Tisza-lake: Day 3

When I woke up on the 3rd day the sun was hidden by some clouds:

I went on making flight shots. There were quite lots of white-winged black terns, yellow-legged gulls and black-headed gulls flying close to me:

White-Winged Black Tern

Young Yellow-legged Gull

Black-headed Gull

I waited a lot for the marsh harrier to come, as I saw it flying on this place yesterday. Then it appeared suddenly:

Marsh Harrier

Marsh Harrier

Fortunately there was not a strong sunlight which had a good effect on the images, on the other hand the light clouds didn't give a nice background.

Night Heron

Young Black-headed Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Cormorant

Young Yellow-legged Gull

This heron flew quite close in front of me:

Grey Heron

Young Yellow-legged Gull

Mikepércs: Nuptial Activity of Black-headed Gulls

Today has been a very rich day in photos.

Getting up early again, I was taking photos of gulls at around 5:30:

Black-headed Gull

I could witness their nuptial activity as well. After some prodding the male gave the female a fish:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull 

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Then a short brake took place ...:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

... and prodding again:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Then my attention was attracted by other birds and when I looked at the gulls again they were mating already:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

The wind was blowing so this dunlin has been recorded among waves:

Dunlin

It was the gulls' turn again:

Black-headed Gull

Preening:

Black-headed Gull

Sometimes the dunlins came very close:

Dunlin

Then the gulls' behaviour was interesting again:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Landing:

Black-headed Gull

Chasing a rival:

Black-headed Gull

The white-winged black terns played a role as well:

White-winged Black Tern

White-winged Black Tern

The avocets were moving intensely around the hide:

Avocet

Then a caught sight of some kind of plover which I haven't seen before. It was picking food further then it came closer. I only figured out at home that it was a turnstone:

Turnstone

Turnstone

The avocets were scything the water:

Avocet

Later the lapwings arrived:

Lapwing

This redshank was running perhaps after its mate:

Redshank

Mikepércs: Terns and Shore Birds

For better photos today I had to move further the hide to follow the water diminution. The whiskered terns were the first to arrive then I was delighted by this white-winged black tern:

White-Winged Black Tern

Later the dunlins already in breeding plumage landed:

Dunlin

Landing of a whiskered tern:

Whiskered Tern

Then another one:

Whiskered Tern

I've been happy to see this spotted redshank:

Spotted Redshank

In bustard pose:

Dunlin