Ortolansparv - Emberiza hortulana - Ortolan Bunting

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Ortolansparv, hane - Emberiza hortulana - Ortolan Bunting, male

NF Photo 120518, Kvismaren

Om Ortolansparv på wiki
About Otrolan Bunting on wiki
Singing on youtube

2 weeks ago I went to Kvismare Bird Observatory to try to find this bird. I was lucky enough to see and hear 2 males. They are decreasing in numbers in my country and very rare here. A new lifer to me. :)

Nature Notes      World Bird Wednesday LXXX

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A few birds this week

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Storskrake - Mergus merganser - Common Merganser/Goosander
NF Photo 120519, Åkforsåns utlopp

This little family saved my day. Hardly any birds anywhere and then I spotted theese in a distance. And luckily they swam my way. They were so fun to watch as they swam upstreams. When any of the hatchlings slacked behind it started to run on the water to get to mom, then jumped up on her back. You should have seen them running the watersurface. So fun. The only bad thing is they were on the other side of the stream so I could not get a closeup. :)

Taltrast - Turdus philomelos - Song Trush

Grå flugsnappare - Muscicapa striata - Spotted Flycatcher

Sävsångare - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus - Sedge Warbler

NF Photo 120521, Näsnaren

I found the song Trush and the Flycatcher in the forest and the Sedge Warbler sang loudly in the reed and bush at the water edge.

World Bird Wednesday LXXIX

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Tofsvipa - Vanellus vanellus - Northern Lapwing

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Newly hatched Lapwing

And here is mommy

Tofsvipa - Vanellus vanellus - Northern Lapwing

NF Photo 120505, Ottenby, Öland


När jag lämnade Ottenby för sista gången den här resan fick jag syn på en kull nykläckta tofsvipeungar. Det var första gången jag såg dom så här små så jag blev riktigt glad. De är ju inte vackra, men ack så charmiga. Det var tre stycken men de var utspridda så jag kunde inte få dom i samma bild. 
On my way to leave Ottenby for this visit I suddenly spotted a lapwing with chicks. First time I was them this small so I was overjoyed. They were probably hatched the day before. It was three chicks but they were spred out so I could not get them in a single shot. They are no beauties, but o so charming. 

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Grönbena - Tringa glareola - Wood Sandpiper

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Grönbena - Tringa glareola - Wood Sandpiper

NF Photo 120502 Bejershamn, Öland

Jag fick fråga expertisen om den här vadaren. Det är en grönbena: 
"Jepp!

Det är en grönbena, som redan har ruggat fram häckningsdräkten, vilken
skiljer sig från vinterdräkten, som de flesta grönbenor på vårflyttning
annars är i. Vissa individer får mer gult i sina gröngula ben under
häckningstiden.
Dessutom är just mjukdelarna mer färgvariabla än fjäderdräkten.
Helt klart en grönbena"

I was asking an expert from Ottenby what bird this was. Here is his answer:
" It is a Wood Sandpiper. It has already the breading plumage wichd is different from the winter plumage as msot wood sandpipers still have during migration. Soem individuals gets more yellow legs during breeding times. And the plumage is more colored. 

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Trip to Öland 120502 Bejershamn

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Havsörn - Haliaeetus albicilla - Sea Eagle / White-tailed Eagle

I was greeted by this beautiful Sea Eagle almost as soon as I arrived at the island Öland. 

I started birding at Bejershamn about 5 miles south of the bridge between Kalmar on the mail land and Öland. 

Grågås - Anser anser - Greylag Goose

The Greylag goose already had chicks. 

Gravand - Tadorna tadorna - Common Shelduck

This duck was searching for food and it´s companion at the shoreline. 

Gulärla - Motacilla flava - Yellow wagtail 

On the other side of the path was some wagtails looking for food. 

And lastly, today, just because I like it. A shot of some waders. But I don´t know who. 

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Some birds on the road

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Ljungpipare - Pluvialis apricaria - European golden plover
NF Photo 120412, Skåra viken, Nyköping

De här ljungpiparna såg jag inte förrän en annan skådare påpekade att de var där. De rörde sig överhuvudtaget inte så jag hade trott de var jordhögar. Jag var ju inte så nära då. De vilade sig på väg norrut.
These Golden Plovers was completely motionless so I did not see them until another birder showed me. I had thought it was lumps of dirt. I was not that close then. I was able to come rather close before I noticed I disturbed them. They are now up north somewhere. :)

 Ejder - Somateria mollissima - Common Eider

 Storskrake - Mergus merganser - Common Merganser/Goosander

Rödhake - Erithacus rubecula - European Robin 

NF Photo 120424, Hummelvik, Nyköping

Fisktärna - Sterna hirundo - Common Tern

NF Photo 120425, Näsnaren

Some of the birds I´ve seen lately. If you are interested of the trip to Hummelvik, a small fishing village at the coast, where I saw the robin, Eider and Mergansers, you can visit my Travel blog. The post is HERE

World Bird Wednesday LXXVI

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Ljungpipare - Pluvialis apricaria - European golden plover

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Ljungpipare - Pluvialis apricaria - European golden plover

NF Photo 120412, Skåra viken, Nyköping

De här ljungpiparna såg jag inte förrän en annan skådare påpekade att de var där. De rörde sig överhuvudtaget inte så jag hade trott de var jordhögar. Jag var ju inte så nära då. De vilade sig på väg norrut. 
These Golden Plovers was completely motionless so I did not see them until another birder showed me. I had thought it was lumps of dirt. I was not that close then. I was able to come rather close before I noticed I disturbed them. They are now up north somewhere.  :) 

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