Sunday afternoon walk in the neighborhood to test out our new Sigma
telephoto lens. Happy with the results but need to track down the
cause of some persistent spots on some of the photos.
Hybrid between
carrion crow
and
hooded crow
(Corvus corone and Corvus cornix). This geographical region lies at a point where the eastern and western subspecies overlap and interbreed, resulting in a mottled black plumage in the offspring.European bee-eater
, was declared locally extinct in the 80ies, has since repopulated some areas in Germany from the south.Long-tailed titRed kite
