Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - Warm morning at Kråkudden
Spent the morning at Kråkudden, Hönö. We had our minds set on migrating Bluethroat with no luck. The warblers had arrived though and we had all the common day-active species on the way out to the shelter, including a slightly early Garden Warbler (year tick). Almost no wind today so we stood on the cliffs south of the shelters instead of inside.
 Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Since there weren't much wind, most of the migrating birds flew past at great distance. Luckily, I had my new scope and for example managed to pick out a group of Red-throated Divers as they rose from behind the horizon. Nice observations today: Migrating Merlin and Marsh Harrier, European Shag (year tick) and Common Cuckoo (year tick).
Afterwards we went to see the Penduline Tit which is building a nest in about the same spot along river Säveån as last year. Saw it for a short moment while it stopped by the nest, but most of the time we only heard it.
 Penduline Tit-nest. Photographed with digital SLR through scope.
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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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