european magpie

I'd just managed to find an angle where I could focus on this Magpie through the twigs when he put on an extra show for me by stretching his wing, catching loads of sun on his iridescent bits. Lucky with my timing for once |=)|

Saturday is Lrdag in Norwegian (from Old Norse: Laugardag, which means bathing day). So here are my Bathing Day Fun Shots for this week - three shots from the magpies' spa spot: a quiet cove in the river just below the lower falls, possibly a spot where the warm current from the turbine outlet...

Saturday is Lrdag in Norwegian (from Old Norse: Laugardag, which means bathing day). So here are my Bathing Day Fun Shots for this week - three shots from the magpies' spa spot: a quiet cove in the river just below the lower falls, possibly a spot where the warm current from the turbine outlet...

Even the "boringly ordinary" everyday birds can be worth watching, especially on a sunny day.

This one was waiting patiently while three others hogged the feeders. I was so happy to see one in the apple bush instead of on the feeder for once. Took a couple dozen shots, of which I think this one turned out especially nicely, in spite of the grey weather. Now I'll have to ask for your...

I followed this magpie backwards and forwards between two trees (about 20m apart) for approximately 5 minutes. It was intent on stealing bread being fed to nearby ducks. So it allowed me to be closer than normal. It got its food - I got my photo - winners all around!

Birds are my favourite creatures on this World. Their feathers fascinate me, especially wing feathers. When Im holding my camera Im always trying to get flight shots, but hardly ever I get something acceptable. During my Christmas holidays I was very lucky in this park, I got a few decent...

Picture taken by my weather network-webcam with the internal motion detection mode. The camera is fixed outside on the southern side of our house in a height of 15 meters.