Monday, December 10, 2007 - Really need to lay off working...
This weekend saw a lot of birding, but not very much excitement. Saturday was spent looking for 3T woodpecker 30 km from Gothenburg. We're not entirely sure but might have heard both the male and the female during the course of the morning. It might just as well have been ordinary Great Spotted Woodpeckers. At least twice while we were in the area, the 3Ts were spotted by other birders. Silly birds.
On sunday we headed for Öxnäs, hoping for Hen Harrier or maybe uncommon geese. No success. Tried for Kingfisher at a spot that was good last winter and at a river mouth by the port, but no success there either. Got a good look of the 'new' Peregrine Falcon staying at the old riverside gasometer. New because it's a bird in it's first year whereas the one there last winter was an adult female.
When I got home people had spotted a Pink-Footed Goose down in Välen. It was getting dark already and I was busy anyway, so I couldn't go there. I'm hoping for it to stay there until saturday since I it's dark when I leave work. Only 40 years to retirement...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 - Mongol |
| Posted by Elon |
| Eller måtte mongolpiplärkan vara kvar till helgen... |
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by oskila |
| Det kan jag gå med på att hoppas på, fast jag har nog inte tid att åka... |
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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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• 256: Aquatic Warbler
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• 254: Manx Shearwater
• 253: Quail
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• 251: Rustic Bunting
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