The Netherlands summer 2017: Geese

It became cold. That is not a bad thing for birding in winter. But my body isn't used to these temperatures yet. I feel more comfortable at home, tidying up old files, like these summer photos.

In Isahaya birders stopped for just one bird, in the Netherlands they run away. Geese are everywhere and there are way too many! There are about 9 kinds, here are just the 3 most common:

 Barnacle Goose (Brandgans)

In city parks Egyptian Goose (Nijlgans)

 Greylag Goose (Grauwe Gans)

Not to forget the domestic ones and the hybrids!

Of course there are swans as well. Most common: Mute Swan (Knobbelzwaan)

in the canals

in the cities

in the nature reserves, too

With a young Spoonbill on the left

Holland 2016 - 9 around Wageningen again

Cannot leave without seeing at least one Robin ( Erithacus rubecula, Roodborst) I wish I could spend more time with them.

An evening visit to the Blauwe Kamer. There is a restaurant that serves decent food and it's possible to eat outside on a wooden terrace overlooking a part of the wetlands bordering the river Rijn. Summer evenings are long and the sun didn't set till 9 pm. There is always something to see.

Holland has at least 3 different kinds of deer. This kind seems to be the Fallow deer, but I'm not sure. 

Pheasant, (Phasianus colchicus, Fazant)

Returning for a morning walk on another day I saw these 3 young ones 

On the riverbank of the Rijn: Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus, Nijlgans)

 Chicory