Tuesday, January 1, 2008 - 2007 Summary
We took another trip to the nature reserve where the two Three-toed Woodpeckers are still frolicking around. No luck this time either, although we got a nice dose of primary forest with rather good weather. The sun didn't help much at forest floor level in terms of sufficient light for photography though, but I still managed to get a couple of decent shots of a Red Squirrel.
 Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2007 has been my best birding year so far, most categories. I got 95 new life ticks, advancing the total count to 215. I got 210 year ticks, missing three semi-hard mostly alpine species (Long-tailed Skua, Dotterel and Bluethroat), one rarity (Spoonbill) and, rather embarassing, Garganey. There are not too many common birds left to tick now, but primary targets for the next months will be typical winter species such as Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting, Twite and Rough-legged Buzzard. I will also try to catch up on geese, falcons and owls as fast as possible. There's also of course the Oriental Turtle Dove, one of which for a couple of years has taken winter residence in a smaller city about 150 kilometers from the coast.
So far, 2008 has only two year ticks, Blackbird and Robin, the first within a minute of midnight and the other on the walk to the first morning tram. My january list currently contains only 24 ticks. I hope to get twice as many at the very least this year.
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Friday, January 4, 2008 - 2008 |
| Posted by Elon |
| Well, the excitement hasn't started yet. I've been too tired, worked too much, it has been too cold. But there's plenty of time to catch up. I believe in this year. See you on Sunday (probably). |
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About Me
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...
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Last ticks
• 280: Two-barred Crossbill
• 279: Atlantic Puffin
• 278: Little Egret
• 277: Rosy Starling
• 276: Ring-necked Duck
• 275: Red-footed Falcon
• 274: Black Grouse
• 273: Steller's Eider
• 272: Water pipit
• 271: Eurasian Pygmy Owl
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