Big Activity At The Pool

This morning I got into the hide at the pool with high hopes. I didn't have to wait long as I soon heard then caught sight of the first surprise on a branch: A male collard flycatcher! It landed on the side of the pool but left at once. What a pity!

A male blackbird was the first successful theme today:

Blackbird (male)

Then the second pleasant surprise appeared: a wood warbler started to search an appropriate place for bathing, ...:

Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

... and it did find it:

Wood Warbler

Evidently it really enjoyed dabbling:

Wood Warbler

The blackbird again:

Blackbird (male)

Then a pied flycatcher landed at the end of the pool! 

Pied flycatcher (male)

He had a bath as well:

Pied flycatcher (male)

Pied flycatcher (male)

Pied flycatcher (male)

Pied flycatcher (male)

Pied flycatcher (male)

Finally the collard appeared too:

Collared flycatcher (male)

It didn't stay longer I'm afraid but I managed to record it!

A tit had a thorough bath too:

Great Tit

Great Tit

Great Tit

The third surprise is a green woodpecker:

Green Woodpecker

It landed at the same time like a jay at the side of the pool, they didn't like each other's company:

Jay

The green woodpecker searched even for some food at the side of the pool:

Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker

The wood warbler appeared again, this time I managed to catch it in the air ...:

Wood Warbler

... just like this spotted flycatcher:

Spotted Flycatcher

Another bath from the part of the warbler ...:

Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

... then from the part of the flycatcher:

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Among Birds Again

I was hoping that I could photograph at the pond this year as well, not ducks and grebes of course, but shorebirds for example, as there was not much precipitation this winter. In march I took a look around the place but I became very disappointed seeing the completely dry pondbed. I thought if there would be some water here next year the pondbed would be completely overgrown by reed. So very likely it's over on this place. There were 9 years. I will miss quack of the ducks, the "laugh" of the little grebes ... and even the smell of the marsh. :(

I still have a small drinking pool near the village, I haven't photographed there for 2 years, that time it wasn't visited by many birds. Recently I've been there a few times and I found that the birds do visit it nowadays. This morning I sat in the hide ready to take shots.

The sun has risen for half an hour when the first song thrush appears, first on a wrong place but later at the end of the pool:

Song Thrush

But the other birds are coming too: Chaffinch, blackcap, great tit, wood warbler, great spotted woodpecker, jay, wren, yellowhammer, goldfinch, starling, blue tit. Of course I managed to take acceptable photos only of some of them:

Blackcap

Song Thrush

Starling

Blue Tit

Blue Tit

 Well, I didn't count on so many birds ... It's worth working on the project. :)