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Yes, they are very beautiful, but very noisy, in my neighborhood they live in huge nests in the palm trees and the noise is enormous. I personally love that they are here, although the authorities think it is dangerous for the local fauna, I love them.

They are indeed very beautyful, - but as an invasive species, they can't be very popular, I suppose.
They look very happy to have moved to Spain, don't they ?

Thankyou for a wonderful picture

Parakeets are often terribly noisy. The exception is the Splendid grass parkeet, wich is a wonderful, beautyful bird for a large aviary...they are also among the few that can be kept with smaller birds without terrorising them or stealing their nests

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] They are very popular among many people, the birds bring a lot of exoticism in our cities, imagines Seville with several species of parrots, very exotic, and very nice.

Rose-ringed parakeets are also invasive birds here. We see them in Lisbon almost everywhere. Well, we live relaively close but I don't recall seeing these you're showing around. I will check better if they are abundant here too.

I know the rose-ringed parkeet. They even turn up in Denmark now and then , and are considered a very unwanted invasive species, as they take the nesting places from other birds
But they are beautyful, just like the monk parakeets, and parakeets are always fun to watch

There is a pair of Little Grebe in the lake, They make a lot of noice, - but they are very shy.

But I wanted a picture of them, and one day when they were only app 30 meters away, I sneaked out on the terrase, pressed the button on the camera , and plop !

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Divers!

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Divers!

last year they had some tiny, fluffy little chicks, - it was impossible to count how many

Great :)

This morning the wild geese again showed a litter of goslings    

Last year they had 9 goslings, and 7 survived till they could fly away.
This year there are 4 or 5, and I hope that is a mores suitable number, so they all survive

This first day, they are incredibly alert. As soon as I look out of the window, they hide the babies and lead them out in the weeds.
Of course I don't want to disturb them, but I succeeded to get this picture  through the window, - can you see them ?
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We have to start a petition to turn this lake officially in Susanne's Lake National Park! What happened with the prehistoric monster? ... are these goslings out of danger?

Completely crazy : A little over a week ago there were FOUR pairs of wild geese with goslings  
So now there were 8 adult geese watching out, and I could only take a picture at a very long distance .... all in all there are 21 geese !!!!!!
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This afternoon I succeeded to sneak up to the window, while the oldest couple and their 6 children were resting just outside the garden
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As you can see, one of them spotted me, - and seconds later they were away, out hiding in the weeds in the lake
Isn't it incredible how the youngsters have grown ?

I see you can share also any in the new SUY :)

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I see you can share also any in the new SUY :)

Ohhh! Yes !

At long last I got a picture of all 21 geese  
Ta-daaaa : 8 adults and 13 goslings  
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Gosh, - what if they all come back with mates next year

Nice to know about the demographic evolution of the Djurslands!
That's a epic picture! I know you're very happy of spotting them all in a single pic. They love to be next to you.

What a nice flock! I have never seen wild geese in Germany, only in America - my friend hated them, because they wrecked the lawn :-)
I've got something rather small to show - a bumblebee on a dandelion. There are lots of bumblebees around enjoying the flowers

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Amazing shot you got there

Bumble bees are wonderful creatures !! And dandelions are beautyful

[quote="sortepletter"]What a nice flock! I have never seen wild geese in Germany, only in America - my friend hated them, because they wrecked the lawn :-)/quote]

Some pople are never happy, - somebody comes and moves the lawn for free, and then she/he hates them
I wished these would come and move my lawn, but they are much, much too shy to get thet close to the house

Actually I have never seen wild geese before either.
Untill just a couple of years ago they were extremely rare in Denmark.

Oh, the young ones have grown a lot! Nice to see that several adult geese are watching the young

Bumble bees <3

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Here we go again! Bugs seem to LOVE my screen door. Last time, it was a moth. Now, it is a Hemiptera. Leptoglossus occidentalis, this one is. In french Canada, we simply call it "punaise des pins". In English, you call it "western conifer seed bug". I have read those bugs, in fall season, try to enter houses to spend the winter in.

It is surely interesting to see insects in this topic. They are animals as any other and, obviously, some of them could represent important sightings. I didn't know that particular creature, so I learned something and apparently, it was never made in toy shape or I can't find any reindition of it.

Geckos at home is not a spectacular news to anyone, I guess. The silly part is that it is not a secret to anyone my poor sight and I grabbed it and commented: - "What does one of my XX lizards in my bathtub?"   It started kicking and I got surprised. Oh, it was a wonderful Moorish wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica! Despite its regenerated tail, it is a wonderful specimen and I measured it from nose to tip of tail around 14 cm. Before taking it back, carefully to a big wall in front of the building I live, I could take a few pictures.

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I would love to have geckos around or in my house

Ohhh, Roger ! What a wonderful critter
Lovely photos ! Look at those eyes ! And those funny, little feet    

And he even has grown a new tail, clever fellow

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Geckos at home is not a spectacular news to anyone, I guess. .....

I think I would get a heart attack, if I found a gecko in my bath tub
- or anywhere for that matter, as I have never in my life seen a live gecko !!!!