Showing posts with label mallard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mallard. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Short urbanbirding walk along Danube

I had some small duties in the city center. There was a bit of spare time so I got off from the tram 3 stops earlier and walked along the Danube river. One may think the grey waters of Danube can't show something special. But I've found a Kingfisher in the city center of Bratislava. Let's have a look on it and some other birds seen during that walk. 
riverbank near PKO
flock of Common Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula)
pair of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)
common Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
winter guest Common Gull (Larus canus)
female Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
pontons along the bank
Kingfisher searching for fish from the anchoring cable of the ponton

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Afternoon bike birding in Petržalka

Forecast for the next days didn't look well, so I decided to take a bike ride to Petržalka. I checked Incheba building if I can spot Peregrine Falcon. It was there! Then I visited Lake Veľký Draždiak. Birds on this lake were really close as they are used to pedestrians. I had nice views of Mute Swans, Coots and Mallards. Great Crested Grebe appeared in the middle of the lake. Just few hundreds meters away is Lake Malý Draždiak with small wetland next to it. I found there 2 Mute Swans, 2 Coots, Little Grebe, Grey Heron and Great Egret. Jay and Green Woodpecker flew over my head.
Incheba exhibition complex
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and Coot (Fulica atra)
male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and Coot (Fulica atra) behind
female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Mute Swans in the northern part of the lake
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Lake Veľký Draždiak from southeastern bank
wetland next to the Lake Malý Draždiak
Great Egret (Egretta alba)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Friday, February 22, 2013

Afternoon walk along Danube

Karloveské rameno - Danube's river arm
one of two male Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Black-headed (Larus ridibundus) and Common Gulls (Larus canus)
Danube near center
hybrid Crow (Corvus corone x cornix) with some food, Common Gull (Larus canus) tried to steal it
pair of Jackdaws (Coloeus monedula)
List of observed bird species:
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 26
Pochard (Aythya ferina) 1
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 1
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 1
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 250
Common Gull (Larus canus) 30
large Gull (Larus cachinnans/michahellis) 1
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica) 4
Common Magpie (Pica pica) 1
Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) 6
Rook (Corvus frugilegus) 3
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) 6
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) 2
Great Tit (Parus major) 8
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) 2
Blackbird (Turdus merula) 3
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) 5
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) 1
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) 1
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) 4