Katha Traenkle

@kathat

Based in Switzerland, Swift rehabber (SOS Mauersegler, Pflegestation für Alpen- und Mauersegler in 8117 Fällanden), birder, nature lover, supporting Ukraine, against Techbroes, supporting independent media, like Republik/WOZ

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Katha Traenkle@kathat· 10d

From my work as a swift rehabber: an #alpineswift , juvenile but nearly ready to leave

a box with a green kind of chenille rug and a plushy in the corner. On top of the plushy you can see a alpine swift, a juvenile bird with long wings, brown feathers. Heorshe is looking to the left.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· 13d

Das ist doch wirklich eine super wichtige Frage - Medien mal ganz tiefschürfend

screenshot. Ziviler Nationalfeiertag
Der 1. August kommt ganz ohne Militärparade oder Flugshow aus - warum eigentlich?

Katha Traenkle@kathat· 18d

My daily work, many hours - they are so cute 😍

Three swiftlets sitting one behind the other in a box, all looking to the left

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jul 14

These really beautiful birds were in care for some time and we could release them yesterday evening. Magic moments 😍 in an otherwise crazy world (could we humans please be more humble towards nature!)

View from above in a carton box with 4,5 ;-) swifts, in pieces of toilet paper, one on the bottom left is nearly hidden, you can only see the long wings

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jul 14

A young Alpine swift in care, due to the heat wave in June, in CH

a brown bird with a huge white throat patch is sitting on a green pillow and looking toward the camera.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jun 14

The adult alpine swift is power napping while the youngsters are shitting a lot 😅 Screenshot from the webcam on youtube: Alpensegler Sumiswald Kamera 1 #swift #alpineswift #birds

in the foreground an adult alpine swift sleeping on the planks in the roof, behind you can see a nest with 3 juvenile birds and a lot of shit around the nest

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jun 13

#Caturday "So early? No way"

a grey tiger cat is lying very decorative on a grey duvet, looking toward the camera and showing his white belly part

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jun 10

Happy #world #swift #day! World #swiftday

a alpine swift leaving his nest box, head downwards, showing its white belly and white throat

Katha Traenkle@kathat· May 25

A weekend with a lot of news from horrible leaders in different countries, so its time for some cat content #Caturday and yes, its really hot here

Front view of cat, ok my cat, lying on the balcony railing. You see his fluffy white front paws, and his whit breast, the rest is grey tiger pattern. greenish eyes, looking a bit to the right, and a very dark red nose. in the background green leafs

Katha Traenkle@kathat· May 8

Aber hallo! Und nicht einfach aus jeder Pfütze, sondern gern auch fliessendes Wasser

Eine sehr gesund aussehende Strassentaube sitzt auf einem geschmiedeten Brunnenrohr und trinkt aus dem Wasserstrahl

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Mar 8

Wusstest du das? Hab ich auf Insta gefunden, vom Account Artensterben.de nicht, dass ich wirklich überrascht wäre....

Bild zeigt einen bunten Vogel, ausgestopft TiteI: Mehr Männchen als Weibchen in Museumssammlungen

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Mar 7

Time for #caturday.

A cat is sitting in a felted open cat cave - Looking a bit upwards direct to the camera. The cat is grey striped with white breast part and a very dark pink nose. In the background some desorganized parts of my workspace

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Mar 7

Breeding saison has started - first egg from the Peregrine falcon pair, Josefstrasse Zürich

an brownish egg laying in the nestbox, between grit, feathers and bones

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Feb 24

Greetings from my town. Powerfull voices.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 23

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Walking #birds #birdphotography What about a Sanderling on the beach? (my newest favorite bird ;-) )

Horizontal format picture with a lot of grey, white, brown tones The darkest parts are the birds beak, eye and the legs. A sanderling is walking on grey sand to the right, view sideangle. behind the bird you see the foam on top of the waves. the bird is walking left leg lifted.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 20

It's time for #BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #FeedingTime, any bird eating, and the Alt theme is #Gulls. Here you have both in one, a Herring Gull is dropping a seashell to crack it.

very grey in grey, you see a flying gull, wings wide spread, toward the lens. 10 centimeters or so further down there is a seeshell with some alges like a little parachute.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 10

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MoodyFaces I think I found something Northern Angry bird aka Gannet

Vertical format picture with close up of a Gannet. Only head, neck and a bit breast part. The beak is wide open, pointing to the bottom left, throat looking very dark. Dark eyeliner looks very angry. Background of the picture is mostly dark petrol grey.

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 8

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak. One of the Tawny Owls in "my" local forest, the grey variation

The bird is sitting on a short pine tree branch, good camouflage against the tree's bark. on the right side there are some very small dry branches, also similar to the owl's breast part pattern

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 7

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FoodFinds - 'any bird with food in it’s mouth'. Yes, a big piece of food! Blue Tit

A blue tit on a wooden tronc with a third of a hazelnut piece in his beak. the nut looks huge compared to the bird's head

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 5

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots birds with speckled or spotted plumage. So many great pictures under this theme! 😍 Here a Golden Plover

A golden plover standing at the beach, there is some unsharp part of sand, than reddish seaweed, in between these plants stands the bird, looking to the left side. the ocean unsharp in the background is in different blue tones

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 4

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #snowy bird captures or #goldenhour bird captures. Feral Pigeons

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 3

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion - birds captured in movement And yes, the world needs more birds Tufted Duck

A male Tufted duck running from right to left, to take off from the water

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 2

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight This is a sunny and hungry Eurasian Nuthatch

A nuthatch just taking of with some sunflower seeds in the beak from a tronc in the forest

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Jan 1

Happy New Year, to everyone and to @alan678.bsky.social and thank you for the new the #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #b&w Rook (in trousers)

A rook is walking towards the camera showing the white beak and nice feather trousers. In the grass you can see lots of daisies

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 30

@alan678.bsky.social has set the #BirdOfTheDay theme today and it is #branchingout, birds on branches. Difficult to spot and mostly not the greatest pictures bc of branches and back light: Fluffy aka juvenile Tawny Owl

3 fluffy owls in a pine tree, the left one is sitting straigt and looking toward the camera. The middle bird is nearly hidden in a branch curtain. Third bird right is sitting on a branch and looking under the branch upside down toward the camera

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 29

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #BirdButts This is a rather rare bird butt here in 🇨🇭 Spotted Crake

A brown bird perfectly blending with the brown terrain. Only the undertail part very yellowish is hinting that there is a bird

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 15

From @robcrank68.bsky.social: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink). #birds Some years ago in Helgoland: A very thirsty female Parrot Crossbill

A bulky greenish bird is standing beside little trickle, the whole beak is deep in the water, only the eye outside. Bird is viewed from the side, looking to the left. the sandy ground is beige with a slight orange touch

Here the same situation and bird like on the left, but head is outside of the water. Now you can see the huge bill, fully smeared with something very red, probably from rose hip

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 14

Today I am in need of some color, so here a #festiveRobin #holidayRobin #birdoftheday #birds

A picture in vertical format, showing a Robin, frontside, showing its huge orange breast, black eyes looking directly to the photographer. the bird is standing on a fallen tree bark, background more or less the same color than the bark

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 12

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #splashes ,any bird with splashing water in frame Female C. Eider

Female eider is a very brown duck with a slightly greenish beak she is fully splashing in bluegrey water, seen from the side

Katha Traenkle@kathat· Dec 6

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement any bird showing movement of any description. Blue Tit