Mikepércs: Early Spring At The Pond

I placed the hide a week ago at the pond. The water reached only up to my ankles, which means that if there's no abundant rain then the water will disappear from almost the whole pond within weeks. On the other hand it's good because the shore birds will come. So, I have to take advantage of this little water.
Today I give it a try for the first time. Small ruff flocks are arriving, but there are redshanks among them too.
I can hear closing avocets' voices. A couple arrive, one of them walks on the right place:

Avocet

There's no wind, so the reflections can be seen well when the birds don't move:

Redshank

The avocets leave soon, when black-winged stilts arrive, however they don't stay either.
Meanwhile a coot stretches:

Coot

A few male garganeys and a female are coming, one of them starts bathing:

Garganey (male)

A coot is preening:

Coot

Before take-off:

Redshank

There are many coots, so they begin chasing each other:

Coot

A male ruff:

Ruff (male)

Ruff (male)

Stillness:

Garganey (female)

The garganeys are resting and preening at an ideal distance:

Garganey (male)

Garganey (male)

Garganey (male)

Garganey (male)

Sometimes I wonder what can these shorebirds find under the water, this time I managed to catch one of them with a tiny creature in its beak:

Ruff (male)

Then I hear something strange. I catch sight of the source of the sound on top of an elder bush, but by the time I push the button one of the birds is already flying away. I presume that I've been witnessed a buzzard mating:

Buzzard

Sometimes the food comes itself:

Garganey (female)

Garganey (female)

Garganey (female)

Mikepércs: Magpies and Hooded Crows Instead of Buzzards

Today I tried out my new hide made especially for buzzard photography. I've been carring meat there for several weeks now which has been eaten and of course buzzards could be seen nearby. So I got into the hide this morning with good hopes. After about one and a half hour two magpies appeared, watched the meat but didn't touch it. Shortly they flew away but soon reappeared:

Magpie

Magpie

Then two hooded crows came. They were very cautios too and were looking attentively for long:

Hooded Crow

Hooded Crow

Then they took off and I noticed a cat coming straight towards the meat. It didn't make me happy and I wasn't sure that I could bundle it off without attracting the birds' attention. Fortunately it ran away when heard me saying "shoo!", and the birds were back again shortly:

Hooded Crow

Then at last the buzzard landed a little further and it seemed to be very cautios. It was looking attentively for long then walked further. After a few minutes flew away. But came back soon. This time the hooded crows landed as well and started to harass the buzzard then they all flew away. Later the buzzard landed for the third time, but after a short break went away without eating:

Buzzard

I don't know what troubled it, I will be perhaps more lucky next time.

Mikepércs: Ready for Taking off

Today I experienced the following event:

The buzzard landed to have some meat which I put for him and he started to eat. Suddenly a clatter of hoofs could be heard more and more loudly. The buzzard instead of taking off cowered down:

Buzzard

The riders went away as they came about 60 feet from the bird mostly behind vegetation. After that he buzzard went on eating.

Mikepércs: The First Buzzard

Today I visited my hide again. First the tits appeared:

Marsh Tit

This photo indicates the presence of snow:

Marsh Tit

Then late in the morning the buzzard came to have some food. It has settled on a branch which I put there for this purpose:

Buzzard

Buzzard