Etikett: fågel
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I’m back from Finland and I was anxious to see if the crane nest stayed afloat through the spring floods. When I got there, the crane was standing by the nest as if to show me the eggs! I really hope the water didn’t reach the eggs so the chicks are still developing. Stay tuned to…
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When it rains, it pours. It rained non-stop yesterday and water levels are now up to flood levels, although Ljusnan is still not as high as it was last year on 24 May. I can still see the top of the rock which was completely under water last year. It looks like the smaller waterways are…
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I made brief visits here and there to check how the spring is coming along. Here in Ljusnedal the snow is almost gone, there are just some small patches in the forest but that’s about it. But as soon as I drove up to Hållan, it was very different – there was so much snow…
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I hope you’re not getting tired of swan pictures yet… I’m not! Yesterday I took the Mega-Tamron to Tevsjön, which is still mostly covered in ice, but with a few open patches (in fact, some parts of the lake almost didn’t freeze at all in the winter). So naturally the waterfowl use the lake as a resting…
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The migratory birds like the golf course in the spring, so I do my evening promenades there with the Mega-Tamron as company. There’s not a lot of action as yet, I’ve seen some occasional cranes there but yesterday I only heard them in the distance. What I did get instead was three swans on the…
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I traded skiing for bird watching today. Great choice! I got to witness some drama and action, and got my best swan pictures to date as well. I used the same spot as last week and this time the swans didn’t mind me. There are more of them now, and they are too busy fighting each…
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Spring is on the way and it’s time to start keeping an eye out for the migratory birds. I took the Mega-Tamron out for a walk, I knew that there were swans in the open water in Ljusnedalssjön. I found two pairs of swans, a bit sad that there were no young birds, but then…
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We are really getting to see the nasty side of the weather in the islands. The wind is relentless and it’s still raining, but what is that to an intrepid group of photographers? We were out and about early in the morning, as usual. We drove to Tjørnuvík, where the bay is somewhat sheltered from the…
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I haven’t seen the divers since May and I was hoping to see some little divers besides the two adults. But all I found was one bird and it was extremely sleepy, while the thousands of insects around it were extremely busy!