest hanging from a conifer photographed from behind. You can see the golden crest at the top of its head very clearly here.

mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

Common Buzzard taking a short break. Taken just before he was driven away by a bunch of magpies.

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mjohanning, 10 months ago to PetBirds

A very majestic-looking Common Linnet on its throne. Their German name "Bluthänfling" (Blood Hempling) derives from their red chest and their love for hemp and flax seeds.

The "Rote Liste der Brutvögel Deutschlands 2021" classifies them as endangered in Germany, unfortunately.

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mjohanning, 11 months ago to PetBirds

Cormorant standing on a log in the water drying his wings after a short dive.

I really love this shot simply because of the nice frame that the surrounding trees provided!

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mjohanning, 7 months ago to Birds

Long-Tailed Tits are the floofiest of the tits — despite not technically being a tit (they are not members of the Parus family as, for example, the Great or Blue Tits).

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mjohanning, 10 months ago to photography

It's been a while since I wrote my introduction and since I've gotten a lot of new followers in the past few days and weeks, I've decided to re-write my old #introduction to reflect what I mainly do with my account now.

My name is Marvin, I currently live in Bielefeld and I earn my money as a sysadmin at a small company in Halle (Westf.)

I have a lot of hobbies, but my main hobby is, and has for a couple of years, been #photography and, more recently, birding.

I have begun mainly doing #birdphotography, #wildlifephotography and sometimes also #landscape, #macro or just other random stuff. I generally post at least one #bird #photo per day on my account and sometimes other photographs I've taken that I think are worth sharing.

I am also a great fan of the #Fediverse and have started my own #PeerTube and #Mastodon instances (birdtu.be and birds.town respectively).

tl;dr You'll find mostly birds on my account, sometimes other wildlife, insects or other general photography and also random musings from time to time as well.

mjohanning, 11 months ago to PetBirds

The Meeting. Two very symmetrical House Martins on their respective nests.

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mjohanning, 4 months ago to Birds

Coot running posing for a photo before continuing to run around on the grass looking for food.

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mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

Finally managed to photograph a male Siskin! I usually only get to photograph the females for some reason. Such a cool bird.

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mjohanning, 10 months ago to vim

This is hilarious

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mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

Long-Tailed Tit showing off the long tail after which it is named.

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mjohanning, 10 months ago to PetBirds

The Kestrels don't care about your bird spikes!

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mjohanning, 7 months ago to Birds

There's Long-Tailed Tits, but did you know there's also a Long-Tailed Crow?

I have always found that Long-Tailed Crow would be a fun name for the Eurasian Magpie!

Such beautiful birds, I love the iridescent feathers!

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mjohanning, 1 year ago to photography

Yellowhammer (Goldammer) relaxing in the sun. Always difficult to tell our yellow birds apart from one another unless they stay still or sing — luckily, this one did both! (Enger, Germany)

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mjohanning, 3 months ago to Birds

A Eurasian Wren (Zaunkönig, "King of the Fence") posing for a nice photo.

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mjohanning, 10 months ago to PetBirds

Some corvid drama! I am not quite sure what happened here, but it looks like the adult rook got a bit annoyed by the juvenile trying to steal its food.

Also the Jackdaw in the background just observing and thinking, "Here we go again".

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mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

I didn't know Starlings grew on trees.

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mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

Lots of nuthatches around lately! Always hear their calls :-)

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mjohanning, 1 month ago to Birds

European Starling with some food in its beak. So shiny!

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mjohanning, 2 months ago to Birds

One of the Long-Tailed Tits currently building a nest close by.

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mjohanning, 28 days ago to Birds

Eurasian Wren showing off its tiny tail.

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