English below
Torstai aamuna kävin Viikissä lintuilemassa.
Aluksi sää oli siedettävä, mutta pian tuulenpuuskat yltyivät ja myös sadepilvet saapuivat. Jouduin tihkusateeseenkin. Kuvia en ottanut montakaan.
Aamu oli petolintujen aikaa. Näin merikotkan, ruskosuohaukan, kanahaukan, tuulihaukan ja nuolihaukan. Muista linnuista mukavin havainto oli iso joukko jouhisorsia. Kaksi jalohaikaraa seisoi kaislikon suojassa ja otin niistä muutaman kuvan.
On Thursday morning I went to Viikki nature reserve area to birding. At first the weather was tolerable, but soon the gusts of wind escalated and also the rain clouds arrived. Started drizzle. I didn’t take many photos.
It was a time for birds of prey. I saw White-tailed eagle, Western Marsh harrier, Northern Goshawk, Common kestrel and Eurasian Hobby. The most pleasant sighting of other birds was a large group of Northern pintail. Two Great White egrets (Ardea alba) stood in the shelter of the reeds and I took a few photos of them.
Linking to Saturday's Critters
Hienoja havaintoja!
VastaaPoistaWow beautiful Egrets!!I have never seen it in real!Here we have spotted only one in Kvitsurpollen a lake outside my town.Thank you very much for comment at my place and thanx for sharing
VastaaPoistaGreetings Anita
Hello Anu,
VastaaPoistaSorry the weather turned bad on your outing. I love the cows resting. The Egrets are beautiful. Great birds and sightings. Take care and stay safe. Thank you for linking up your post. Enjoy your day, have a happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Hej Ann!
VastaaPoistaHärlig beskrivning och fotos från en kulen morgon.
Shame about the weather for your trip Anu. I am intrigued by your local named hawks. I guess they were Hen Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel and I'm struggling with arrow hawk.
VastaaPoistaGreat series of shots, sorry the weather cut your photo shoot short. Have a nice weekend :)
VastaaPoistaNice photos
VastaaPoistaIt's so nice to get out when you can. Love the beautiful White egrets with the contrast of the blue water!
VastaaPoistaWhat you've seen in this wonderful nature reserve! The photos are nice anyway, you can't always choose the weather!
VastaaPoistaHave a good weeekend, Elke
beautiful, early morning images!
VastaaPoistaHi Antu, beautiful too. I saw such a egrets too in Denmark. Have a nice weekend. Greetings Caroline
VastaaPoistaHienot havainnot.
VastaaPoistaBeautiful Egrets, it's too bad it decided to rain.
VastaaPoistaUpeat havainnot ja kuvat!
VastaaPoistaTHe egrets do look as if they are in a darkened atmosphere. TOo bad about the storm.
VastaaPoistabe well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Nice photos before the rain came.
VastaaPoistaShame about the rain, beautiful shots though.
VastaaPoistawhat a shame to get storm when birding. You still were able see many birds of prey. Amazing. :)
VastaaPoista...the egrets are my favorites, I don't see them here. Enjoy your day.
VastaaPoistaWild and wooly day for you ~ neat birds you saw ~ ^_^
VastaaPoistaLive each moment with love,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
it is so disappointing when the weather does not cooperate!! your images are pretty and will bring back a nice memory of seeing a lot of birds!!
VastaaPoistaToo bad the weather turned poor for you! You managed a few nice shots anyhow.
VastaaPoistahienoja bongauksia!
VastaaPoistaThis sounds like a wonderful nature center to visit. It's interesting, seeing the raptors and birds of prey. Thanks so much for visiting me at Marmelade Gypsy.
VastaaPoistaOi kun ollut paljon kivoja havaintoja
VastaaPoistaThe great egrets are favorites of mine! They are so lovely and peaceful, quiet and patient! And because of that they are very easy to capture in photographs! I am happy you see them where you are ... it makes it seem a small world, where we all share beautiful birds! ... you saw some great birds of prey as well! I enjoyed this post very much!
VastaaPoistaThe herons look very pretty against the dark blue water.
VastaaPoistaHello all. Thank you for your lovely comments. Take care!
VastaaPoistaKiitos kaikille ihanista kommenteista.