Dunlin (Calidris Alpina)
Dunlins are typical little waders in Europe
You can meet them nearly in all humid places, in flooded areas, lagoons or the Wadden Sea:
His food consists of worms, insects or mollusks, which he pokes up on the dry beaches or in the water:
In the saline of Bonanza dunlins are also quite common and sometimes it happens, that …
… they, shocked by the appearance of a raptor, all fly up:
In doing so their wonderful soft warbling voices ring out!
24.9.2011 - Salines at Bonanza:
24.9.2011 - Salines at Bonanza:
24.9.2011 - Salines at Bonanza:
24.9.2011 - Salines at Bonanza:
24.9.2011 - Salines at Bonanza:
6.9.2012 - Salines at Bonanza - dunlin - youngster:
6.9.2012 - Salines at Bonanza - dunlin youngster together with a sanderling:
Birgit Kremer