A waddle in nature brings me joy and peace. And I love it when my daughter is able to join. Tonight we did a waddle in Amsterdamse Bos. Bird wise it looked it was going to be a quiet waddle, but nature gave u a big finale with a cuckoo partially in golden hour sun 
and a water rail with adorable fledglings 
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For #WrensDay here's a Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) on a pale dead twig in summery sage scrug, photographed in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California.
A pohowera (banded dotterel) teasing out a feather during a preening session last weekend.
A regal looking Jackdaw has started to visit recently.
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Irgendwas kam mir verdächtig vor, da habe ich auf gut Glück in den linken Schuh geknipst.
Ist das ein Gartenbaumläufer?
Ich gelobe, die Piepmätze ab sofort nur noch aus der Entfernung zu beobachten.
It takes an Eagle
The Crested Eagle regards the home decorating project she just finished... for some reason, it was very important to move some branches in this huge possibly multi-ton nest from one spot to another...
Great Gray Owl sitting in the snow looking up.
See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/great-gray-owl-looking-up-jan-luit.html
While I usually lean towards clean and minimal, there is something about this mess of vines that I really find attractive. After removing some small stray branches I really like the way this turned out. It's organized chaos. What do you think?
Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris, 
Sumpfrohrsänger, 
łozówka).
My home made nesting box on the back of the allotment shed is currently home to some bluetits. Yesterday morning one of the adults was flying in and out every 2 or 3 minutes with a caterpillar in its beak.
7 or 8 eggs is typical but they can have up to 14!
In the UK just 38% of juveniles survive their first year.
A plan for making a nest box like this and advice about entrance hole size came from the RSPB website.
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![The grey heron is a large bird, standing up to 100 cm (40 in) tall and measuring 84–102 cm (33–40 in) long with a 155–195 cm (61–77 in) wingspan.[10] The body weight can range from 1.02–2.08 kg (2 lb 4 oz – 4 lb 9+1⁄4 oz) The plumage is largely ashy-grey above, and greyish-white below, with some black on the flanks. Adults have a white head and neck with a broad black supercilium that terminates in the slender, dangling crest, and bluish-black streaks on the front of the neck. The scapular feathers and the feathers at the base of the neck are somewhat elongated. Immature birds lack the dark stripe on the head and are generally duller in appearance than adults, with a grey head and neck, and a small, dark grey crest. The pinkish-yellow beak is long, straight, and powerful, and is brighter in color in breeding adults. The iris is yellow and the legs are brown and very long](https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/114/507/907/930/166/614/original/0f072dfa1b71462d.jpg "The grey heron is a large bird, standing up to 100 cm (40 in) tall and measuring 84–102 cm (33–40 in) long with a 155–195 cm (61–77 in) wingspan.[10] The body weight can range from 1.02–2.08 kg (2 lb 4 oz – 4 lb 9+1⁄4 oz) The plumage is largely ashy-grey above, and greyish-white below, with some black on the flanks. Adults have a white head and neck with a broad black supercilium that terminates in the slender, dangling crest, and bluish-black streaks on the front of the neck. The scapular feathers and the feathers at the base of the neck are somewhat elongated. Immature birds lack the dark stripe on the head and are generally duller in appearance than adults, with a grey head and neck, and a small, dark grey crest. The pinkish-yellow beak is long, straight, and powerful, and is brighter in color in breeding adults. The iris is yellow and the legs are brown and very long")
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