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Nice shot Snappy!
But he looks a wee bit cold! Brrrrr!

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) [/u]
Date: 06. November, 2025
Habitat: 9 km west from Sachsenwald Forest in Schleswig - Holstein, Germany
Location: 20 cm from my balcony door
https://i.postimg.cc/ZKSd5Brv/Wood-Pigeon-06-Nov-2025.jpg


NIKON COOLPIX B500
'Sport' setting / burst / through glass door ...

Morning im wanting to purchase a small tripod for my smartphone. Any suggestions on which make would be great 👍

Hi Wren!
I just bought a small tripod the 'Hama' Star 62 which is light weight, small has a nice carrying bag and only cost me 38€. You can also order a SmartPhone adaptor for this ...

A Parus Major 'standing at attention' after spotting my tripod.



A Parus Major at the by dish by my balony door.

Euraisan (Wood) Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) [/u]
Date: 28. October, 2025
Habitat: 9 km west of Sachsenwald Forest in Schleswig - Holstein, Germany
Location: 20 cm from my balcony door

https://i.postimg.cc/TwvmXwGX/Eurasian-Nuthatch-2-28-10-25.jpg

Nikon Coolpix B500
'Sport' setting / burst ...

SnappyMac wrote: Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:29 am Redshank (Tringa totanus)

Nice shot Snappy! This Redshank was indeed having fun on an otherwise dreary day!
Charles

04. November 2025

Today the Wood Pigeon I've been reporting about arrived this morning with a 'guest'. It was a rather funny looking juvinile Wood Pigeon which was almost an adult but not quite. This bird was a wee bit shorter than its mum, lacked the usual irredescant pink on the chest and neck ...

Yes this is true; however in German the word 'Taube' (for pigeon) takes the feminine gender. Therefore my wife and I refer to this bird as 'she'.
But maybe this she will acually turn out to be a he. :shrug:

In the case of our Magpie 'Maggie' I witnessed her being the one underneath during mating ...

Wren wrote: Sun Nov 02, 2025 12:58 pm Fantastic looking Halloween pumpkin Charles. Plenty food for our prickerly friends.

Thanks Wren!
This was my 'Cat' pumpkin and was lit by six LED votive candles. Alas, nobody came to our door and we bought a lot of candy.
Charles

I don't have any new photos today but an interesting tale of bird behaviour to share:

The above said Wood Pigeon continues to fill up with sunflower seed now even more and more.

I removed my dear FM Loop Antenna from atop the pergola now giving the pigeon one less flight obstruction. (The music on ...