Ticked the Iberian Chiffchaff today. The most rare bird I've ticked so far. We decided not to go for the Greenish Warbler since it hadn't been reported in over 24 hours. So we went to see Egyptian Goose instead. There were three of them. Another life tick of considerable dignity even though they are feral zoo birds.Third life tick for the day was the quite common Ruff, which had so far totally evaded my every attempt :)
The funny thing about the mic is that I'm only using my digital compact camera. The condition with mister Iberian were ideal however. Practically no wind, very few other birds in the near vicinity and him sitting three-four meters right above me in the tree.
Edited by oskila on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 11:09
27 year old birder from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Last year we twitched for year ticks. I ended up with 250 which is more than I had lifers when the year started. This year I'll go fairly easy on the year ticks (Though anything under 200 is shameful) but will instead aim for 300 life ticks in Sweden. A task and a half probably...
