On the calm side

This dipper realized that standing beside the main stream would result in just as much food but with less effort

By the stream

This is one of four white-throated dippers in a small canyon, preparing to stay the winter

Daddy delivers dinner

The barn swallows had built their nest inside one of the hides at lake Tåkern. As one of the adults came to deliver some fresh food to its young ones it had to first make sure that I was not a threat to them. So this time it was the bird that watched the birdwatcher.

Evening swimmer

With the setting sun illuminating the background this white-throated dipper swims across a small patch of water that has not yet frozen

White-throated dipper

The dipper takes a short break standing on the edge of the ice

Looking out over my winter premises

This is one of several (three or four) white-throated dippers wintering at Ulva kvarn. While the other dippers had to share the lower stream with occasional visits to to the upper area, this dipper stayed put closer to the falls.

Waxwing

This bohemian waxwing posed willingly before starting to eat. Unfortunately he was not in interested in showing his table manners which could sometimes be quite impressive with berries thrown into the air and caught with the bill.

The golden dipper

The midwinter sun barely reaches down to the stream that is the winter home of this white-throated dipper. It does however cast a golden hue to the banks

Waiting

The barn swallows that built their nest in the bird tower in Södra Lunden, Ottenby, are quite used to people. For once the hardest thing is not to get close but to find an angle where the fence of the tower doesn't show up in the image. This photo is taken through the fence, that is what gives the blur in the lower part of the image.

Waiting

The barn swallows that built their nest in the bird tower in Södra Lunden, Ottenby, are quite used to people. For once the hardest thing is not to get close but to find an angle where the fence of the tower doesn't show up in the image. This photo is taken through the fence, that is what gives the blur in the lower part of the image.

Waiting

The barn swallows that built their nest in the bird tower in Södra Lunden, Ottenby, are quite used to people. For once the hardest thing is not to get close but to find an angle where the fence of the tower doesn't show up in the image. This photo is taken through the fence, that is what gives the blur in the lower part of the image.

A barn swallow at close range

The barn swollows built their nest in the bird tower in Södra Lunden, Ottenby, and were quite used to having people close. The close focusing distance for the lens of six and a half meters forced me to lean back over the railing to be able to focus on this swollow.

Barn swallow

A barn swallow outside the birding tower in Södra Lunden, Ottenby

A cold dish

A white-throated dipper after a successful winter bath

Dipper

A white-throated dipper on a really cold january day.

Getting the food out

The white-throated dipper is an expert in literally shaking out its food. Food in the form of larva that is often found inside straws and the like that is picked up from the bottom of a stream.

Winter swimming

White-throated dipper swimming in a part of the stream that had yet not frozen.

On the edge

A white-throated dipper where it preferes to be, on the edge of the ice next to the open water whre it can easily dive into the stream to look for food.

White-throated dipper on the edge of the ice.

With some patience it was no problem waiting for the white-throated dippers feeding in the open water below Ulva kvarn to get really close.

White-throated dipper in snow fall

With plenty of food to be found in the remaining open water the white-throated dippers wintering at Ulva kvarn got by alright despite the cold weather and falling snow.

White-throated dipper with catch of the day

It seemed to be no problem for the white-throated dippers at Ulva kvarn to find food in the cold weather.

White-throated dipper in a wintery setting

White-throated dipper on the edge of the ice

On a cold winter's day there is just a narrow strip of the creek that is not frozen. The dipper stands on an ice edge close to the open water, scouting the surroundings before venturing out.

White-throated dipper preparing to dive

Portrait of a white-throated dipper standing on the ice edge on a cold January day.