Moments From Nature's Secrets

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Mikepércs: Common Snipes

Early in the morning I'm lying on my belly in the hide and waiting for the beautiful morning lights, as a sunny day is to be expected.
The first bird that I can photograph before sunrise is a common snipe, however the lights are still weak. Later a black-winged stilt starts searching nearby by better lights:

Black-winged Stilt

Then two ruffs land and start displaying facing at each other, ...:

Ruff (female)

Ruff (male)

... but they calm down quickly.

After a few minutes I can hear the voices of a few black-headed gulls, and indeed, they land just in front of me by beautiful lights:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Meanwhile a coot is flapping with its wings after bathing:

Coot

The gulls leave, but a ruff is searching continously nearby, ...:

Ruff (male)

... just like two common snipes:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

The bird of the year is landing:

Black-winged Stilt

One of the common snipes starts preening:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

The other one is rushing towards the vegetation:

Common Snipe

Scrathing:

Common Snipe

I can hear some known sounds again: lapwings are approaching and how nice, they are landing in front of me too:

Lapwing

One of them is having a bath, ...:

Lapwing

Lapwing

... then it does some preening:

Lapwing

I'm paying attention on the common snipes as well:

Common Snipe

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

The wind starts to blow and instead of the yellow colour of the reed the blue sky begins to reflect on the waving water:
Common Snipe

Common Snipe

I discover two black-tailed godwits near the opposite bank! That's a good reason to bring my hide there.

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