I stopped by today the muddy pool at which I saw a Curlew four days ago, just to see this. White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla, 🇩🇪 Seeadler, 🇵🇱 bielik). This must be some exceptional muddy pool. I need to visit it more often.
Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster, 🇩🇪 Bienenfresser, 🇵🇱 żołna) literally feed on bees and other stinging insects, such as wasps or hornets. To avoid being stung, they remove the sting from the insect they catch by smashing it against a tree while holding it in their beak.
This is the second time I've seen a juv. gull of this appearance on camera and I was still puzzled as to which species it belonged to. I'm wavering between the Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), which would be a rare vagrant here, and the Mew Gull (Larus canus).
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
Anyone from the ornithological bubble who has an idea?
Another photo of the White-spotted Bluethroat ♂︎ (Luscinia svecica ssp. cyanecula, 🇩🇪 Blaukehlchen, 🇵🇱 podróżniczek) from last weekend. Although the bird posed ideally, it was too far away for a perfect shot. Still hoping to get one this season