osprey pandion haliaetus

The last time I saw Ospreys this year. We're going back to Lake Tkern next weekend. If the weather holds, it should be good for Bearded reedlings as the young birds will all have adult plumage.

Nice weather this weekend. Hope we can find somewhere with lots of birds and not so many people to visit tomorrow. An Osprey from Lake Tkern for a change.

... until I get some more pictures at any rate. Off to Lake Tkern next weekend unless the hostel closes. All the larger groups have cancelled so we should have the place to ourselves.

Some of the Osprey pictures I got that day were against a blue sky and others against white cloud.

No fish this time.

There were Ospreys at Hjlstaviken too but I didn't get as close as at Ballingsta. Black-headed gulls in the background.

We had to cancel our annual trip to the south of Sweden this year due to the Coronavirus but we've been to a few local sites during the week. I had a very close encounter with an Osprey on Thursday.

Another from the series I posted 2 weeks ago with the Osprey and the Black-headed gull.

I have a Photo book that I occasionally give as a present to friends and relatives. I always update it so that every version is unique. I was looking at the Osprey image from 2012 and decided to go back to the raw image and make a new version. Turned out to be a good idea.

I've other pictures from this session with a blue sky in the background in some, like this one, there is cloud in the background. It wasn't easy to choose but I like the sepia tones here.

A successful one.

Had a great Easter week in the south of Sweden with a couple of days at Lake Tkern on the way back to Stockholm. Saw some great birds and took lots of pictures but there were some icy winds. An Osprey for Delia from our great day out birding on my birthday.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (ssp haliaetus)

Saw Bitterns several times at Srfjrden but they were always far off. Got some good shots of Cranes though.

Osprey showing off. :-)