storks are getting ready to take off

storks are getting ready to take off

   When the storks are getting ready to take off, it means that summer is over. They come to us in early spring. Sometimes there was even snow. They occupy the sockets used the previous year. They raise the young and in mid-August they are getting ready for departure....
Leaf warblers, but which one ?

Leaf warblers, but which one ?

    Leaf warblers are a very nice little bird. It is difficult for me to say which genre it is. I am not a specialist. Perhaps it is chiffchaff. It flies near my garden every year. Here he is building a nest somewhere. Only the young do I notice when they scatter...
a humble beginning of spring

a humble beginning of spring

    We already have one week of April, and I hardly notice this modest beginning of spring. Some early spring flowers have appeared. The grass is barely green. It was dry for a long time and with frost. Only the goat willow has developed its buds. Starlings, finches,...

The starlings have arrived, it will be spring

   Today the starlings have arrived, it will be spring. Although we’ve had frosts here recently, and they’re already here. First, these are a few groups. Then more of them come. I really like these birds in the spring from my childhood. I watched them on a...

I lived to see it

      As I wrote in the previous post, a pair of wood pigeons built a nest in front of my window. And there was a period of incubating the eggs. It was very interesting to observe the behaviour of the pigeons at that time. The chicks showed up maybe yesterday or even...

in front of my window

Pine and larch grow in front of the windows of my apartment. Already last year, a pair of wood pigeons started building a nest, but then gave up. This year the pigeons have come again. They started building a nest. The male broke off larch twigs and carried it over a...