the bird park in niendorf was really brilliant, we stayed at least 5 hours. it was so interesting! all kinds of birds! exotic, domestic; owls, parakeets, ducks, storks and many more. i had a great time photographing the offsprings of the old dinosaurs. plus the sceneries were so beautiful. even the cows in front of the park were charming.
cows in front of the bird park.
even small ones!
the scenery reminded me of hungary. you can find such landscapes there quite a lot.
first off, parakeets & parrots.
cockatiel. i really miss my old cockatiel hoshi. i had him for at least 6 years. had to give him away, when i moved to wiesbaden. he was such a tame and lovely boy.
blue crane - very elegant and mysterious.
and beautiful.
he was flouncing around like a boss.
beautiful peacock feathers.
jandaya parakeets. they were so adorable! and dorky!
forgot the name of the stork in the front as well as of the birds in the back... duh.
cottony feathers. excuse my badly painted fingernails.
stork in the sky.
little gooselings!
yellow-billed stork. in germany it is called nimmersatt which translates roughly into insatiable. i like the german word for this stork species so much more!
secretarybird. looks like they took this bird as inspiration for the magical creature called phoenix.
quite strange looking... but still... it was a joy to watch this bird.
peacock on the roof.
fighting guinea fowls. we were silently walking past the impressive hornbill when suddenly two guinea fowls were running toward us - screaming and hacking at each other. one second later another one came running and went between them. it was hilarious. two brawlers and one troubleshooter - it was almost human. they scurried past us another few times - it was the most funny thing, because you knew they were coming from their screamings and scuttleing alone. it reminded me of a cartoon - maybe the roadrunner?
oh, i forgot the name again. and they were such alert little guys.
next: owls! vultures!
even though i love owls... i made the mistake and didn't write up any of their names. so sorry, because now i regret it a lot.
they're so mystic and wise creatures.
and cute, too!
a grumpy character. i loved this one the most.
he was quite handsome actually.
big orange eyed owl.
ah, one look into an owl's eye and you may see a different world in them.
this one was special because it had bare eyelids. it looked like it wore eyeshadow.
dinky!
it has the best eyes! look at this cuteness!
a really tiny owl.
another tiny owl. they were as big as a guinea pig?
the pretty peewit.
and on it went with forgetting the names of birds.
goose with gooselings.
bunny in the park.
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