Waiting for departure

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Gathering at the beach of the lake. Hesitating before the long flight??

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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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Vårtecken - Sign of spring

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NF Photo 110322

First, the Canadian goose has arrived, at least 3 of them was visible across the land.

Then  2 cranes was flying by overhead. And this shot confused me. At the first quick glance I did not know what was head and what was foot. :)

And the coal tit has reappeared to my delight. It survived the winter.

Then I spotted one lapwing and one starling pairing up. But they were too far off to get a shot.

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Goose hybrids - Gås hybrider

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Above: 2 different hybrid birds of Canadian and Greylag goose

This looks like a Canadian and Barnacle goose hybrid

NF Photo 100823 at Djulö

They appeared in the same flock of birds. And I think there were another one I did not get on a shot.

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A pond in Nyköping

This Friday I went to Nyköping as I got a mail that said there were a Mandarin Duck swimming in the Swan pond. Well, I went there and I saw:

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Vitkindad gås - Branta leucopsis - Barnacle Goose

This wone was sleeping but others were not. I was happy as I did not have any good pics of this oen before. It is a small and very sweetlooking bird.

Rörhöna - Gallinula chloropus - Common Moorhen

This is a new species to me. I havn´t seen it before and now I spotted a pair. In that little pond. In the middle of the city. And got some good shots too. :)

Strandskata - Haematopus ostralegus - Eurasian Oystercatcher

 This was new  to me too. I´ve seen it once beforethrough the spotting tub, but so far away it was hard to recognise. And this time I got shots :)

In the small boat harbour nearby was a canadian goose nesting on the fabric roof to a small boat.

And to finish off came the first Fisktärna - Sterna hirundo - Common Tern of the year. I love that bird. So good to watch and a challenge to "get on film". And all of this in a small pond. But, what about the Mandarin Duck? No, it was not there.

                           NF Photo 10423 at Svandammen and the small boat harbor in Nyköping

More photos in the posts below for anyone interested. :)

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Canadagås - Branta canadensis - Canada goose

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Canadagås - Branta canadensis - Canada goose

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NF Photo 090924 en avvikande kanadagås, Djulö - A version with white head.

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