261- Happy Birds Year, a photo from Bretagne, West

Photographer's Note

Air B & B
Last winter, I saw this man in the neighbourhood, putting up a bird's nesting house in the bare trees.
I thought it was a good omen for the spring to come and I wanted to share it with you on this coming New Year, hoping that efforts will carry on being made for the saving of bio-diversity.
Thanks to different actions like this, we can enjoy quite a variety of birds in and around our gardens.

For the anecdote, this man told me he was opening an R B & B (Air Birds and Bats :-) He had also put up special boxes for bats !

Happy New Year to all TE members around the world and to all the wildlife.
For those interested in bird-watching, I shall add in WS a few of the birds we can enjoy watching in and around our neighbourhood.

WS13Great tit vs Blue tit
WS12 Male blackbird
WS11 Male Black Cap
WS10 Female Black Cap
WS9 Teenage green woodpecker
WS8 Young green woodpecker
WS7 Chaffinch
WS6 Blue tit
WS5 Robin redbreast
WS4 Goldfinch
WS3 Hoopoe
WS2 Hawfinch
WS1 Hedge sparrow

papagolf21, pajaran, COSTANTINO, holmertz, alvaraalto, jhm, mcmtanyel, ChrisJ, lucasgalodoido, PaulVDV, jean113, Cricri has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

papagolf21 (135939) 2018-12-29 22:38

Bonjour, ch鋨e Marie-Louise,
� l𠿟rriv嶪 de l儫iver, les oiseaux peinent � trouver de la nourriture. Les sols durs et gel廥 les emp璚hent d𠿟ttraper les vers qui se sont profond幦ent enfouis dans le sol et les graines se font rares. Cette nourriture leur est pourtant indispensable pour affronter les basses temp廨atures. D𠿟utant plus que l㘾nergie qu㠙ls d廧ensent pour la trouver est consid廨able et n𨬓st pas toujours compens嶪 par leurs maigres repas. Pour les aider � passer cette saison en toute qui彋ude, il est donc possible de les soutenir en leur fournissant une nourriture d𠿟ppoint.
Tr鋊 bon sujet et belle photo.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

COSTANTINO (85749) 2018-12-29 22:41

Hello dear Marielouise and have a nice Sunday
many wishes for a happy New Year 2019
with health and happiness
thanks for sharing with us this
interesting photo with useful notes
regards
Costantino

macjake (87007) 2018-12-29 23:21

Hi MarieLouise
wow, that is some THICK THICK looking brush! I don't think a person could run through it even if they tried at full speed hahaha. Heck, it may even stop a car haha. Good thing the mas was wearing a bright blue jacked or he'd be hard to spot. Its great how you decided to leave out all the sky and ground, just branches upon more branches. Yes, Happy New Year to you as well :) cheers
Craig

jemaflor (119048) 2018-12-29 23:32

Salut Marie-Louise et Bonne Ann嶪 2019.
Int廨essante vie � propos des oiseaux, dr犨e le RB & B dont tu parles dans ta note, bien les vues en WS de ces oiseaux.

emka (130577) 2018-12-29 23:42

Hello dear Marie Louise,

Happy new year to you and your family and friends! Amusing picture. There are so many branches around, how this guy went there? You are lucky that you can observe so many birds.
Kind regards MAlgo

mesutilgim (109252) 2018-12-30 0:07

Hello Marie Louise,
Very nice capture and many interesting notes hereto.
That's exactly what I'm also doing in my garden and the gardens of our neighbours. Meanwile I've made and installed more than a dozen nesting houses and we enjoy now every spring our winged friends flying in and out !
TFS and all the best for a happy and healthy new year.
MESUT ILGIM

holmertz (76172) 2018-12-30 1:26

Hello Marie-Louise,
Three interesting and attractive photos, supposed to become more in the next few days. Making life safer and more comfortable for birds (and even bats) will eventually benefit humans too, not only for the pleasure of watching them. In this photo the branches and twigs, brightened by the strong light, also create a very fine pattern,
Kind regards,
Gert

ikeharel (94500) 2018-12-30 1:30

Bonjour MarieLouise,
I will wait to see the complete set of WS'S about the birds, and sure hope they will accomodate the new Air-B&B mounted for them.
Wish you and your family, a happy new 2019 year.
Ike

*** My opinion would be that each bird photo to be posted as main picture day after day, humbly stated

Tue (62736) 2018-12-30 1:38

Hello Marie Louise,
This is a good photo of the man on the ladder busy installing the bird's house. It was a bright and sunny day just before the start of spring. His blue coat stands out from the many branches of the trees. Well done.
Lars

alvaraalto (34054) 2018-12-30 2:29

Bonjour Marie Louise,
A beautiful extensive reportage with birds of different plumage. You could have made a number of pictures in my garden. Especially with the "air restaurant". To see the color of the net of the same concern as the bird-eateries in my garden.
But the most beautiful picture is the man who hangs his RB & B carefully in the tree.
Happy New Year,
Have a good Sunday, groet Rob

lousat (113969) 2018-12-30 2:36

Salut ML.Un post vraiment originale et plein d'espoires pour le 2019. Une tres belle metaphore avce l'homme qui travaille pour le futur des oiseaux. Et en on peu voir beacoup dans tes WS,tres bien captures,des photos parfaites pour treknature aussi,mais dommage,ce logiciel ne marche pas depuis un mois..ehhee..bon 2019 a toi aussi et merci,Luciano

jhm (182478) 2018-12-30 6:02

Hello Marie-Louise,

The last years are much Black birds dead in Belgium through a disease, Usutu.
I like your nice additional picture with the different birds.
The man placing the nesting house on the perfect moment.
Create very much depth and perspective.
You chose a nice angle, you create nice picture and sharp image .
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

