Either spring is near, and the stork I saw today was among the first to migrate back, or it was one of the rare ones that doesn’t migrate and spends the winter here.
In any case, I saw it on my daily walk, and it flew towards our village and seemed to circle above it for a bit before I lost sight of it.
It didn’t look quite as impressive as this photo, but it was almost overhead.
In flight. White storks fly with their necks outstretched. (By Carlos Delgado, scaled down, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Eisvogel im Schwebflug (Aufnahme von Joefrei, verkleinerter Ausschnitt, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Heute bin ich in den Rheinauen spazieren gegangen und habe gehofft, an einem der Altrheinarme mal wieder einen Eisvogel zu sehen. Drei Mal habe ich bereits einen Eisvogel hier in der Nähe entdecken können, aber leider hatte ich heute kein Glück. Wenn sie nicht gerade fliegen, sind sie aber auch wirklich nicht leicht zu entdecken, denn von vorne sind sie sehr unauffällig rotbraun. Dafür habe ich eine sehr informative Seite über Eisvögel mit vielen schönen Fotografien entdeckt:
Gerhard Brodowski: Der Eisvogel.
Der Eisvogel war in Deutschland 1973 und 2009 Vogel des Jahres (hier kann man auch den Ruf des Eisvogels anhören).
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Eisvogel (Aufnahme von Lukasz Lukasik, verkleinert, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Ah, the joys of living in the countryside: On September 19th 2015, we found this lovely visitor next to our front door:
It’s a European Mantis (europäische Gottesanbeterin), probably a female because of the size. They are quite rare in Germany and are only found in very warm regions like the one we live in.
This specimen is probably pining for the fjords by now, since only the eggs survive the winter.
The days are getting longer again!
Afternoon walk near our hometown, 4pm
Today it was a balmy 14°C/57°F, so I went for a walk. It was warm enough to go out in a light jacket – five days before Christmas!
Michelsbach in der Hördter Rheinaue.
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