Stripgås - Anser indicus - Bar-headed Goose

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Stripgås - Anser indicus - Bar-headed Goose

NF Photo 130712, Strandstuviken 

This day I went to the coast and one of the bird protection areas.  I wanted to see some birds for a change. And there were rather much of geese. Among them was one Bar-headed Goose swimming with the Canadian goose. I was lucky to see it as it was a lifer for me. But sadly it was to far away to get good shots. I never could see it up front, mostly from the back as they swam out and away from the beach. Still, it was a lifer. :)

They are not native to Scandinavia. Might be a runaway from a park. The official system for handling birds in Sweden did not count it as a Swedish lifer. Too bad!

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Birding at Strandstuviken

The birds around the area where I live is non existent. It is almost empty now. Some preybirds hunting mice or rabbits are still here. Even the geeze has left. And the forest is quiet. I had to do something so I geared up and went to the coast. It is about 1.5 hours drive to Nyköping at the Baltic sea. I had checked the specis list for the area and it were suppost to be at least some waders there. Well, I found some even if it was not much. It was a strange day. Cloudy when I left with threatening clouds. At arrival the sun shone. When I came to an outlook tower and I was under cover, it started to pour down heavily. But there was some geeze and a  few waders to look at.

Then sun came back with a beautiful sky. I joined a couple and went to another location I had not visited before. At that wetland there were some more waders and a few terns. We also had our luch at that place. It is nice eating and birding. In the sun. Then I slowly started back. Itwas quite a way to walk back. With all of my equipment you don´t walk fast. Back at the car I had some fruit and then I heard thunder. I only went about 100 m when the sky opened. I almost had to stop the car because I did not see. The rain came down aso hard. I was happy to be in the car. Had I still been walking I would have been soaked before 30 sec of time.

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Vitkindad gås - Barnacle goose at Tornmaden

Brushane - Ruff,  at Aftonfalksängen

Aftonfalksängen

NF Photo 100821 at Strandstuviken, Nyköping

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Skräntärna - Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern

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Skräntärna - Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern

NF Photo 100602 100602 at Strandstuviken, Nyköping

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Strandstuviken

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Wedneday evening I went to Nyköping to meet with some female birders. Sometimes it is fun to be just females. There were 4 of us that went out to a place called Strandstuviken. It is located at the Baltic sea. It is salt water but not as salt as the Oceans. On the image above there are a lot of  Vitkindad gås - Branta leucopsis - Barnacle Goose, and they had a lot of cute chicks.  

Skräntärna - Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern

Smalnäbbad simsnäppa - Phalaropus lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope

And that was the best photo I got of that little beauty. :(

NF Photo 100602 at Strandstuviken, Nyköping

I was rather pleased with my company, the area that I had not visited before and the fact that I spotted two new birds. A great way to spend an evening in spring.  :)

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