Varfågel - Lanius excubitor - Great Grey Shrike

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Varfågel - Lanius excubitor - Great Grey Shrike

© NF Photo 161103, Boda Kvarn

This is a shrike I rarely see. Maybe once each year. And this meeting was only for a few seconds and it was gone. But it made my day. Best image so far of this species. 

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Autumn favorites

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 Bohemian Waxwing - Sidensvans

Fieldfare - Björktrast

Autumn favorites  Bohemian Waxwing and Fieldfare

© NF Photo 161030 

Finally here and I got them a sunny day :)

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Koltrast - Turdus merula - Common Blackbird

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Koltrast - Turdus merula - Common Blackbird

© NF Photo 160926

A juvenile blackbird, probably male, was visiting the area below my balcony a rainy day. Looking for a meal I suppose. 

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Juvenile gull

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© NF Photo 160828, Kyrkogården

This is juvenile gull of sort. I don´t dare even to guess which species it is. Probably a year old. It was alone.

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Gathering of cranes

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Trana - Grus grus - Common Crane

© NF Photo 160902. Kvismaren

The gathering of cranes also draws a lot of crowd and jacdaws to the field. And doves. It is quite unusual to see this. At the same time the farmers are harvesting. I was surprised when I arrived at this Nature Reserve, Kvismaren. 

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Swans

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Mute swan and juv whooper swan

© NF Photo 160909 Näsnaren

This was weird somehow. I did see the young whooper swans but no adults. Then there was adult mute swans. In the first image the mute swan is swimming really fast towards the young whooper swans. I thought, there is trouble going on soon as the two swan species don´t really get along. But luckily nothing of the sort happened. :) 

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Rödstrupig piplärka - Anthus cervinus - Red-throated pipit

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Rödstrupig piplärka - Anthus cervinus - Red-throated pipit

© NF Photo 160909

I got myself a new species on my list for Sweden today.  :)

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Preparing for fall migration

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 Gråhäger - Grey Heron
One adult and one juvenile

Crane, Mute swan, Greylag goose and Eurasian coot

© NF Photo 160825

They are gathering and preparing for the trip south again. 
I think they will leave early as the waterlevel is still too low. 

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Grönbena - Tringa glareola - Wood Sandpiper

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Grönbena - Tringa glareola - Wood Sandpiper

© NF Photo 160805, Östra Vingåker

It is very dry here now. Every pond is drying out. Where the sandpipes walk ducks usually are diving. Soon there will be no water left. 

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Birds at Sjöholm

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 Större strandpipare - Charadrius hiaticula - Common Ringed Plover
One adult and one juv

Grönbena - Tringa glareola - Wood Sandpiper

Enkelbeckasin - Gallinago gallinago - Common Snipe

Törnskata - Lanius collurio - Red-backed Shrike
a male and probably a young

© NF Photo 160801, Sjöholm

The water is very low right now so vaders start to come here as other places are all dried out. I had to make my way through all of the reed below the field,  to get to the water edge. 

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Next generation

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Trädkrypare - Certhia familiaris - Common Tree creeper

 Gulsparv – Emberiza citrinella - Yellowhammer

   Sädesärla - Motacilla alba - white/pied wagtail

 Sävsångare - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus - Sedge Warbler

© NF Photo 160706 Tornstugan

Was lucky to catch some young ones the other day. 

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Bird life at Östra Vingåker

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© NF Photo 160720

The Grey heron was repeatedly attacked by a Black-headed Gull. Not sure why as I could not see a reason. There was also another heron that was not attacked. Finally this one had enough and flew up to the top of a tree. Last image is another Grey heron. 
The geese are graylag geese already comming together to prepare migration back south. 

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Trana - Grus grus - Common Crane

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Trana - Grus grus - Common Crane

© NF Photo 160628

It seems like I always see this bird from behind. But this time I wanted to share them anyway as I have one young here. And that don´t happen to often. 

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