{"id":119626,"date":"2022-12-15T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raresbesliu.com\/nine-days-in-rapeseed-and-a-new-passion\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:43:22","slug":"nine-days-in-rapeseed-and-a-new-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raresbesliu.com\/en\/nine-days-in-rapeseed-and-a-new-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine days in rapeseed and a new passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-nhtu&#8221; back_image=&#8221;118203&#8243; back_image_auto=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;20&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; enable_bottom_divider=&#8221;default&#8221; bottom_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=&#8221;true&#8221; shape_bottom_height_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shape_bottom_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; shape_bottom_opacity=&#8221;30&#8243; shape_bottom_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;493315&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; overlay_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; shape_bottom_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; font_family=&#8221;font-136269&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;196706&#8243;][uncode_info_box items=&#8221;Reading_time&#8221; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; separator=&#8221;bullet&#8221;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-136269&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-445851&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;594447&#8243;]Automatic Heading Text[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;4&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;377510&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;478875&#8243;][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;165528&#8243;]Until quite recently, I thought rapeseed could be used only in two possible ways: as an ingredient for oil production and, even more frequently, as a photo studio for those who adore being photographed surrounded by it, on the fields. It had never occurred to me that, at the same time, rapeseed can be the nest of countless species of birds, a true paradise of biodiversity.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200566&#8243;]I discovered this secret by chance. I was looking for deer and \u2013 since no deer wanted to be seen \u2013 I just thought I\u2019d stick around for a little while, in my car \u2013 my observation tower \u2013 to take a closer look to the surroundings. Only that the \u201clittle while\u201d turned into three full hours, during which I let myself captivated by all the fuss around me and the wings performing an amazing show in the light. It was only when the last ray of sunshine left the yellow field, that I was able to leave, as well. Of course, I didn\u2019t get back home empty handed, but accompanied by two yellow wagtails and a corn bunting, on a card full of \u201ccatch\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;113176&#8243;]I came back the following day. Then the day after. And I didn\u2019t stop until my new passion, rapeseed <em>birdwatching<\/em> was nine days old and counted as many species observed. Let\u2019s say that the world has seen sparrows, barn swallows, starlings or magpies before. However, the larks, shrikes, wagtails, pheasants or buntings make your heart grow fonder, because you don\u2019t see them as often. But don\u2019t think you can find them all together; rapeseed is not a hotel! They fraternally split their territories, and settled by species and families, at the base of the flowers, where they lie hidden from the quick eyes of predators; and photographers, of course.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160775&#8243;]And now, let\u2019s turn our attention to our most quiet models:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161992&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;260994&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;121352&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;369632&#8243;]Presura sur\u0103 | Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;189045&#8243;]A bird about which you could say has nothing special, that is neither colourful, nor famous for her thrills, as the lark is, to which she resembles a little. But the eyes \u2013 oh, her eyes make her unique \u2013 so big, black and as if they are decorated with small beads. They\u2019re absolutely fascinating and you\u2019re almost afraid to look straight at them. That\u2019s actually her whole attitude. Confident, she looks ahead with great courage. She seats upright on the rapeseed, careful not to disturb the little yellow flowers, even when she has a heavy beak from her little haystack \u2013 the future bed of her little chicks.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row=&#8221;&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;376760&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image media=&#8221;118207&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_title_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;143221&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161992&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;260994&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;121352&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;182808&#8243;]Codobatura galben\u0103 | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;124479&#8243;]Even if she was wagging her tail like a crazy thing, she posed so nicely for my photo. She turned around, showed me the tail base, the tertials \u2013 and how she is able to fly out of my face (that was most often, unfortunately). Instead, she gave me a headache when I had to identify her. As I hadn\u2019t reached the performance to know them by their thrills, yet. Even the figure was not identical and showed all kind of variations, which made me think it could be a capped bunting, or maybe a wagtail&#8230; Oh, that\u2019s her, I concluded, after long ornithological studies.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row=&#8221;&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;376760&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image media=&#8221;118214&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_title_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;239871&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;118232&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_title_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;966507&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161992&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;260994&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;121352&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;154755&#8243;]Graurii | Starling | Sturnus vulgaris[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;101292&#8243;]Cursed by farmers and loved by photographers. I\u2019d say that\u2019s the most appropriate description for starlings. They eat everything they can get, do huge damage, and then fly off in flocks, so no one is able to catch them. And we run after them, in the sun, when the black of their feathers acquire metallic reflections and they become only perfect to be captured in a picture. Ready \u2013 steady \u2013 go, cherry season is coming!<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row=&#8221;&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;376760&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image media=&#8221;118225&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_title_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;645854&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161992&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;260994&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;121352&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;744554&#8243;]Sfr\u00e2nciocul ro\u0219iatic | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio<br \/>\n[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;115334&#8243;]He was almost going to screw up my math and make me think I saw ten species instead of nine. That\u2019s because the female and the male don\u2019t resemble each other at all, or \u2013 as they say in specialist terms \u2013 \u201cthey present pronounced sexual dimorphism\u201d. The \u201cboy\u201d is however easier to recognize, a Zorro with a black eye mask and salmon pink on his chest \u2013 the fatal combination! 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But how many of us know that in Romania there are three species of sparrows \u2013 house sparrow, field sparrow and willow sparrow? The ones on the branch \u2013 three, Lord, and all three of them! (as George Cosbuc, the poet, would have exclaimed again, if he saw them) \u2013 are field sparrows, each with their own business. They are easily distinguished by the black spot on the cheeks, that the males ware.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, I descend form my observation tower and head towards the Delta \u2013 another piece of paradise, full of life and untold stories from the world of the unspoken. 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