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Daniel Bastaja

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Nature with a focus on birds

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1h
I call this gang the "Frying Pan Five" 😂 Northern Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) in flight. They start gathering in large flocks and that's the time to look for rare Sociable Plovers among them. Most Sociable Lapwings show up in October. #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #WaderWednesday #lapwings
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1h
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #shorebirds #plovers #waders #WaderWednesday
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1h
A Dunlin ready for a good scritch! 😄 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #WaderWednesday #sandpipers #peeps
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23h
Anoither image of the Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) after it lost interest in the pipe. They really like bare dirt farm fields and suburban big box and strip mall parking lots. If you want to see a Crested Lark in Hungary, just go to the IKEA parking lot. 😄👍 #BirdingHungary #larks
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23h
I was trying to figure out what this Crested Lark was doing. It seemed to be listening to the water in this irrigation pipe. Or maybe it was just looking at a bug. #BirdingHungary #larks
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23h
Juvenile male Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) trying to figure out how to attack this juicy morsel. 😋🍴 #BirdingHungary #tits
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When the eagles cruise by, ducks, like these Mallards, high-tail it in the opposite direction. Great time of year when the #ducks are coming out of their summer eclipse plumage into fresh breeding plumage which they will maintain throughout the winter. #BirdingHungary #waterfowl
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Young White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) #BirdingHungary #eagles #raptors #BirdsOfPrey #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BigBadBirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) enfloofenating 😄 #BirdingHungary #tits
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When it's chow time, the godwits don't fool around. They are focused! 🍽️ 😋 #BirdingHungary #shorebirdds #waders #godwits
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) I saw last weekend was still at the same location today. This photo is thru my scope. #BirdingHungary #godwits #shorebirds #waders #FallMigration2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A cute little Dunlin (Calidris alpina) waving hello. 👋😄 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the archives for #SaturdayLaridae Adult Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii).. one of my favorite South American gulls. #BirdingArgentina #gulls #seegulls
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So many Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) around this fall migration. Much more than usual, although still uncommon. Probably because so much habitat on the larger lakes and rivers, a consequence of the extended drought during the summer. #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #FallMigration2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most of the small #plovers around right now are Common Ringed Plovers. Little Ringed Plovers (Charadrius dubius) - like this one - are getting scarce. This is the only one I've seen in weeks. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Short vid of last weekend's mystery Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa). Bigger and taller than the Bar-tailed Godwit but not the biggest of the 4 godwit species. That distinction belongs to the Marbled Godwit. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #godwits
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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 · 23/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Juvenile male Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) #BirdingHungary #tits
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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 · 18/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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 · 17/09/2026
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) from yesterday. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) looking.. well.. great! What else? 😄 #BirdingHungary #egrets #herons #waders #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A few phonescope snippets of one of today's Collared Pratincoles. A very unique shorebird. #BirdingHungary #pratincoles
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Lousy phonescope photo of a great bird from this afternoon. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) juvenile. If you crossed a tern with a plover, this is what you might get. Much scarcer in the Kiskunság in recent years because of habitat loss and human disturbance. #BirdingHungary #pratincoles
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One more from Lake Balaton today... Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus). Not a great photo because thru my scope. Uncommon in Hungary but this year there have been a lot more around than usual. #BirdingHungary #oystercatchers #waders #shorebirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Lake Balaton today. This and North America's Least Sandpiper are the smallest #shorebirds in the world. #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #peeps #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The south shore of Lake Balaton continues as a #birding hotspot right now thanks to low water levels. 20 species of #shorebirds today including a pair of Ruddy #Turnstones (Arenaria interpres). #BirdingHungary #waders #sandpipers
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Black Redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) seem to be everywhere right now. I think a lot of the #birds around now are northern birds moving south, although they don't go very far. Just to the Mediterranean Basin for the winter. #BirdingHungary #redstarts #flycatchers
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think this Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) was a little too ambitious. The stone was just too big and heavy for it to flip over. It needs to get in the gym! 🏋️‍♂️ 😄 #BirdingHungary #turnstones #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #FallMigration2026
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