My first full day in Kuopio was a busy one ... Between setting up the new flat, organizing myself at the university, and getting a tour of the Neurosciences department, I didn't have much time for exploring outdoors.
What I did notice during my short time outside was the song ... Amazing how similar it seems to the chorus I'm used to on the other side of the ocean. The songs are strangely familiar, and I often find myself thinking I'm surrounded by familiar birds ... finches and wood warblers, especially. So similar, yet perceptively different. Like someone just released a "re-mixed" version of the North American songs.
I did manage to pick up a few species ... I woke up to a pair of Magpies outside my kitchen window, Common Gulls flying overhead, a Eurasian Jay on my way to a traditional Finnish smoke sauna, and a few Common Goldeneye diving in still half-frozen lakes. Happy to report I still haven't crossed paths with a starling!!
Posted by jaredclarke at May 4, 2005 07:22 AM