FOK3 expedition to Lake Constance, 2024

The original plan was to start in Stein am Rhein, but there were few migrant birds there, so we stuck to Triboltingen and Altnau. I should have taken my huge telephoto lens, as the birds were often far away near the German shore, where there were no human observers to disturb them. Also we didn't walk around, so the weight wouldn't have been a problem. That explains the poor pictures of interesting birds! (More infos to what we learned in the German version of this page.)
Voegel gemeldet durch Michael Furrer in ornitho.ch: Ermatinger Becken: Mute swan, Common whooper, Graylag goose, Eurasian wigeon, Eurasian teal, Mallard, Northern pintail, Northern shoveler, Gadwall, Red-crested pochard, Common pochard, Red-breasted merganser, Goosander, Little grebe, Great crested grebe, Great cormorant, Great egret, Grey heron, Red kite, Western marsh harrier, Northern harrier, Common buzzard, Water rail, Eurasian coot, Eurasian curlew, Little gull, Black-headed gull, Yellow-legged gull, Caspian gull, Eurasian collared dove, Common kingfisher, Great spotted woodpecker, Water pipit, Grey wagtail, Eurasian wren, European robin, Common blackbird. Altnau: Mute swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Red-crested pochard, Common goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Goosander, Arctic loon, Little grebe, Great crested grebe, Horned grebe, Black-necked grebe, Great cormorant, Grey heron, Western marsh harrier, Common buzzard, Eurasian coot, Black-headed gull, Common gull, Lesser black-backed gull, Yellow-legged gull, Eurasian green woodpecker, Great spotted woodpecker, Common blackbird, Marsh tit, Eurasian blue tit, Great tit, Short-toed treecreeper, Eurasian magpie, Carrion crow, House sparrow, Common chaffinch. A total of 14 species is included, 14 of them have been observed.

FOK3 at Lake Constance:

2024-12-07 00.00.00 - 23.59.59 in Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz

Background - here's a guide to Ermatingerbecken.



2024-12-07 10:30:45 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 6.625
ISO 320
Exposure 1/100

Carrion crow / Rabenkrähe (Corvus corone)

Also known as: Aaskrähe, rabenkraehe

Auch ein Rabenkrähe hat was zu fressen gefunden am Bodensee. 2024-12-07 11:34:47 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 400
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Common whooper / Singschwan (Cygnus cygnus)

Also known as: Whooper swan, Singschwäne

Vorne mit dem langen geraden Nacken müsste das Singschwäne sein. 2024-12-07 11:36:24 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 500
Exposure 1/400
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Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos)

Alternate classification: Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica
Also known as: Northern mallard

Natürlich gibt's auch Stockenten bei Altnau. 2024-12-07 12:00:05 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/400
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Mute swan / Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)

Also known as: Höckerschwäne

Junger Höckerschwan plus Erwachsene. 2024-12-07 12:00:12 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 320
Exposure 1/400
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Northern pintail / Spiessente (Anas acuta)


Spiessente plus 2 Hockerschwäne. 2024-12-07 12:01:46 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/400
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Zwei Spiessenten, Altnau. 2024-12-07 12:04:49 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
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TBI - wir haben einige Weihen gesehen, ist das eine Art?



TBI - wir haben einige Weihen gesehen, ist das eine Art? 2024-12-07 12:11:56 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 200
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Northern pintail / Spiessente (Anas acuta)


Spiessente paar - aber das Männchen sollte einen braunen Kopf haben, nicht schwarz? 2024-12-07 12:13:41 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 200
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Great crested grebe / Haubentaucher (Podiceps cristatus)


Haubentaucher, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:14:49 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/400
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Arctic loon / Prachttaucher (Gavia arctica)

Also known as: Black-throated loon, Black-throated diver

Prachttaucher paar, er im Schlichtkleid im Winter, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:15:56 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/400
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Common goldeneye / Schellente (Bucephala clangula)

Alternate classification: Anas clangula

Schellente, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:28:47 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 200
Exposure 1/400
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Western marsh harrier / Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus)

Also known as: Marsh harrier, Eurasian marsh-harrier

Rohrweihe, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:32:02 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 9.625
ISO 200
Exposure 1/800
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Red-crested pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina)


Hundert Kolbenenten und ein paar Stockenten. 2024-12-07 14:08:38 Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/400
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Tundra swan / Pfeifschwan (Cygnus columbianus)

Alternate classification: Cygnus bewickii, Olor columbianus
Also known as: Bewick's swan, Whistling swan, Zwergschwan, Zwergschwan
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Eurasian coot / Blässhuhn (Fulica atra)

Also known as: Common coot, Taucherli, Blässhühner
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Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis)

Alternate classification: Gracula atthis
Also known as: Eisvögel
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Gadwall / Schnatterente (Mareca strepera)

Alternate classification: Chaulelasmus streperus, Anas strepera
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