Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Picking up the slack
Haven't blogged in 26 days, despite three life ticks in the meantime. A bunch of decent photographies have been taken, but most of them will be uploaded next weekend or so, since I need to sleep tonight and leave for Stockholm by train early tomorrow.
But first things first. Ticked (Eurasian) Bittern in a small lake some way away from Gothenburg. Wasn't very windy that day, so one could clearly hear him breathing in several times in sequence before going boom.
Twite was ticked at Torslandaviken a week later or so. A flock of about 20 birds had been seen there frequently during the winter, but were surprisingly hard to determine even at close range. After gathering some patience we got them in our scopes and the tick was clear.
The third lifer of this entry has been a major pain since at least early december I think. The Three-toed Woodpecker of doom. I've been to the reserve Klippan to look for the apparently resident couple four or five times with no luck at all. Then, a couple of weeks ago another one shows up at the old fish farming ponds turned bird paradise Svankällan. The trip there this morning was my second attempt, the first one offering nice nature experience but no 'pecker. Since DST kicked in last night, getting to the bus in time today wasn't very fun... The tick was not a very good one, since we only heard him (which is sufficient for tickning in Sweden), but on the other hand we heard him very well, both call and drumming. It's also worth noting that we saw or heard five of the eight species of woodpecker breeding in Sweden in less than three hours. And added six ticks to my year list which is now up to 107.
 Coal Tit (Parus ater) Picture taken March 22.
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Monday, March 31, 2008 - pecker |
| Posted by Elon |
OK, grattis till tretån, det tog mig 12 försök och dig... 6? Men så fick du alltså inte se den heller.
Börjar bli frisk och om det inte regnar om en timme drar jag och Andersson senior till Svankällan en sväng. Är lite nyfiken på stället och där finns nog ett par års-X att plocka nu. |
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - pecker |
| Posted by oskila |
| det kan vara åtta för min del faktiskt. men jag vill ju se den jäkelen också. helst fokrafera den med. |
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 - and counting |
| Posted by Elon |
| Nu var det 54 dagar sen du bloggade senast (tror jag). |
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Friday, April 18, 2008 - re |
| Posted by oskila |
| Rimligtvis så nollställs den räkningen i o m att jag bloggade den 30 mars, vilket i dagsläget skulle innebära att det var 19 dagar sen |
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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
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• 253: Quail
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• 251: Rustic Bunting
• 250: Gyr Falcon
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