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Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:06 pm
by Mel
Some birds in flight.
Edit: Lesser black-backed gull not herring gull
Grey geese
And swimming with their offspring
And the last catch of the day - a curlew
Lots of other stuff as well, but no good photos.

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:08 pm
by nan
nice to see so much Oystercatchers all together

... like in a row
the naughty brat give you the opportunity to have photo in flight
we have also some Eiders... but very difficult to have picture

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:17 pm
by Toko
Nice, very nice indeed, oystercatchers are very elegant birds in flight
Please try to get a close-up of grey goslings, Mel, we want one

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:25 pm
by Mel
Water is too cold to swim to them to get a closer shot, Toko.
nan, true about the shot in flight. The only good thing about it.
As for the Eider - the first time I got one in his breeding plumage.

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:51 am
by Lisbeth
Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:56 am
by Lisbeth
Your Eiders look different from mine

Had a look, mine are only changing plumage

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:45 pm
by Penny

hello Mel
The place looks awesome. Stunning birds.
Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:55 pm
by Dewi
Great photos all round Mel. You sure are getting to see a fair bit.
The first pic of the mixed waders in flight is not clear enough to pick out species, but some do look long-billed and I'd guess Godwits, with some Knot & Redshank mixed in there.
The Herring Gull pic is a Lesser Black-backed Gull. The dark secondaries on the underwing give this one away, Herring would be white.

Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:55 pm
by Richprins
Re: My second (or third?) home: Föhr
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:12 am
by Mel
Thanks all and thanks, Dewi, for the correction. It's a false friend!

Because in German the lesser black-backed gull is a Heringsmöwe.
The kids must do their own corrections, once you go through the paper with them?
Of course! We discuss the correct answers and they have to see to it that they note it down somehow to do the correction in neat at home.
