Showing posts with label brushane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brushane. Show all posts

2014/09/02

Brushane - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff

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  Brushane - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff
© NF Photo 140902 Sjöholmsladan

 I was surprised to see a lot of Ruffs on the location today. The season for migrating vaders should be mostly over. I think this is juveniles just taking a break.

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2011/08/13

Brushane, hane i häck dräkt - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff, male breeding plumage

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Brushane, hane i häck dräkt - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff, male breeding plumage
NF Photo 110615 at Ånnsjön, The Swedish Northern mountain range.


Hannes praktdräkt kan ha vilka färger som helst. Men honan är ganska alldaglig. Tyvärr satt jag i ett gömsle så jag kunde inte smyga mig närmare.
The males breeding plumage can come in pretty much all colors. But the female seem to be rather plain. Sadly enough I was in a hiding so I could not get closer.

A great video I found on youtube.


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2010/08/22

Birding at Strandstuviken

The birds around the area where I live is non existent. It is almost empty now. Some preybirds hunting mice or rabbits are still here. Even the geeze has left. And the forest is quiet. I had to do something so I geared up and went to the coast. It is about 1.5 hours drive to Nyköping at the Baltic sea. I had checked the specis list for the area and it were suppost to be at least some waders there. Well, I found some even if it was not much. It was a strange day. Cloudy when I left with threatening clouds. At arrival the sun shone. When I came to an outlook tower and I was under cover, it started to pour down heavily. But there was some geeze and a  few waders to look at.

Then sun came back with a beautiful sky. I joined a couple and went to another location I had not visited before. At that wetland there were some more waders and a few terns. We also had our luch at that place. It is nice eating and birding. In the sun. Then I slowly started back. Itwas quite a way to walk back. With all of my equipment you don´t walk fast. Back at the car I had some fruit and then I heard thunder. I only went about 100 m when the sky opened. I almost had to stop the car because I did not see. The rain came down aso hard. I was happy to be in the car. Had I still been walking I would have been soaked before 30 sec of time.

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Vitkindad gås - Barnacle goose at Tornmaden



Brushane - Ruff,  at Aftonfalksängen

Aftonfalksängen
NF Photo 100821 at Strandstuviken, Nyköping


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2009/09/26

Brushane juv - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff

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Brushane juv - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff

NF Photo 090821