Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey

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Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey

NF Photo  130415 Boda Kvarn

This day I was really out trying to get shots of the Grey Wagtail that stays a couple of km from my home. (a post of it HERE) Then, out of the blue, literally, this beauty landed on a dead birch just a few meters in front of me. And a perfectly fit in my camera lens too. Some days you are lucky. The last shot it passed me rather close.

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Forsärla - Motacilla cinerea - Grey Wagtail

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Forsärla - Motacilla cinerea - Grey Wagtail

NF Photo  130415 Boda Kvarn

I´ve been trying for a long time to see this wagtail up close but failed. Now I finally got them. I was alone at  the location so I could go for it as I wanted and succeeded. Took me more then an hour to get them used to me. No other people disturbed the event. I hope they will stay and nest here. People say there was a couple nesting a few years ago. So, I keep my fingers crossed. But I have to be alert. According to wiki the incubation period is about two weeks with chicks fledging within a fortnight. Less then 4 weeks till chicks are flying.

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About Grey Wagtail on wiki
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Snösparv - Plectrophenax nivalis - Snow Bunting

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Snösparv - Plectrophenax nivalis - Snow Bunting

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Today I was lucky, came really close to these beauties. :) Not easy to spot unless you see them in the air. I counted 12 of them this time. I was able to get rather close to them so it was a nice birding obs.

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Stenknäck - Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch

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 A flock of Hawfinch outside my window on the third floor. I have been lucky to see them this winter. This time it was 10 of them. The largest group so far.

 A pair being watched by a third bird, a male.

Stenknäck - Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch

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 Male feeding the female! Can I hope for a nesting pair? Acc to the book this tree would be fine. That would be a treat. :)

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