Bad Finnish Birdwatcher

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Sunday, part one (The fog)

Last Sunday, before dawn, in the dark, we headed for Hanko. It got light along the way, and somewhere in Tammisaari it became clear that the weather wasn't clear - this was one of those foggy days... Days that always seem to be on the weekend, and Monday through Friday when you're sitting indoors doing your work whatever it may be, outside the sun is shining...

In Tammisaari on a certain field that gathers good numbers of geese and swans (often over a hundred) both spring and autumn, we found two - a pair of Whooper Swans. From somewhere among the mist a Lapwing shouted a few times. We continued towards Hanko.

In Hanko the fog made searching seabirds nearly impossible and the southerly wind made standing still by the shore pretty chilly. We was chillin' ... Respect!

Anywho, Hanko wasn't at her finest. Sure, there were spring birds around. Some, like Skylarks in fairly good numbers as well. A pair of Greylag Geese were among the few species to fly to my yearlist. But still, it would have been nice to be able to see further out to sea. So, in the afternoon we headed back East.

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