Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

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 Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye, female

© NF Photo 150527, Vingåker

I´m not sure why but the Goldeneye often tilts it´s body when it takes off. :)
I was glad it tilted my way :)

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Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

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Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

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First time I have seen this. Goldeneye mating. The male entered the female and then he grabbed her head and lifted it up. Then he turned to the right and rotated them both two full circles before he let go of her. Her head does not look all that great after that treatment. :)  I have no idea if this is common behavior.

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Water fowl Good and bad

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 Sothöna - Fulica atra - Eurasian Coot
The two on the image is not the same family. The Ad probably thought the baby got too close and chased it away. As you can see the Ad bites the baby around the neck. It came out unharmed though. This might be the same Ad individual that robbed the nest of Black-headed gulls two weeks ago. Is it bad behaviour of one individual or is it common among Coots? I have never seen it bfore.

 Rörhöna - Gallinula chloropus - Common Moorhen

 This one never comes close enough for a decent shot. I have only seen one but there is probably two. Have not seen any chicks yet.

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye
A beautiful family, isn´t it?

© NF Photo 140605, ÖV

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A few new arrivals at Fostorp

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 Storskrake - Mergus merganser - Common Merganser/Goosander

Female in sunset

 Sävsparv, hane – emberiza schoeniclus - Reed Bunting, male

There seem to be sometning wrong with the eye on this little guy. To bad I could not get closer to be sure. But it looks strange around the eye and bill.

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

A pair in flight. The female above and male below.

© NF Photo 140329 Fostorp

It is soo nice to finally see some birds again. Spring is a great time of year. :)

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A few

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 Domherre, hane- Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Bullfinch

Female in the background

 



 Blåmes - Parus caeruleus - Blue tit

 

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

NF Photo 131113 

The title says a few! Yes, outside my window was 3 bullfinches, At the feeder was only three Blyúe tits that I could see. And the poor Goldeneye was alone in the entire lake that I could see. :(
Guess I will not be birding for a while. But luckily I have birds from Scotland, Morocco and Honoulu that I can post. I´ll still be around the birding blogs. :)

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New arrivals

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 Svarthakedopping - Podiceps auritus - Horned Grebe

 

Sothöna - Fulica atra - Eurasian Coot

 

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

NF Photo 130608

Finally life is thriving in the little pond. Now it is an exciting time to see how many couple will have young and how many will survive. Today I spotted three families of Horned Grebe and one family each of the two others. And a few gulls of course.

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Siskin and Goldeneye

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 Grönsiska, hona - Carduelis spinus - Eurasian Siskin, female

 

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

NF Photo  130122. Backasjön

A hope for spring, the first Goldeneyes in one of the lakes.

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Flying in the sky - Flyger på himlen

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Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey
Nej, ingen orm. Det är en fisk. - No, it is no snake, it is a fish.
NF Photo 120412, Vad sjön

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye
NF Photo 120408, Näsnaren 

Skräntärna - Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern

NF Photo 120412 , Skåraviken. 

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Looking for birds a rainy day

Last friday was one of those boring days. Grey and rain now and then. Did not have much to do so took the car for a trip around the area. And.. you know what? I did find some goodies.I had a difficult time to choose among these and the post before it. I am rather proud of the Northern Wheatears I posted in there. If you have time, maybe you like to take a look.

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Svarthakedopping som ruvar - Podiceps auritus - Horned Grebe in its nest

Knipa, dununge - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye, juvie

There was  a lot of these guys. They seemed to have a lot of fun. Hard to catch though. :)

Sothöna - Fulica atra - Eurasian Coot
The Coot also had a lot of chicks, they look so funny with the red heads. 

Törnskata, hane - Lanius collurio - Red-backed Shrike, male

This Shrike was sitting overlooking a clear-cut in the forest.

  NF Photo 100611 Katrineholm area

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This weeks highlights

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Brunand - Common Pochard, adult male in winter plumage.  NF Photo 100331 at Duveholmsbadet

Knipa - Common Goldeneye, a male and a female in winter plumage  

NF Photo 100402 at Carl Ugglas Park

Sävsparv - Common Reed Bunting, adult male in summer plumage  
NF Photo 100404 at Tybblefälten
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Today I like  to show you this weeks highlight. Birding is somewhat distressing. Sometimes you find nothing to see, other times birds are just there. When you least expect them to. But that is what is exciting about it, isn´t it?

The first bird, the Pochard, was swimming quietly down at the local little beach. Just 5 min from my apartment. I have not seen that one before so it was a nice surprise. 
The Goldeneye pair showed up at a small wetland, in my town, I use to visit now and then. And stayed put so I could get some nice photos.
The last one, the Reed Bunting, was nice to see in it´s present plumage. I had not seen that one before, only a female. So that one made my day today. :) 

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Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

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Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye
hona o hane - female and male
NF Photo 090412

Hane - Male
NF Photo 090412

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Common Goldeneye Matinggames