2011/08/27

Småspov - Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel

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Småspov - Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel
NF Photo 10615 at Dolparna, Ånnsjön


Well, this is not a position where I usually look for waders. :) High up in a fir top. But in the Swedish mountainrange up north I found one.

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2011/08/23

Some days it just works

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 Gråhäger - Grey Heron
NF Photo 110809, Näsnaren


Havsörn - Haliaeetus albicilla - White-tailed Eagle /Sea Eagle
I think it is a juvenile. NF Photo 110809, Näsnaren

Trädkrypare - Certhia familiaris - CommonTree creeper
NF Photo 110809

Well, some days you get some unexpeced shots. These is by far the best shots I have from the eagle and the Grey heron. :)
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2011/08/20

Canadian and Greylag goose and...

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NF Photo 110817 at Djulö
There are a lot of hybrid birds among the candian geeze. Some of them looks crazy in the heads. The parents are probably Canadian and greylag goose. And maybe, the whitest one, might be Barnacle goose but I´m not sure. Probably more likey they are "suffering" from leucism. I wonder if the two spieces will finally become one?
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2011/08/16

Ooops, to close

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Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey
NF Photo 110812 at Valla viltvatten

I had seen this Osprey earlier when it was leaving the little wetland. I was looking elsewhere and did not see it coming back. I guess I reacted to the splash from the dive and turned to shoot. And had the bird coming right at me from behind the reed.  Instinctly I pulled the trigger and this is the actual shot. SOOC as they call it. Too bad I did not catch the entire face. That would have been cool.

Here I had time to turn around. It is not perfectly sharp but you can see the big fish it is holding.

And then it headed away to another bird high up in the air. Maybe a juvie.  
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2011/08/13

Brushane, hane i häck dräkt - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff, male breeding plumage

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Brushane, hane i häck dräkt - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff, male breeding plumage
NF Photo 110615 at Ånnsjön, The Swedish Northern mountain range.


Hannes praktdräkt kan ha vilka färger som helst. Men honan är ganska alldaglig. Tyvärr satt jag i ett gömsle så jag kunde inte smyga mig närmare.
The males breeding plumage can come in pretty much all colors. But the female seem to be rather plain. Sadly enough I was in a hiding so I could not get closer.

A great video I found on youtube.


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2011/08/08

Bändelkorsnäbb - Loxia leucoptera - Two-barred Crossbill

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Hane - Male



Hona - Female
Bändelkorsnäbb - Loxia leucoptera - Two-barred Crossbill
NF Photo 110805 in Beckershov

Som ni ser så gillar den här korsnäbben Lärkträdets kottar. Den häckar mestadels i Ryssland men i år tycks vi ha fått en invasion för det finns just nu många i Sverige. Kanske de svängde fel någonstans på väg söderut.
As you can see this crossbill likes the cones of the Larch tree. It breeds mostly in Russia but this year we seem to have an invasion of them right now. Maybe they took a wrong turn somewhere on their way south.

Om Bändelkorsnäbb på wiki,
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2011/08/07

SOF-net

SOF-net har gjort om sin hemsida och ändrar alla länkar till fåglar som jag har i den första posten av varje art. Där de haft några uppgifter. Jag ska leta efter andra länkar så fort jag hinner. Och det blir inte SOF då de ska lägga ut arterna som pdf filer. Troligen blir det till wiki om de har info.  

SOF-net has changed its homepage and now all links I have to their list of birds information does not work anymore. And I have links in the first post of a spieces. I will find other links as soon as I have the time. It might take a while. It will probably be wiki links if they have any info.

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Bivråk - Pernis apivorus - European Honey Buzzard

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Bivråk, ad hona - Pernis apivorus - European Honey Buzzard, ad female
NF Photo 110727 at Katrineholms gård.

Om Bivråk på wiki
About European Honey Buzzard  on wiki
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2011/08/06

Gathering and taking off

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Grågås - Anser anser - Greylag Goose
NF Photo 110728, Sjöholmsladan

The Greylag goose is a common  bird around here. They are the first to arrive in the end of March. Now the offspring are almost grown so the birds are gathering in flocks to eat before leaving the country again. I think they are quite boring. But for some reason I always like to see them from behind. I think you can see why. It is the only bird I don´t get sorry when they turn their backs on me and takes off. They have beautiful tails.  :)

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2011/08/02

Skäggdopping - Podiceps cristatus - Great Crested Grebe

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Skäggdopping - Podiceps cristatus - Great Crested Grebe
NF Photo 110802 in Djulö lake

This was very fun to watch. The couple have 4 young. And one parent came with a large fish and offered it to the family. But the fish was too large so the young tried to get it down the throat but failed and dropped it in the water. I hope the fish was dead because it was thrown back and forth for a long time. I even had time to shoot a video. But it did not really come out well. Not so easy when you are sitting in a kayak and the kayak starts to sway in waves from another boat.

About that last shot. I just could not resist it. But the camera plays tricks on you. It was a 300mm lens so it seem closer then it actually was to the beach. :)

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