Sunday, December 23, 2007 - Two ticks in one day. Hasn't happened in a while...
Saturday meant a trip to Halland. The main target was the Blyth's Pipit skulking by a beach there. We spent two hours standing around watching the more impatient twitchers trying to flog the little easterling from it's hiding. I'm generally against scaring the birds into showing themselves, but I wasn't going to make a fuss with all those seasoned birdwatchers, especially since they gave me another life tick when a Jack Snipe got tired of their antics and got airborne. In my opinion Jack Snipes should be left alone this late in winter, but since the weather is rather mild - I even saw some insects flying around - I let it pass this time.
At last, the pipit was found, but I only managed to see it clearly for about five seconds before it hid in the grass again. Tick nonetheless!!
On the way home we stopped by Getterön and got a well earned year-tick of Iceland Gull.
Only two lifers away from this year's goal now. Kittiwake and Purple Sandpiper are rather easy at this time of year, if you're in the right place...
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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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