Another trip to La Sauge with Rob Ward
Another enjoyable trip to La Sauge. I should have expected that I didn't see anything new, but I got to hear some (and even seen a few) of my favorites: nightingales, cuckoos, reed warblers, a reed bunting. Merlin reported a Common Greenshank und Sanderling. We didn't get to see the kingfisher at their mating grounds but a beautiful white wagtail took advantage of their absence. German names of things others saw and heard, but I didn't: Fischadler, Purpurreiher, Rohrweihe, Wasserralle, Regenbrachvogel, Raubseeschwalbe, Flussseeschwalben, Feldlerche, Mauersegler, Sandregenpfeifer, Grünschenkel, Flussuferläufer, Flussseeschwalbe, Mehlschwalbe, Drosselrohrsänger, Seidensänger, Schafstelze, Schilfrohrsänger, Beutelmeise, Alpensegler, Gartenrotschwanz, Steinschmätzer, Girlitz, Schwarzmilan, Rohrschwirl.
A total of 23 species is included, 23 of them have been observed.
Black cap warbler / Mönchsgrasmücke (Sylvia atricapilla)
Also known as: Eurasian blackcap, Eurasian blackcap
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Callers: Black cap warbler, European robin
♫ 2025-04-21 09:17:26 Mönchsgrasmücke mit Figaro-Dialekt, im Naturzentrum La Sauge, plus drippy, clicky Rotkehlchen Rufe und mehr.

Grey heron / Graureiher (Ardea cinerea)
Also known as: Gray heron, Fischreiher
I like the mixed group of cattle, gray heron and Eurasian coot. 2025-04-21 09:26:59 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Eurasian coot / Blässhuhn (Fulica atra)
Also known as: Common coot, Taucherli, Blässhühner
Eurasian coot in the rain. 2025-04-21 09:29:12 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Garganey / Knäkente (Anas querquedula)
Alternate classification: Querquedula querquedula, Spatula querquedula, Spatula querquedula
Garganey (I can remember the German name Knäkenten better) coming in for a landing. 2025-04-21 09:44:19 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Garganey on the cruise. 2025-04-21 09:44:41 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Common buzzard / Mäusebussard (Buteo buteo)
Alternate classification: Falco buteo
Also known as: Eurasian buzzard
Mäusebussard am Teich im Naturzentrum. 2025-04-21 09:59:30 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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White wagtail / Bachstelze (Motacilla alba)
White wagtail picking for food there where soon the king-fisher will be mating. 2025-04-21 10:12:53 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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White wagtail. 2025-04-21 10:12:53 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Mute swan / Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)
Also known as: Höckerschwäne
I'm not used to seeing mute swans in flight like this. 2025-04-21 10:48:38 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Common reed bunting / Rohrammer (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Alternate classification: Schoeniclus schoeniclus
Also known as: Reed bunting, Eurasian reed bunting
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♫ 2025-04-21 10:53:28 Reed bunting song hmlll.

Common tern / Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo)
Common tern (so what is uncommon?) and presumably an immature black-headed gull. 2025-04-21 11:08:44 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Alternate classification: Larus ridibundus, Larus ridibundus
Gull as abstract art, I think a black-headed gull. 2025-04-21 11:09:48 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Common tern / Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo)
Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube♫ 2025-04-21 11:10:30 Common tern on the many wooden posts in the water by the left side of the canal.

Mute swan / Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)
Also known as: Höckerschwäne
Mute swan sleeping peacful while other's are mating in the area. 2025-04-21 11:28:21 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Alternate classification: Larus ridibundus, Larus ridibundus
Black-headed gull looks like abstract art from this point of view. 2025-04-21 11:38:38 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Common nightingale / Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)
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♫ 2025-04-21 11:45:14 Common nightingale, at first singing on the other side of the canal, in background a Eurasian reed warbler, plus a bird flying overhead.

Singers: Common nightingale, Black cap warbler
♫ 2025-04-21 11:47:32 I love this common nightingale song, around 25 seconds a black cap warbler and something else in the background.

Common reed bunting / Rohrammer (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Alternate classification: Schoeniclus schoeniclus
Also known as: Reed bunting, Eurasian reed bunting
Reed bunting seen from the hide halfway out the left side of the canal. 2025-04-21 11:53:08 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Black cap warbler / Mönchsgrasmücke (Sylvia atricapilla)
Also known as: Eurasian blackcap, Eurasian blackcap
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♫ 2025-04-21 11:58:34 Chiffchaff, later a black cap warbler and more in the background.

Heard and saw this nightingale, a highlight in my spring birding! 2025-04-21 11:59:27 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Great cormorant / Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Kormoran. 2025-04-21 13:49:43 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Mute swan / Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)
Also known as: Höckerschwäne
The crowd hanging out at the one island by La Sauge - mute swans, a carrion crow, cormorants, yellow-legged gulls, and two Eurasian curlews at the left. 2025-04-21 14:04:37 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)
Alternate classification: Larus argentatus michahellis
Yellow-legged gull is also building a nest. 2025-04-21 14:10:29 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Western marsh harrier / Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus)
Also known as: Marsh harrier, Eurasian marsh-harrier
Rohrweihe - aah, what's the English name? Western marsh harrier. 2025-04-21 14:16:56 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)
Alternate classification: Larus argentatus michahellis
Yellow-legged gull looking for something. 2025-04-21 14:29:45 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
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Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Alternate classification: Larus ridibundus, Larus ridibundus
Black-headed gull in flight. 2025-04-21 16:35:13 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
Red-crested pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina)
Kolbenente - didn't I manage to get one in focus? 2025-04-21 16:35:14 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge
Black kite / Schwarzmilan (Milvus migrans)
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Also known as: Fitislaubsänger
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Great tit / Kohlmeise (Parus major)
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Alternate classification: Parus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus
Also known as: Blue tit
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European greenfinch / Grünfink (Chloris chloris)
Alternate classification: Carduelis chloris, Carduelis chloris
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European goldfinch / Stieglitz (Carduelis carduelis)
Also known as: Distelfink
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