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Yet another juvenile Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) went circling over my head today. Seems to be a lot more Black Storks around than usual for this this time of year. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #storks #waders

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Part 3 of WWE Smackdown. The Black-winged Stilt was trying to drive the Pied Avocet away but the Avocet was having none of it! It was determined to stand its ground. #BirdingHungary #birds #shorebirds #waders #avocets #stilts

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Part 2 of WWE Smackdown. The Black-winged Stilt was the aggressor, trying to drive the Pied Avocet away from the stilt chicks but when you have legs like twigs, there ain't much you can do. 😄 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #stilts #avocets

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It was like a WWE Smackdown today when a Black-winged Stilt and a Pied Avocet went at it for several minutes. 😲 The Avocet was feeding too close to the stilt chicks. #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #avocets #stilts

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The big bruiser of the harrier world... Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). This is a male. Probably about a third bigger and heavier than Northern or Hen Harrier. Also much broader wings than is typical for a harrier. #BirdingHungary #birds #harriers #BirdsofPrey #BirdsSeenin2025

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Saw a bunch of these guys today... Purple Heron (Ardea pupurea) #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #herons #waders #BigBirds

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Male Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio). The commonest summer shrike in Hungary by a big margin. In the countryside, these are all over the place. #BirdingHungary #birds #shrikes

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A backlit Bee-eater with a big bug! 😃 Dragonfly on the menu for lunch 😋 #BirdingHungary #birds #bee-eaters

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Mom.. we're tired of bugs! Can we have pizza 🍕 tonight? 😂 #BirdingHungary #storks #waders #BigBirds

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Pardon me sir.. are you looking at my ass? 😂 I tried sneaking up on this female Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) but she spotted me! 😀 #BirdingHungary #falcons #BirdsofPrey #birds

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It's another #FritillaryFriday . Here is a portrait of Europe's largest #fritillary , the Cardinal (Argynnis pandora) feeding on Musk Thistle. #WildHungary #butterflies #lepidoptera

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It's Friday, so here's a song for the weekend (no, I'm not talking about Friday by Rebecca Black 😂). A Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) serenading at dusk. Sound on! 😀 Video is a little shaky because it was handheld (after a couple of Friday night drinks! 😄) #BirdingHungary #thrushes #birds

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Another European Roller coming in for a landing. 🛬 😀 #BirdingHungary #birds #rollers

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This Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is off to the gym for leg day! 🏋️ 😂 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #stilts #BirdsSeenin2025

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Saw this Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) with something that appeared to be stuck on the outside of its throat. Not sure if it was fishing gear or something else. Just couldn't get a decent look. #BirdingHungary #birds #herons #waders

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How about a #WagtailWednesday ? 😄 Here is a juvenile White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). We are now into post-breeding dispersal so these young #wagtails are all over the place. #BirdingHungary #birds

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Somebody else objecting to my presence 😄 ... A Eurasian Spoonbill #BirdingHungary #waders #WaderWednesday #birds #spoonbills

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A Black-winged Stilt objecting to my presence 😄 #BirdingHungary #WaderWednesday #waders #shorebirds #stilts

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Saw my first juvenile Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) of the year yesterday. Not sure if it would be a hatch year bird. To be fledging in early June. the parents would have had to be sitting on the eggs in late February or very early March.. a bit too early #BirdingHungary #storks #waders #BigBirds

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The cruise missile known as a Common Pochard (Aythya ferina). Man... they are fast in flight! ✈️ 😀 #BirdingHungary #birds #ducks #pochards #JustDucky

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One more 4 #TernTuesday Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida). In the late 18th century, Pallas thought it was a hybrid Common X White-winged Tern... hence the strange specific epithet. The priority principle means 225 years later, the name sticks 🤪 #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #terns #birds

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I didn't know there was such a thing as #TernTuesday but apparently there is. I'm not one to miss out on an alliterative hashtag 😄 so here's my contribution.... Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Just couldn't get this sucker on a clean background. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #terns #birds

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The heart-shaped pattern on a Shelduck's butt. Let's face it... ducks are built for love ❤️ 😄 #BirdingHungary #ducks #waterfowl #shelducks #amore

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A nice Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna). More like a small goose than a duck. A bit unusual nesting habits for a duck.... it nests in underground burrows near the water's edge. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #ducks #waterfowl #shelducks

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Another one for #BlueMonday and one that perfectly matches the #Bluesky logo! 😀👍 A Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) #WildHungary #butterflies #MondayBlues

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A big, bad blue bird for #BlueMonday . European Roller (Coracias garrulus) living up to its Latin name and being very garrulus. Although not related to #corvids , its raspy, guttural call reminds me of the rolling call of a crow or rook #BirdingHungary #MondayBlues #rollers #birds #BlueBirds

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Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) flypast from this afternoon. This tiny heron is primarily an African species, but extends its range to the extreme SE corner of Europe during the summer. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #herons #waders #birds

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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) just starting its dive... showing off that slate gray breast it gets during breeding season. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #terns

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Another image of today's Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala). #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #buntings #BuntingHunting #birds

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Here's a good one for #SundayYellow .. male Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala). Rare in Hungary but a few show up every summer in the extreme south of the country. Hungary is the extreme NW limit of its range. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #buntings #BuntingHunting #birds

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A White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) catching some shut-eye on the nest. She will need it because once those kids hatch, there will be no rest for months! 😀 #BirdingHungary #birds #storks #waders

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Something to brighten your day.. a huge field of Red Poppies (Papaver rhoeas). Like something out of the Wizard of Oz. 😄 #WildHungary #wildflowers #WildflowerPower

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A plain Jane of the flycatcher world.. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenin2025 #flycatcher #FlycatcherFriday #birds

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Another portrait of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) from last weekend. This is Hungary's commonest owl on the plains and farmland. In the forests, it's the Tawny Owl. #BirdingHungary #birds #owls #BirdsofPrey

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🎵 Take me home, country roads... One of my fav #birding roads, south of the town of Bugyi. This is where I had the Corn Crake Saturday night. I could have been sleeping, or at a night club .. but no! I was freezing my butt off in 4 celsius (39 F) temps looking for night #birds 😄 #BirdingHungary

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