The ones we have here would never let you get this close!
I always take a walk around the area my office is in during my lunch break. There is a cemetery not far away that borders a forest and I always go there to watch birds. Today, however, I barely managed to see any birds and was about to head back to the office. Suddenly I heard a call that was unfamiliar to me so I used Merlin's Bird ID to help me — and it turns out to have been a Crested Tit (Haubenmeise)!
After some waiting around at a tree, I finally managed to see it briefly! Such adorable birds and also a new lifer for me! Not the best of photos but I am really happy to have finally seen one!
European Goldfinch on a tree next to the parking lot of my office (North-Western Germany, July 2023)
I am not sure if you should bother with the Sigma. I had a lot of trouble with my Tamron 150-600 mm lens and I've heard of people who've had similar problems with Sigma. Issues with focussing and sharpness especially. And it's also really heavy. I've been able to get better pictures with the 100-400 than I was with the 150-600 mm Tamron which I've ultimately sold again.
I would recommend you try it out before you buy it. Maybe mine was just a bad model. But as I said, others have reported the same thing with Tamron and Sigma on Canon R cameras.
European Goldfinch on a tree next to the parking lot of my office (North-Western Germany, July 2023)
Thank you! It was taken with a Canon EOS R10 and an RF 100-400 mm lens.
A Eurasian Wren being true to his German name "Fence King" (Zaunkönig) and sitting on a wooden fence post while singing his signature and very loud song.
I love these guys, definitely one of my favourite corvids around here! Their calls are adorable and their eyes are really cool-looking too!
As I understand it, the discount applies to a new Brompton, not the DB one you’d been riding.
Someone knows his castles! It is indeed the Sparrenburg :-)
It seems like our birding community here has reached 1 thousand subscribers! I am very glad that there's this many birding enthusiasts here on Lemmy already :-)
I just want to take this time to welcome everyone to this community (do you still say "sub" even here on Lemmy?) and hope you enjoy your time here :-) Been seeing a lot of interesting bird posts here lately already.
Now, this is the first time I've ever moderated a community like this so I've no idea if there's anything that's missing. If you have any suggestions, feel free to tell me!
Thank you! I really like them as well :-) Especially the Jackdaws!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/898585
I haven't had my own bicycle in quite a while even though I used to ride one every day until I moved to the city. So when I saw that DB (Deutsche Bahn, one of Germany's train operators) offers a subscription in partnership with Brompton, I decided to try it out!
It's an annual subscription costing €41 a month that also includes insurance and an optional check-up after half a year. At the end of the subscription, you can choose to buy your own and get 50% of the total amount you paid for the subscription as a discount for your own Brompton (so around €250).
I've been meaning to get a foldable bicycle for quite a while now since my workplace is a bit further away and getting there requires me to take the train. Regular bicycles cannot be taken on to the train for free (or at all if there's no more space available).
I've tried it for a couple of days now and am really impressed! When folded, it's really tiny and you can take it with you basically anywhere you go (which also makes it being stolen much less likely). The ride is much smoother than I had expected and so is the handling. Despite having such small wheels, riding it is absolutely no problem for me and I can easily reach average speeds of 20 km/h.
It's definitely been a good decision and I am almost definitely going to buy my own Brompton using the provided discount in a year.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/898585
I haven't had my own bicycle in quite a while even though I used to ride one every day until I moved to the city. So when I saw that DB (Deutsche Bahn, one of Germany's train operators) offers a subscription in partnership with Brompton, I decided to try it out!
It's an annual subscription costing €41 a month that also includes insurance and an optional check-up after half a year. At the end of the subscription, you can choose to buy your own and get 50% of the total amount you paid for the subscription as a discount for your own Brompton (so around €250).
I've been meaning to get a foldable bicycle for quite a while now since my workplace is a bit further away and getting there requires me to take the train. Regular bicycles cannot be taken on to the train for free (or at all if there's no more space available).
I've tried it for a couple of days now and am really impressed! When folded, it's really tiny and you can take it with you basically anywhere you go (which also makes it being stolen much less likely). The ride is much smoother than I had expected and so is the handling. Despite having such small wheels, riding it is absolutely no problem for me and I can easily reach average speeds of 20 km/h.
It's definitely been a good decision and I am almost definitely going to buy my own Brompton using the provided discount in a year.
I haven't had my own bicycle in quite a while even though I used to ride one every day until I moved to the city. So when I saw that DB (Deutsche Bahn, one of Germany's train operators) offers a subscription in partnership with Brompton, I decided to try it out!
It's an annual subscription costing €41 a month that also includes insurance and an optional check-up after half a year. At the end of the subscription, you can choose to buy your own and get 50% of the total amount you paid for the subscription as a discount for your own Brompton (so around €250).
I've been meaning to get a foldable bicycle for quite a while now since my workplace is a bit further away and getting there requires me to take the train. Regular bicycles cannot be taken on to the train for free (or at all if there's no more space available).
I've tried it for a couple of days now and am really impressed! When folded, it's really tiny and you can take it with you basically anywhere you go (which also makes it being stolen much less likely). The ride is much smoother than I had expected and so is the handling. Despite having such small wheels, riding it is absolutely no problem for me and I can easily reach average speeds of 20 km/h.
It's definitely been a good decision and I am almost definitely going to buy my own Brompton using the provided discount in a year.
A corvid I don't see all too frequently around here, the Rook! Though when I do see them, they tend to be foraging with their buddies, the Jackdaws.
They look like slightly bigger crows with a more nasal-y call and a completely different beak. Though their young look almost exactly like Carrion Crows.
Yep, NRW here too. Rieselfelder Windel in Bielefeld.
Ein Hübscher! Scheint ein Männchen zu sein.
There is indeed! I hope you enjoy your time here! :-)
Thank you! :-) It was a very lucky shot, they're so fast, it's like they have ADHD and can't stay still! It sat there for maybe a second at most before it flew off again.
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Sorta kinda. I usually pop in to check on reports every now and then but I haven't really seen all that many yet.