Sunday, 8. July 07 ::Redstart::

This year again we had some sweet little birds nesting in our open garage. It was something special, since we never had redstarts nesting close to our house. These birds are just so pretty and it is so nice seeing them around so often, looking out for food for their little ones. Unfortunately a cat stole one of the little ones. Somehow my sister could get it back. Now its the last one sitting in the nest because it did not recover as quickly as we hoped it would.

Tuesday, 19 June 07 ::Raven - Photosession (5)::

Here are the promised pictures of my brother and the furious, crazy raven which I took some days ago:

He followed my bro wherever he went. (nice friend ;))

when I saw this picture at first, I had to laugh quite a lot! It looks like he is afraid of the woman and her dog. But he is actually running to provoke the raven to attac him again, so that I could take some nice shots.
Can you see the raven?

its only a soft air... ;)

Thats the exact place, where he attacked me! He seems to be doing it with anybody, who is jogging past this bush.

search picture*: "Where is the raven?"

search picture #2*

Actually, we both had a lot of fun!!!
:D


*I could not find a nice translation for Suchbild (=search picture?)

Tuesday, 6 June 07 ::Raven - Photosession (4)::

Here is the proof (from today!). More pictures to come...

Monday, 4. June 07 ::Raven Alert! Update (3)::

My big bro came home today, telling me that he had been attacked by the ravens. AGAIN! 6 times. So war continues on the battlefield behind my house. Actually I should not be reporting on this, since I have more "serious" stuff to write about. What a shame,...I have to write and am not allowed to chase ravens. (More updates coming soon...probably) ;)

Saturday, 1. June 07 ::Raven Alert! (2)::

Actually I did not plan writing about that stupid raven once again. But now that crazy animal seems to be getting more aggressive. My brother was attacked by him 3 times which upset him quite a bit. He decided to take revenge. So my little bother and I decided to join him again, equipped with a softair and some sticks. (Ok, that might sound a bit childish but we had fun, anyways). The raven seemed to be following my big bro wherever he went, even up to our house. So after shooting and hitting him 2 times with softair bullets (we knew that he would not suffer a great deal, he did not even move a bit, just crowed some times) , my brother decided to go home, because the raven did not approach again. When he left, the raven followed him suddenly as well.
We used the occasion to take some pictures in the cornfield. My big bro came back again (we were still in the field), telling us that the raven had attacked him again (all in all 5 times!). Once he nearly managed to hit him, but the raven could escape. Well, I am looking forward to what might happen next time. My mom thought about calling a forest ranger, but secretly I am looking forward to some more funny stories with him...
Well, one positive aspect of the story: we took some funny pictures which I will be posting soon. (as soon as I get that intimidating masters thesis behind my back)
The best news of the day: my dad got a new camera Canon EOS 400D !!!, with 2 lenses!!!!!

Saturday, 14. April 2007 ::crazy blackbird?::

no, this blackbird was not crazy, just very playful and happy

enjoying her life :-)
she found a thread and played with it for a while...
she tired different things with it...

it seemed like she wanted to take it home with her

until she agreed that the tread should remain where it was.
so she performed a backflip and flew away.
I've never seen such a spin and I think it looks really funny
:-)

I took these pics through a window,thats why they are a bit weird.