Maybe their facial features? They obviously have a better sound than Carrion Crows.
Today I came across a few of those funny creatures near Vleuten.
Vleuten is a hell of a distance away from my homepatch so what the **** am I doing there?
I just wanted to get better views over the Blyth's Pipit and because I just love to cycle I jumped on my bike and drove the whole way (it's about 50-60 miles).
The way to Woerden wasn't that hard, the way back to Hilversum wasn't quite hard either, but so soon after eachother was to much for comfort...
The vexation of not seeing the Blyth's pipit today was almost enough to drive myself into the nearest pond... Nah... that's nothing for me, I just found it dreary that I drove the whole way and didn't see the bird, but that's what birding is all about! When you saw everything you'd hoped for there would be nothing about it annymore!!
I did actually searched for the bird (together with 10 or so) but that didn't pay off.
When I cycled along Vleuten I noticed a Rook! Rooks are not common in 't Gooi so this was an opportunity I couldn't resist!
I threw the bike in the bushes, got my telescope out and started digiscoping.
After 1 shot the group flew away to a more distant patch, I managed to get 1 decent shot.
When I drove near Tienhoven I saw 2 Red-Breasted goose foraging, amazed by this observation I started photographing the 2 birds.
Note the ring by the 2 birds and the fence surrounding then (you guessed it, their not wild..).
But it was a funny opservation because yesterday I saw my first foraging Red-breasted Goose! (I did see a bird a year ago that flew by).
Because the bird I saw yesterday didn't show well I just got a closer look at these 2 beauties.
2 Tawny owls were roosting at a spot near Breukelen.
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