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Marvin Johanning
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My name is Marvin, a hobbyist bird photographer from Bielefeld, Germany. My day job is being a sysadmin for a small ISP.
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Finally managed to take a somewhat decent photo again during my lunch walk today. European Goldfinch!

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A photo of a European Goldfinch perched on a branch. The bird was photographed from the side.
January 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I am very happy to see they thought my photo was good enough to adorn a nearby municipality's annual ornithological report! :swallow_pog:

The report can be found online (in German though): https://www.bshf.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ornithologischer-Jahresbericht_Kreis-Herford_2023.pdf
A screenshot of the ornithological report showing the special thanks section. There are a bunch of names there including mine. A screenshot of page 41 of the ornithological report showing the page with information on red-backed shrikes. My photo of a shrike was used.
December 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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And another one of the grebe, this time with lunch in its beak.

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A photograph of a Great Crested Grebe in its winter plumage swimming on the surface of a body of water. It is carrying a small fish horizontally in its beak. The bird was photographed from the side.
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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Just a coot.

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A close-up photograph of a Eurasian Coot swimming on the water surface. The bird was photographed from above and its head is pointing slightly to the left side of the frame so that one of its eyes is visible.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Great Crested Grebe I saw today.

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A photograph of a Great Crested Grebe in its winter plumage swimming on the surface of a body of water
November 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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A photo of an adult Little Grebe carrying ... something in its beak. I find them quite pretty in their breeding plumage, despite the rather muted colour palette.

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A photo of an adult Little Grebe swimming in the water photographed in profile. It has something in its beak. The bird is wearing its breeding plumage. Its neck is brown whereas the rest of its body is mostly black / grey with a little bit of white on its very fluffy but barely visible tail. Its beak is pointy and the underside has a white spot.
April 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Surprise merganser visit! I was taking a walk because I’ve been having a headache and spotted this male Common Merganser at the artificial lake near my apartment.

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A photo of a male Common Merganser in a body of water. It was photographed in profile and is in the process of flapping its wings.
April 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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I always find birds standing on one leg quite amusing!

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A frontal photograph of a European robin standing in a hedge on one leg.
April 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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Portrait of a European Robin.

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A closeup photo of a European Robins head. A lot of feather detail can be seen. The photo is a profile shot.
March 28, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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Part of the Ravensberger Spinnerei in Bielefeld. A former (linen) spinning factory, it is now being used as, amongst other things, a Volkshochschule, a museum and a small cinema.

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A photo of an old brick building in black and white shot against a mostly cloudy sky. The part of the building shown here is an old and quite large chimney.
March 27, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Lots of nuthatches around lately! Always hear their calls :-)

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A photo of a Eurasian nut hatch holding onto a branch. The bird has an orange belly. It has a black stripe across its face that looks like a bandits mask. The top of its head and the back of the bird are blue-grey. It also has a sharp but small beak.
March 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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A Eurasian Siskin hanging on to a random feeder that was placed in to a tree next to a path in a park near me.

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A male Eurasian Siskin hanging on to a feeder. It was photographed from behind and the bird is looking to the right. It is a yellow bird with a black cap and some more black spots here and there all over its body.
March 26, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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A very acrobatic Song Thrush.

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A photo of a Song Thrush hanging on a very thin branch of a tree. You can see the underside of the bird which is mostly white and brown with irregularly placed black spots all over.
March 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Finally managed to photograph a male Siskin! I usually only get to photograph the females for some reason. Such a cool bird.

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March 21, 2024 at 5:48 AM
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The Altstädter Nicolaikirche in the Old Town of Bielefeld.

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A zoomed in photo of part of a church's spire. The main focus are the clocks that are located on every side of the spire. The sky is filled with scattered clouds and has been desaturated so that there is no blue colour, it's just black and white.
March 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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The closest I’ve ever gotten to a bullfinch — and I don’t have my camera, of course. So here’s a terrible phone picture instead 😅

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A male Eurasian Bullfinch sitting in a tree photographed from below.
March 18, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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Hope to see one of these guys again this year. For now, he’s just helping me drink some Kukicha.

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A photo of a cup of tea. The cup has a Northern Lapwing depicted on it.
March 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Nuthatch being as adorable as ever. It was sitting there cleaning itself and then calling out.

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A Eurasian Nuthatch sitting in a tree. It is a small bird with a pointed beak, grey-blue feathers on its back, orange feathers on its stomach and neck and a mostly white face with a black streak going through it like a stereotypical bandit's mask.
March 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Nicely caught! I saw one today as well but it wasn’t really in the mood for photos. I only got this. Are they very common where you are? I only see or hear them every so often.
March 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Long-Tailed Tit showing off the long tail after which it is named.

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A photo of a Long-Tailed Tit with its tail in the air. The tail is almost as long (or perhaps even longer) than the body of the bird. It is a small bird that looks like a tit (but technically isn't). Its long tail feathers are black and white and so are the rest of its body feathers. It has a yellow ring around its eyes. The feathers look very ruffled.
March 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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A male blackbird posing for a photo 🐦‍⬛

They’ve finally started singing again, I’ve missed their song!

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A photo of a male common blackbird standing on a small mound of dirt on a patch of grass. The bird is almost completely black except for its beak and a ring around its eye which are both orange. It is a thrush-like bird. The bird was photographed from the side.
March 16, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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Long-Tailed Tit collecting some nesting material.

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A Long-Tailed Tit on a branch holding some fluffy and mossy material in its beak for building a nest. It is a tiny bird with a black and brown back, white face with black spots, a very long tail that is almost as big as its body and a tiny beak. It also has a yellow half ring around the upper part of its eye.
March 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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Male Tufted Duck looking as fancy as ever whilst chilling on a pond.

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A Male Tufted Duck on the water, photographed from the side. It’s a mostly black duck with a patch of white on the side, orange eyes, a blue-silvery beak, and a tuft (like a heron‘s) at the back of its head.
March 14, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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A photo of one of the many bullfinches I saw on my walk last weekend. I even managed to hear a female bullfinch sing, didn’t know they sang too!

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A male Eurasian Bullfinch on a tree. The bird is almost completely orange in the picture and his head is black. It is a finch-like bird.
March 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Portrait of a coot.

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A portrait of a Eurasian Coot. Only its head and neck are photographed and the bird is looking to the right. You can see its red eye and white beak. There is some grass on the birds beak. The background is blurred.
March 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM