The Eurasian spoonbill also known as the common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family and is only here in Austria during summer time. During winter the spoonbills live in Africa. I only know one spot where they can be found here in Austria and this is Lake Neusiedler in Eeastern Austria at the border to Hungary. Eurasian spoonbills like extensive shallow, wetlands with muddy, clay or fine sandy beds, like the ones that can be found at Lake Neusiedler. But they may inhabit any other type of marsh, river, lake, flooded area and mangrove swamp, whether fresh, brackish or saline. But especially those with islands for nesting or dense emergent vegetation.
On this day in summer we got up very early and I was lucky to shoot several pictures in the light of the rising sun. Due to the fact that the small spoonbill was begging for food all the time there was a lot of action going on since the young spoonbill was constantly begging the others to feed him, and in the end it succeeded with it's begging.
European Spoonbills in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
I was pretty happy with the results because with the beautiful light in the morning and the birds more or less nearby and and constantly in different poses because of the small begging "child" I really could get several nice shots of the scenes that happened there. I have pictures of spoonbills flying, landing, hunting for prey, feeding and fighting each other so I can be pretty satisfied with the results.
This year I try to take some more pictures of these beautiful white birds here in Austria and I hope to see them here again in Spring/Summer this year.
Spoonbill landing on the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
Nice pose. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
Young Spoonbill begging for food. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
Young spoonbill fed by one of its parents. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
Three spoonbills at the lake. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
"Fighting Spoonbills. Picture: Florian Glechner."
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |
Family of Spoonbills in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/1000 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 06:21 am |
| ISO | 100 |