GrumpyShoggoth 🐙 🐿️ 🐇 🐦#storch #stork #Alsace #elsass #cigogne #naturephotography #animalphotography
Et on en a vu d'autres voler avec des branches dans le bec..sans doute pour nidifier
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarThe rain finally came and lots of it.
Last night a thunderstorm passed through and dumped a full barrel of rainwater in two minutes, today it's a more steady series of showers.
Good for our garden! The storks are not so happy and were seen tossing wet grass clumps out of their nest.
#StorkNest #Weather #Gardening #Rain #Homestead #Stork #Bird
Rosabelverde
schneckenhausAuf den Dächern und Masten bauen Störche in Viscri ihre Nester. Die offenen Landschaften und Feuchtgebiete bieten gute Bedingungen für diese Zugvögel. In vielen Dörfern Rumäniens gelten Störche als Glücksbringer. Ihr Klappern gehört hier selbstverständlich zur Geräuschkulisse.
23.03.2026, #travel #Romania #Transylvania #Viscri #stork #wildlife #bird [3]
23.03.2026, #travel #Romania #Transylvania #Viscri #stork #wildlife #bird [3]
Jules#stork in the colony in Bitenai in Lithuania.
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birds
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birds
IGZPGIZikoina Ebro ibaian
#zikoina #ebro #tutera #erribera #nafarroa #euskalherria #basquecountry #natura #nature #stork #lumix #tz70 #darktable
#zikoina #ebro #tutera #erribera #nafarroa #euskalherria #basquecountry #natura #nature #stork #lumix #tz70 #darktable
Marcel Waldvogel
Maikel de BakkerThe unlucky frog.
During a walk through the Chaamse Bossen, we spotted a stork moving methodically through tall grass in a swampy area. At first, it seemed calm—almost slow. But then it struck.
Curious, I picked up my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400mm to see what was happening. What followed was intense. The stork had found a feeding ground, and it was relentless. One after another, frogs were flushed from the grass, briefly airborne… and then gone.
It felt harsh to witness. There’s something about seeing a life end so directly, so efficiently, that stays with you. And yet, this is nature in balance. Frogs lay hundreds, sometimes thousands of eggs, knowing that only a fraction will survive. Predation isn’t failure—it’s part of the system.
From a photographic perspective, moments like this are unpredictable. Fast movement, shifting focus, and the need to react instantly. There’s no time to perfect settings, only to observe and capture what unfolds.
It’s easy to romanticize nature when it’s still and quiet.
But out here, life and death exist side by side—unfiltered, unsentimental, and real.
#Stork #Frog #Predation #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #Telephoto #ChaamseBossen #DutchNature #InTheWild #NatureIsRaw #CircleOfLife #Ecology #FoodChain #Biodiversity #Wetlands #SwampLife #WildlifeMoments #InTheField #OutdoorPhotography #NatureObservation #RealNature #Untamed #LifeAndDeath #AnimalBehavior #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
During a walk through the Chaamse Bossen, we spotted a stork moving methodically through tall grass in a swampy area. At first, it seemed calm—almost slow. But then it struck.
Curious, I picked up my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400mm to see what was happening. What followed was intense. The stork had found a feeding ground, and it was relentless. One after another, frogs were flushed from the grass, briefly airborne… and then gone.
It felt harsh to witness. There’s something about seeing a life end so directly, so efficiently, that stays with you. And yet, this is nature in balance. Frogs lay hundreds, sometimes thousands of eggs, knowing that only a fraction will survive. Predation isn’t failure—it’s part of the system.
From a photographic perspective, moments like this are unpredictable. Fast movement, shifting focus, and the need to react instantly. There’s no time to perfect settings, only to observe and capture what unfolds.
It’s easy to romanticize nature when it’s still and quiet.
But out here, life and death exist side by side—unfiltered, unsentimental, and real.
#Stork #Frog #Predation #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #Telephoto #ChaamseBossen #DutchNature #InTheWild #NatureIsRaw #CircleOfLife #Ecology #FoodChain #Biodiversity #Wetlands #SwampLife #WildlifeMoments #InTheField #OutdoorPhotography #NatureObservation #RealNature #Untamed #LifeAndDeath #AnimalBehavior #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
Eco LokiApparemment j'ai déménagé dans l'est... Ou c'est juste un coup de bol (ou alors c'est qu'avec les bouleversements climatiques, les milieux naturels détruits et les corridors écologiques fractionnés, les espèces migratrices changent leurs habitudes ancestrales).
Bref, j'ai vu des cigognes en Sologne.
Edit : merci pour vos retours, je savais que la cigogne ce n'était pas qu'un truc alsacien mais dans ma tête, c'était une espèce un peu moins commune en métropole. En tout cas par chez moi
(Cigognes blanches, Loir-et-cher, Fr, 05/26)
#PhotographieOiseaux #Oiseaux #ObservationOiseaux #Ornithologie #Echassier #Cigogne #Sologne #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #BirdWatching #Birding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Stork #WhiteStork
Bref, j'ai vu des cigognes en Sologne.
Edit : merci pour vos retours, je savais que la cigogne ce n'était pas qu'un truc alsacien mais dans ma tête, c'était une espèce un peu moins commune en métropole. En tout cas par chez moi
(Cigognes blanches, Loir-et-cher, Fr, 05/26)
#PhotographieOiseaux #Oiseaux #ObservationOiseaux #Ornithologie #Echassier #Cigogne #Sologne #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #BirdWatching #Birding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Stork #WhiteStork
If you're wondering why trees drop small twigs and branches during storms, its to provide storks with material to fix the nest damage caused by the same storm.