Nicou (177515) 2018-12-30 8:36

Hello

merci pareilleemnt tous mes voeux pour 2018 et belles f皻es
quelle iamge en tout cas il a du travail � la taille quelde branche quel effet cette concentration de branche bon courage � lui superbe
Bravo et joyeuse ann嶪
Nicou

mcmtanyel (47218) 2019-01-06 21:39

Hello MarieLouise,
Happy Birds Year to you, too! Looking at the photos in the workshop, you must have enjoyed them in 2018. I hope 2019 brings you more species.
Happy 2019,
MT

ChrisJ (144381) 2019-01-07 0:46

Hi MarieLouise

A great idea to put in some weather proof bird and bat shelters. When winter came in South Korea, the bird's nests were all totally exposed to the wind, rain and snow, because all the leaves had gone. Some of the nests fell into the street. Tfs!

abmdsudi (75749) 2019-01-07 1:37

HI MarieLouise
Without your notes one wonders what he's up to within mass of tree branches! The stunning colour contrast and crispiness draw the eye straightaway benefit of brilliant light. Excellent observation and nicely take. Congrats
Best regards

notrap (7594) 2019-01-11 3:07

Hello Marie-Louise,
I like this post of yours because the Air Birds and Bats made me laugh, and I like the ws photo of a hoopoe. Did you notice that Ike Harel showed this bird in one of his recent uploads? What a coincidence! And in one of the critiques for his photos I read, that this special, rare bird was common fifty years ago in the region of Germany (Niedersachsen) where I live now. What a pity I never had the chance to see one of them here nor elsewhere in Germany. I saw them in Spain, but only for a short glimpse and too far away to take photos.
Thanks for sharing,
elvira

lucasgalodoido (25974) 2019-01-17 6:58

Ol� Marie Louise,
interessante essa captura, repleta de galhos, que criou um grafismo muito curioso. As fotos variadas dos p嫳saros no WS ficaram 鏒imas tamb幦, e que seja um ano muito proveitoso. Belo trabalho.
Parab幯s e Abra蔞,
Lucas

PaulVDV (44402) 2019-01-19 23:54

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Je d嶮uis de la photo que vous 彋iez encore plus 幨ev� que cet homme.
Aussi sur une 嶰helle contre un arbre?
Je pensais que les chauves-souris vivaient dans des grottes ou des ruines abandonn嶪s.
La multitude de branches nues bien illumin嶪s donne un effet de jungle :)
Amicalement, Paul

carlo62 (74860) 2019-01-21 14:01

Ciao Marie Louise
ho anch'io un amico che ha messo le casette per i pipistrelli e ha ottenuto degli ottimi risultati.
Argomento interessante, una condivisione utili, che lascia riflettere, oltre che a una splendida serie di foto.
Anche se in ritardo, buon anno anche a te e ai tuoi cari.
Saluti
Carlo

Silvio1953 (180553) 2019-01-23 3:55

Ciao Maria Luigia, buon anno in ritardo, bella scena con l'uomo che sistema la casetta per gli uccelli, bei colori naturali, brava ciao Silvio
Ps la poesia � di Giacomo Leopardi, italiano arcaico, ma non � dialetto, Trevi deriva il nome dal latino Trebiae

Royaldevon (58465) 2019-01-25 3:20

Bonjour Chere MarieLouise,

I just had to follow this one up!
I love to feed the birds and this w/e will be the Big Bird Count for the RSPB. WE spend an hour recording the number and variety of birds visiting our garden.
I must admit, you have some species that we don't see. I hear a woodpecker drumming on the trees but have only seen it (a greater spotted) twice in 20years!
Like for you, the robin is a cheeky chappie in our garden, waiting for any opportunity to find some food!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful parade of birds!
Have a good w/e,
Bev :-)

jean113 (12257) 2019-01-26 7:56

Bonjour Marie Louise, good man doing this job, although it cannot have been easy working amongst the branches.
Your tight crop emphasises the density of the tree.
Thanks for the delightful bird pictures.
Regards Jean.

pajaran (84091) 2019-02-03 12:04

Dobro vece.
Interesantni i lepi pogledi, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvaceni trenuci.
Interesantan trenutak postavljanja kucice za ptice.
Lepe ptice.
Zelim vam lepu i mirnu noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Cricri (149823) 2019-02-07 7:31

Bonjour Marie Louise
Belle attention de ce monsieur envers les oiseaux, Tout les WS sont adorables, bien capturer, tr鋊 belle composition, pr廥entation
Avec un peu de retard, je vous souhaite tout le meilleur pour cette nouvelle ann嶪 2019
Bonne journ嶪
cricri

LuisGustavoLima (5104) 2019-02-11 16:17

Oi, Marie-Louise!

Uma sequ瘽cia muito legal de p嫳saros! Assim como voc�, tamb幦 gosto de conhecer novos p嫳saros. Na verdade, passei a observ�-los faz pouco tempo. Voc� nos mostrou belos exemplares em belas fotos!

Excelente!

gervaso (24539) 2019-02-12 3:52

Hola, Marie-Louise!

La imagen principal es interesante y adem嫳 es una buena introducci鏮 a las maravillosas fotos de p奫aros que nos muestras en el workshop! He estado bastante interesado en observaci鏮 de aves desde mi viaje al Pantanal el a隳 pasado y esto es un verdadero regalo para m�, y no lo hab燰 visto antes! Lindo trabajo!