Mikepércs: Bearded Reedlings And Bluethroats

The surface of the pondbed doesn't glitter anymore of water which can be favourable for the photos... If there's anything to shoot at.
The water rails make their usual round at the edge of the reed. A small flock of bearded reedlings lands on the wet ground nearby where they are picking something. It's difficult to photograph them because of the reed, but sometimes they come out to the open area:

Bearded Reedling (male)

A few bluethroats are also nearby, one of them finds something for itself in front of me:

Bluethroat

It's moving quickly, so I can't follow it properly, I only suppose that it has swallowed the big mouthful:

Bluethroat

Bluethroat

Bluethroat

Alike the bearded reedlings it turns up severeal times nearby:

Bluethroat

Mikepércs: Wasp Spider

I visited the meadow nearby this morning looking for macro themes. There were not many arthropods, but I could select from many wasp spider cobwebs:

Wasp Spider

Mikepércs: Only A Water Rail

In contrast to the title, not only one water rail turned up today in front of my hide, but it's true that there are few birds as there is nearly only mud in the pond bed. In the early hours 3-4 young water rails make a hunt on the area. However a wood sandpiper, a great egret and a Temminck's stint appeared too. Only the surroundings is not very good for photography with this amount of mud, so I show only one water rail shot this time:

Young Water Rail

Făgăraș Mountains: Where One Should Return To

As part of a six day jurney to Transylvania this morning we drive up from our quarters at the beginning of the Transfăgărășean road to the Bâlea lake at 2034 m. From there we set off towards the Capra lake on the hiking trail. Slowly clouds start to flow from the valley towards the peak and we can't see anything soon except the stones around us. We know that we should go upwards and after half an hour we reach the Capra saddle. Meanwhile the clouds start to disappear and the 2507 m high Buteanu peak becomes visible behind the mist:

The Buteanu Peak

On the other side of the saddle near the Capra lake we see this landscape:

The Capra lake

At the outflow of the lake another small shallow lake has formed:

Getting back to the Bâlea lake the sky has cleared up:

The Bâlea lake

There are beautiful places here which I'd like to record so I have to return here and of course I want to climb the peak as well which was cancelled this time.