Keeping the eggs warm - One of 51 occupied nests this year, a few weeks later than usual due to the late spring. Here high in the trees of the March river marsh areas near Marchegg, Austria.

The Ferry between Angern, Austria and Záhorská Ves, Slovakia. Now that both countries are in the EU (and in the Shengen passport area), travel between these two border towns can resume. The border is in the middle of the river (March/Morava). The abandoned factory was in the 'forbidden area' between the barbed wire and the river.

Great Egret with dinner Seems to be a juvenile? It struggled for ten minutes to get the fish oriented properly, then finally stepped on it and tore off the head and flew off with the body. Seen at Illmitz, Burgenland, Austria