Mülheim’s Petrikirche seen from below the Kirchenhügel, the church hill.
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More Blackbird baby feeding :-).

This may come a bit out of the blue – I’ve got a new camera! I’ve been using the Powershot SX1 since November 2014 and I’ve been really happy with it, but in the last couple of weeks it has developed some problems with the lens motor, producing occasional errors which could get more serious over time. So I decided to upgrade and found a perfect replacement on eBay: a practically new Powershot SX30 with lots of accessories for slightly less than €100. Although the SX1 still works, I wanted to upgrade anyway and while I’m still getting acquainted with the SX30a, it really feels like a substantial upgrade over its already great predecessor. While it’s not the newest model and already a couple of years old, it’s still a very powerful camera and as long as it works, I expect to use it over the next couple of years. 

Looking up – or actually South – Mülheim’s Friedrichstrasse, you can see the famous Hotel Handelshof in the distance. Looming in the background is the bigger one of the city’s hospitals.
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I had the opportunity to watch a feeding and although it was too dark in the corner where the nest is, this shot looks too good to throw away. The hatchlings look almost ready to leave the nest!

Across Mülheim’s Berliner Platz is this easily recognizable house with the funky 1950s roof – I’ve shown this often before, but here’s another shot of it from this May.
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