Debrecen: The Story Of The Yellow Wagtail And The Tree Sparrow

Male yellow wagtail

Male yellow wagtail and tree sparrow

Male yellow wagtail and tree sparrow

Banat: La Văioaga Waterfall In Spring

3 years ago in autumn I photographed the La Văioaga waterfall in Banat, having no success with the Beușnița waterfall as it had no water. This time I thought maybe in spring there would be more water. Unfortunately it was almost dry this time too. La Văioaga however had as much water as in autumn:

Next day we had a short trip in the Retezat mountains:

 

Mikepércs: Some Surprises

The morning starts with a little surprise: Two hoopoes appear around the hide:

Hoopoe

Moreover, one of them even gets into the hide searching something around my feet, knocking my shoes... After a while it leaves.

Then comes another little surprise: a wood warbler:

Wood Warbler

It has a fast bath then get away.

But a blackbird lands as well:

Blackbird

The hawfinches come regularly to drink:

Hawfinch

Mikepércs: April

 At the bathing pool again:

Goldfinch

The song thrushes are gathering material for their nest near the pool:

Song Thrush

Meanwhile a pair of hawfinches land to have some water:

Hawfinches

Song Thrush

Mikepércs: What's New At The Pool?

It's the first time that I'm having a try at the bathing pool this year. A tree pipit appears at once and walks around the pool a few times:

 

Tree pipit

Tree pipit

Meanwhile a pied flycatcher lands:

Pied flycatcher

Tree pipit

Tree pipit

Then a song thrush appears:

Song thrush

In the spring I give a try with flowering twigs, last year it didn't work out but now I succeeded, a blackcap landed on it:

Male blackcap

Male blackcap

Vekeri-Lake: Black Stork

A week ago I discovered a black stork at Vekeri-Lake and this morning I went for it.

The morning began with mallards, egrets and grey herons, ...:

... then the black stork flew in:

It gulped a few fish then flew away.

Padis: Moments From January

Perhaps there is some snow left on the trees at Padis... I started with this hope to Padis at dawn on Saturday. And there was, but only on places protected from the sun, as the valley of Crișul Pietros river:

View from the Boga belvedere next morning:

High Tatras: Late December At The Lake Poprad

 

Late Autumn In Bohemian Paradise

At the beginning of November I made a trip in the Bohemian Paradise. I arrived in the afternoon at the rock city of Prachovské Skaly. I didn't have enough time to walk through all the paths but I made a short trip in the rock city:

Next morning I returned to this place having enough time to visit every lookout point and to walk through all the paths:

For the evening I went to the rock city of Hrubá Skála so that I was able to be at the Mariánská lookout early in the morning. I was lucky as the early lights were gorgeous:

The Trosky Castle emerges from the low golden fog:

After a few days I found myself at this place again however the morning lights were not as good as before. The morning was foggy and I visited curiously the lookout spots again:

On my way home I stopped at the Little Carpathians and climbed on a lookout place from Plavecký Mikuláš to see the sunset: