Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - Insane birding day!
Went to look for the Penduline tit again, this time on the right stretch of river... Heard it calling constantly for two hours, but saw it only for five seconds or so. Also got this year's first Spotted Flycatcher and Marsh Warbler.
A cup of coffee later a man from the birding club called and suggested that we'd go to Ytterby and get the Nightingale (rare in Sweden, as mentioned before). Said and done. Shortly before I was going to take the tram to our meeting point, another guy called and told me there was a Firecrest in the city park Slottsskogen. In the end we went first for Nightingale and then Firecrest.
This Nightingale was very shy in daylight and stayed silent if there are people within 30 meters. We sat there for an hour before it sang for a few seconds. Ten minutes later another very short song. Back to Gothenburg to look for the Firecrest. He had refrained from singin (probably since it's rude to sing with your mouth full) so just finding him took well over an hour even though he just flew back and forth between an oak tree and a spruce tree looking for food :)
All in all, an extremely good birding day! Three new species, one of them new to that part of town, the other two not even found yearly within the county. I happy!
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About Me
26 year old birder from Gothenburg, Sweden.
My goal for 2007 was get above 200 life-ticks. I managed 215 and will attempt to get to 250 in 2008. A lot harder!
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Last ticks
• 261: Yellow-browed Warbler
• 260: Red-throated Pipit
• 259: Hen Harrier
• 258: Sabine's Gull
• 257: Ortolan Bunting
• 256: Aquatic Warbler
• 255: Balearic Shearwater
• 254: Manx Shearwater
• 253: Quail
• 252: Great Skua
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