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| Eurasian Teal |
My oh so darling husband decided to sign us up for an early morning bird watching trip the day after the Trier medieval fair. He forced me out of my nice warm bed at the crack of dawn to brave the icy cold weather to see a couple of birds.... Needless to say I was not happy at first. We met up with the rest of the group at the Outdoor Recreation Center in Kaiserslautern, piled into a small van and drove an hour to a wildlife reserve which is apparently a bird watchers sanctuary. The others in the group had much more experience than us, fancy binoculars and bird ID books but despite our shortcomings and the freezing weather my love of wildlife over took over and I ended up quite enjoying myself.
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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| "Great Tit" - seriously that is its name |
This whole bird watching idea came about when Justin rented a movie called
The Big Year. The movie stars big name actors such as Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. It was ultimately a flop since the entire plot was about bird watching but we thought it was pretty good. A Big Year is common among avid bird watchers; it is where they see how many different species of birds can be identified within a year. Our guide was very knowledgeable, he was able to identify birds by flight and song, he has travelled to many countries all over the world to look for birds. We ended up seeing 44 different species of waterfowl and song birds, not too bad for our first experience and we are now well on our way to our first "Big Year". Plus it gave me the chance to practice for my dream job of being a Wildlife Photographer!
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| The Blue Tit |
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| Bottoms Up |
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| Future Photographer at work |
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