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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 7h
Not a great season for mushrooms because of drought conditions, but saw this pristine Inky Cap (Coprinopsis atramentaria) yesterday. #WildHungary #mushrooms #fungi
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 7h
Another bird @ the local pond.. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). Used to be conspecific with NA's Common Gallinule. This is a tiny, man-made lake. They just dug it out about a year or so ago. But as soon as a few reeds take over the shoreline, these guys show up. 😀 #BirdingHungary #marshbirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 7h
Close up of the Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea). Looks very similar to NA's Great Blue Heron but slightly smaller and much paler overall. #BirdingHungary #herons #waders
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 7h
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) at the local pond. Solar panels make a convenient perch. 😀 #BirdingHungary #herons #waders #BigBirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
Yes.. it is very cool to see! And the sound! They are very vocal in flight and when you get 400 calling at once, it is such an incredible sound!
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
Common Crane migration is picking up, and Grus grus don't take the bus! They prefer to fly. 😀 Whilst I was watching the godwit, a flock of 400 #cranes flew very high over my head. #BirdingHungary #FallMigration2025
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
One 4 #WaderWednesday - though never seen this species anywhere near water. 😀 Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus). 13 together in this field. Once they sit down, they virtually disappear as they are the same colour as the dry grass. #BirdingHungary #plovers #waders #shorebirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
Short video of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). Watched it for a good half hour and it never stopped feeding once. Perpetual motion machine! Gotta fatten up for the next leg of its long journey. 😀 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #godwits #WaderWednesday #waders
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
Another image of Bar-tailed Godwit at Lake Balaton. Ones that breed in Alaska fly non-stop to NZ, a journey of over 11,000 km (7,000 miles) that they accomplish in a single 10 or 11 day flight! 😳😳😳 When I call them masters of migration, I ain't kidding! #BirdingHungary #WaderWednesday #shorebirds
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 1d
I love #shorebirds and here is one of my all-time favorites. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). The masters of migration. The ones that show up in Hungary breed in N. Scandinavia and winter in West Africa #BirdingHungary #godwits #waders #WaderWednesday
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you Lori. 🙂
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
A blast of colour to brighten up your Tuesday.... Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) 😀 #WildHungary #wildflowers #wildflowerpower
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
♀️ Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) cruising over my head. At a distance, it can sometimes look like a buzzard because it is so big and stocky. Not lightly built like most other harrier species. #BirdingHungary #harriers #raptors #BirdsOfPrey
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) talking flight. #BirdingHungary #hawks #buzzards #BirdsOfPrey #raptors
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
Why did the #deer cross the road? 🤔 #WildHungary #RoeDeer
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks! 😊
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 2d
😀 Yeah.. that's the way a lot of #waterfowl does it including #ducks , #geese , #loons , #grebes . The weight of the male pushes the female underwater yet somehow they can successully mate like that. But I have also seen ducks doing it on land.
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
Wow! 😲 Nice!
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
A blast of colour to counteract the #MondayBlues 😄 Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas). Nice to see a fresh one so late in the year. In southern Europe, they can have up to three broods a year, so they are always keeping it funky fresh 😎 #WildHungary #butterflies #insects #bugs #MacroMonday
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
Saw this great copper-coloured fly feeding on goldenrod. No idea what species, except that it is likely a Calyptrate fly. Only about 18,000 species in that sub-family so that kind of narrows it down. 🤪 #WildHungary #MacroMonday #flies #bugs #insects
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
It's a looong way from spring , so I was surprised to see this Mallard couple getting it on! 💘 😄 #BirdingHungary #ducks #mallards #DuckLove
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
Speaking of #eagles , this adult White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) was attracting a crowd. 😀 #BirdingHungary #raptors #BirdsOfPrey
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 3d
Another photo of yesterday's young Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca). This angle show the distended crop much better. It looked like it just swallowed a coconut! 😄 #BirdingHungary #eagles #raptors #BirdsOfPrey
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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you! 🙂
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