Mikepércs: For the First Time in the Lying Hide

I've been doing photography at the bathing pool for a half year now. It's a good place but it's time for a change. I've made a lying hide so I decided to try it: I took it to Mikepércs and placed it on a watery area. First came a wood sandpiper then a black-winged stilt was searching for food in the shallow water:

Black-winged Stilt

Later a grey heron then a great white egret arrived but I wasn't able to take good shots of them.

Debrecen, Great Forest: April's Birds

I didn't meet the wood warbler often around my hide. Today we met:

Wood Warbler

Tense moment:

Chaffinch (female) and Hawfinch (female)

Blackbird (female)

Sometimes the woodpeckers had a bath as well:

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

And the goldfinches again:

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

Debrecen, Great Forest: Goldcrest

Still at the pool:

Goldcrest

Debrecen, Great Forest: Goldfinches' dominance

Becoming enthusiastic over yesterday's success today I visited again the bathing pool at the Great Forest (this period is great!). The blackcaps have arrived:

Blackcap (male)

Having a bath:

Blackbird (female)

Even the collared doves got used to the pool:

Collared Dove

This hawfinch is chasing its rival:

Hawfinch (male)

The goldfinches come here in flocks:

Goldfinches

Goldfinches

Goldfinch

This goldfinch used the willow branch beside the pool the following way: It walked slowly towards the end of the branch ...:

Goldfinch

... which bent down under the weight of the bird. Then it could drank from the branch (why was this better then drinking from the pool's side is a mystery:

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

The cautious jay has also landed on the side of the pool for a drink:

Jay

This blackcap has found a bit of food for itself:

Blackcap (male)

Debrecen, Great Forest: April's Bird Richness

Today was another successful day which started with a chiffchaff:

Chiffchaff

The long expected hawfinches have arrived as well:

Hawfinch (male)

This blackbird is busy gathering stuff for its nest and it has found my bathing pool as an ideal place for this purpose (However I was not very happy about that):

Blackbird (female)

This male blackbird is trying to terrify the rivals:

Blackbird (male)

Song Thrush

Greenfinch

Hawfinch (male)

Hawfinch (female)

One of the first goldfinches of this year at the pool:

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

Perhaps they don't like each others company only at the bathing pool:

Hawfinches