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Phonescope image of the Polish ringed Black-tailed Godwit from the weekend. The nerve of this bird... running around with no ID. 👮 🚔 😂 Check out that crazy beak. Impossible to preen its neck unless it gets another godwit to do it. 😀 #BirdingHungary #godwits #WaderWednesday #shorebirds #waders

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One from the archives for #WoodpeckerWednesday Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros), sometimes called the Green-barred Flicker. Same genus as NA's Flicker. #BirdingUruguay #woodpeckers

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A big bad Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius). Not the easiest photo subject but I got lucky with this one when it struck a pose just long enough. 😀👍 #BirdingHungary #woodpeckers #WoodpeckerWednesday #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BigBlackBirds

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A whole bunch of Spotted Redshanks (Tringa erythropus) went thru in July but since then they have been a bit scarce. This is the first one I've seen in many weeks. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday #sandpipers

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The big bruiser of the harrier clan.... ♀️ Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Bigger, stockier and heavier than any other harrier species. The hillsides of Badacsony in the background. 😀 #BirdingHungary #raptors #BirdsOfPrey #hawks #harriers

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Polish color-ringed Black-tailed Godwit. Couldn't get details because there was no designation. Odd. Usually you can tell if the flag has been soiled, but this black flag was a consistent uniform black on both sides with no numbers, not even partial. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #godwits #waders

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In a minute I went from one of the biggest birds (ie: Great Bustard) to one of the tiniest.. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus). I heard them calling by the roadside so I just leaned out the jeep window and started "pishing". Sure enough, they came by to check me out. 😀👍 #BirdingHungary #tits

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Another great bird from today.. Great Bustard (Otis tarda). One of a dozen I saw today. #BirdingHungary #bustards #bigbirds

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Decided to take a break from the #shorebirds and see what I could find out on the puszta. Like this Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) 😀 #BirdingHungary #wheatears #BirdsSeenIn2026

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I tried to get a Dunlin in flight, but they were just too fast for me. And my auto-focus always seems to have a problem with birds in flight. It's just too slow. 😛 Anyway, this is the only flight shot I could manage. A headless Dunlin. 😄 #BirdsingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

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Dunlin checking out a plane in overflight. To them it's probably just a big, noisy raptor. The Dunlin were probing the mud for food, ignoring the thousands of midges on the surface of the water. They left the midges to the Wood Sandpipers. 😀 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers

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Juvenile male Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) #BirdingHungary #tits

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And here's a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) searching for those little froggies and fishies. #BirdingHungary #waders #egrets #herons

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a #FroggyFriday 😄 Here's an Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl esculentus) enjoying some slime time! Better watch out buddy! The egrets are out to get ya! 😱 #WildHungary #frogs #amphibians #ribbit

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Short video of Common Snipe. It's interesting to see how much flexibility they have in the upper beak. I've seen godwits do this too. #BirdingHungary #snipe #shorebird #waders

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A Common Snipey-snipe 😄 (Gallinago gallinago). This was with my phone thru my telescope so I was bit surprised. Phonescope photos are almost always crap. This one turned out okay. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #snipe #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Short video of Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola). During migration, it's the commonest Tringa species around here. #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One more from today's shorebird smorgasbord... Red Knot (Calidris canutus). Also an uncommon passage bird in Hungary but this year there is more around than usual. #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers #WaderWednesday #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another long distance traveller... Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea). One of several I saw today. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds #WaderWednesday

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of my fav #shorebirds ... Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) in the morning sun. Uncommon passage bird in Hungary. The ones in Europe don't migrate quite as far as the Pacific version, but still an impressive traveller. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WaderWednesday #waders #godwits

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) is the only shrike about right now. The summer Lesser Grays have left and the winter Great Grays haven't arrived yet, although they should start showing up at the end of this month. #BirdingHungary #shrikes #birding #birds

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Adult Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) from Saturday. A summer visitor to Hungary. Post-breeding dispersal in late summer is usually the most reliable time to see these magnificent #raptors #BirdingHungary #eagles #BirdsOfPrey

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just another #MacroMonday Who remembers the Coneheads from #SaturdayNightLive? 😄 Here's a real life conehead... the Cone-headed Grasshopper (Acrida ungarica) aka Helmeted Locust. Hungary's largest locust species. This one was nice enough to land on my windshield #WildHungary #insects #bugs

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A Great Egret (Ardea alba) looking.. well.. great! What else? 😄 #BirdingHungary #egrets #herons #waders #BirdsSeenIn2026

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A Dunlin doing the Dunlin thing. I think Dunkin's Donuts should change the name to Dunlin's Donuts. 😂 They would get a lot more birders in there! 😄 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #dunlin #sandpipers

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Saw lots of these yesterday.. Dunlin (Calidris alpina). This is the commonest "peep" in Hungary. I guess that nickname for the small Calidris #sandpipers is only used in North America. Don't even know where the term comes from. 😀 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #dunlin

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A few phonescope snippets of one of today's Collared Pratincoles. A very unique shorebird. #BirdingHungary #pratincoles

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