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

Stilts at the edge of one of the seasonal ponds, flooded from spring rains. Near Illmitz, Burgenland [sorry about the focus - have to work on that]

Greylag Goose with hatchlings taking their first walk along the marshy edges of the Zicklacke near Illmitz, Burgenland,