Mikepércs: Golden Oriole

 

It's a sunny morning. A female blackcap arrives for a morning bath at the pool, ...:

Blackcap (female)

... the water droplets are sparkling:

Blackcap (female)

A spotted flycatcher appears nearby ...:

Spotted Flycatcher

... to land at the pool. At the same time arrives the blue tit. Its small in size but big in bravery. It bundles off the bigger flycatcher:

Spotted Flycatcher and Blue Tit

As soon as the blue tit finishes the bath the flycatcher returns:

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Later a male chaffinch lands singing happily:

Chaffinch (male)

Chaffinch (male)

Chaffinch (male)

The flute-like song of the golden orioles can be heard frequently but one can see them more seldom. This time however they are flying to-and-fro nearby, one of them even lands on a branch opposite to me.Unfortunately he's a bit behind the leaves and after a short time he flies away ... but only to return on the same branch and this time he's absolutely visible:

Golden Oriole (male)

Mikepércs: Oriole Again

Second try at the drinking pool. It's a sunny morning. The first bird is a hawfinch however it lands in a wrong place. After that nothing for a long time, then suddenly I can hear an oriole's voice nearby. The bird is landing on a visible branch. I try to move slowly my lens but in the next moment it's sitting on the pool! I have counted on at least on this very species here. By a strong backlight I could make it this way:

Golden Oriole (female)

After a few sips it flies off.
Then a chiffchaff comes. I'm less successful with it. Later a spotted flycatcher lands for a bath:

Spotted Flycatcher

I don't manage to take a decent photo of the blackcap that cames after that.
It's not a huge activity but it's promising that more and more species appear.

Mikepércs: Golden Oriole

At this time last year I was busy photographing at the pond. At the end of winter I still hoped for some water in the pond bed but when I paid a visit there in march I had to face the fact that only a small portion of the pond bed contains some water. Practically no birds. So, I looked in other direction and placed a small drinking pool in the forest. The birds started to use it, so I gave it a try today.

However the first bird appearing in front of my lens was not at the pool but on a locust bush nearby. 

I haven't photographed a golden oriole so close yet:

Golden Oriole (female)

Golden Oriole (female)

The first bird at the pool is a great tit. Then a hawfinch, ...:

Hawfinch (male)

... a chaffinch and a chiffchaff comes:

Chiffchaff

And essentially that was all for this morning.