This is a video from England about a kingfisher.
This blog has mentioned the national garden bird count in the Netherlands before, especially the top ten species results.
Besides them, also rarer bird were counted that weekend of 18-19 January.
Translated from Birdlife in the Netherlands:
So, no less than 665 sparrowhawks were counted and over 50 goshawks; the goshawk is increasingly seen in cities. Also, owls, kingfishers and black woodpeckers were observed. The number of hawfinches this year was particularly high: 433, against 95 in 2012. Also 108 waxwings were counted, this species was almost absent in 2012.
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What a beautifully coloured bird… Thank You; that was delightful..!
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Yes, I have had the privilege to see kingfishers … not in gardens though.
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What a great looking bird. Occasionally we see belted kingfishers over where we live though we like the colors on yours better.
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Eurasian kingfishers are indeed beautiful. They are smaller than belted kingfishers.
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I have taken part in the Dutch bird count. It is wonderful to see the return of the house sparrow. It is great to read they make a come back.
Here is Larry, our house sparrow:
http://mindfuldrawing.com/2012/06/11/this-sassy-bird-needs-a-name/
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Thank you for the link to the drawing!
I counted at two places, but did not see house sparrows there.
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Me too! So where are all the chatty sweethearts?
You think lots of participants mistook other birds for house sparrows?
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No, I don’t think so. Maybe some tree sparrows (not common in much of the Netherlands) were mistaken for house sparrows; and maybe a few dunnocks; but that probably happened the other way round too.
House sparrows usually are in big groups. So, though they only were present in about half the gardens (less than the presence of great tits and blackbirds), their overall numbers still were biggest.
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Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
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