Bavarian Forest May 2016 (Hayo's Images)

[Hayo Baan]

The Bavarian forest is always a great place to be, so too this May (even with the weather not as good as it usually is). I had hoped to see some young Wild Cat kittens (mother was definitely pregnant when we saw her in February) and perhaps some young Owls too. What I didn't anticipate was to see the bears with cubs again, that was a pleasant surprise! Pity they didn't show themselves at photogenic locations. The result is that I decided to go to the Bavarian Forest for the third time this year; we will be there from 17 till 25 June. Hopefully this time the bear cubs are playing nice

Below are some of the images I took during our May stay.

Eurasian Wolf with its catch
Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus)

600mm, f/4, 1/250″, ISO 720

Eurasian Wolves drinking
Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus)

400mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 250

Eurasian Lynx slinking through the undergrowth
Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 560

Eurasian Lynx
Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 720

Little Brown Bear trying to get fresh leafs
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/640″, ISO 900

Young Ural Owl
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 2200

Black Stork
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

200mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 3600

Eurasian Otter
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 2200

European Wildcat kitten
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)

400mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 12800

Two European Wildcat kittens
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)

600mm, f/7.1, 1/500″, ISO 4000

European Wildcat kitten
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 6400

Wild Boar
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 1100