The Netherlands summer 2017: Buzzard

The day after I saw the owls we left Japan for the Netherlands. Summer is much less hot there, in fact some mornings were right out cold, with temps around 15C or less! Still, birding is also slow there in July and August. I mostly saw juveniles. Adultst stayed in hiding while molting I think. It was time for them to get changed into winter dress.

In my brothers 'backyard' a very blond young Buzzard, (Buizerd)

The Netherlands summer 2017: Finches 1

Had to dig deep in the memory bank to name them. There are so many in the Netherlands!
Start with my favorite: the Goldfinch (Putter)

  

  

The Netherlands summer 2017: Finches 2

Next the harder ones, the juveniles all look alike... :-)

Greenfinch (Groenling)

juvenile

Linnet (Kneu)

 juvenile

Chaffinch (Vink)

female

The Netherlands summer 2017: Coot babies

It's very common to see, often right in the middle of some big city in one of the canals:
a nest of Eurasian Coots with lots of "cootlings"  Like this one in Delft. (Meerkoet in Dutch)

 Mum seemed to be feeding as well as showing them what to do 

like washing edible weed

go get some more

 Another nest, the chicks are older and have lost the red coloring on their heads and bills.
They should be out looking for food themselves...

 Look at it's feet!

The Netherlands summer 2017: Tits

More stuff from Holland. They are all common birds, but I loved seeing them again.

A European Great Tit (Koolmees) in the early morning, contemplating the day...

West-European Long-tailed Tit, (Staartmees) stopped for just a second

Blue Tit, (Pimpelmees) female juvenile

And some more of these balls of fluff that I miss seeing here in Japan