Sunday, October 6, 2019

Birdwatching at Tresický and Bohdanecský ponds

After some time my dad took me birdwatching not too far from Prague. We first visited Třesický rybník and although it looked pretty empty, when we walked around and looked carefully in the muds, we soon discovered a few species of shorbirds! A flock of Dunlins (Calidris alpina) with a single Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula). When turning back I saw a Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) land straight across from us and on the other side of the pond in near a small water pond we saw a couple of Common Snipes (Gallinago gallinago) and a Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus).

Since there was still a bit of time till the evening, we drove to a bigger pond with a birdwatching watchtower not too far away. This Bohdanečský pond was full of water and birds, unlike the previous one. A lot of various species of ducks, both Greylag Goose (Anser anser) and Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), some Herons, Egrets, Cormorants, Grebes etc. I heard a voice of a Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus), who should be migrating at this time and may be easier to see. We played its voice and it hardly took a couple of seconds, before an angry male was flying our way, nearly looking to fly straight into the watchtower. We watched it for a while, stopped the recording, and after a while we even saw a flock of another five penduline tits. Nice!
Before we left, we heard the loud call of a Common Crane (Grus grus) and saw a family of three fly fairly close to us across the water. It may even be the closest I've ever seen them. And I forgot to bring the camera! Soooo sad!

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