Mikepércs: The Red-Necked For Third Time

A night heron's sound attracts my attention when I arrive at the hide in the semidarkness. If it has just taken off or arrived I don't know but it would be fine if it would had a rest on the trunk. I spend half an hour again with weeding then I wipe the outer side of the hide's window. Then I start to wipe the inner side within the hide but I forgot that really nothing holds the window from outside so, on the first push it splashes out in the water. And of course the liferich water splatters into my face. I try to snatch after it but I have to face the fact that the glass doesn't float. I've brought the camouflage net so I decide to photograph without the glass today. At least I will move the lens more cautiously.
The first bird which would be worth to be photographed is a ferruginous duck that is swimming in front of the hide in the vegetation. However because of the motley background the photo is not very good. Then nothing happens for long.
Again at 6:00 the coot comes to have a good breakfast:

Coot

Coot

Coot

Then comes another one hour break when a coot is starting up in front of me to chase another coot:

Coots

Shortly whiskered terns arrive, this time there are four of them. I'm expecting one of them to land on the trunk, but instead they start to pick something from the water in flight and they are really close. I try to catch them but their flight is so erratic that I have little chance. Though I manage to catch one of them. What it's got in the beak I have no idea:

Whiskered Tern

I'm about to leave but having a peep from the hide I notice a ferruginous duck preening nearby so I stay in the hide a little bit more. And this proved to be good because after a few minutes for my greatest pleasure the red-necked grebe pops up from the water not far from me holding a stalk in the beak:

Red-Necked Grebe

I have the idea that it could be geathering nesting material but after a few meters it's swimming on without it.

Mikepércs: Ferruginous Ducks

The vegetation is growing faster and faster in front of the hide, so at dawn I spent at least half an hour with weeding so that I could have some chance this morning.

However nothing comes for long, then two whiskered terns appear and fly above the pond for a while before one of them lands on the trunk. After taking a short breather it flies away. The photo taken of it is not the best.

After a few minutes three ferruginous ducks appear, so I have to decide quickly which one to focus on. I choose this one:

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Then one of the terns lands again but leaves soon.
I catch sight of the red-necked grebe this morning again, but it doesn't come close this time.
Then ferruginous ducks appear again:

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

The lights are getting stronger quickly when the greylag geese pair arrives cackling loudly, and I watch surprised their landing nearby. Unfortunately I'm unable to focus on them missing the landing moment. Never mind, there would be too much shades on them anyway. They are looking round then moving towards the vegetation behind my hide and disappearing there.

Mikepércs: May Shower

I expect sunshine for today morning. However when I set off I discover some dark clouds in the sky.
Arriving at the hide I observe that the vegetation has grown a lot in a week in front of the hide so I start with weeding. When I get in it begins thundering then raining too. Fortunately the wind blows from behind so the rain doesn't hit the glass, at least for a while. The lights are nice, I start to photograph the coots, but they are far a bit, then the two whiskered terns that fly above the pond. However with not much success as the rain is so heavy by this time as the glass is full of drops.
A beautiful rainbow appears in front of me, but I haven't brought my wide lens again :(
When the rain subsides, I wipe the glass.
Soon a ferruginous duck is swimming really close, when such big raindrops are start to fall again, that they are like miniature bombs:

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

With the rain giving over the red-necked grebe appears, but I can't take a decent shot because of the vegetation. After that nothing happens for long.

In the end a coot tears along a little farther:

Coot

Mikepércs: The Red-Necked In Front Of Me Again

At dawn I set off to the pond again with big expectations hoping that the birds will use the trunk again.
I have to weed again in front of the hide as these water plants grow very quickly.
At 6:00 a coot is coming out from the reed:

Coot

Coot

Later the red-necked grebe appears too, but it's only swimming across in front of the hide this time:

Red-necked Grebe

Soon a female pochard lands nearby, ...:

Pochard (female)

Pochard (female)

Pochard (female)

Pochard (female)

... but the male turns up as well:

Pochard (male)

Then ferruginous ducks appear however the vegetation ruins the pictures taken of them.

This time the garganey didn't turn up and the trunk stayed there empty.