Skata - Pica pica - Magpie

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NF Photo  130520

Skata - Pica pica - Common Magpie
NF Photo 130419

I wish I was.... flying free ...at least in skies like that.


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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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Ringduva - Columba palumbus - Wood pigeon

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Ringduva - Columba palumbus - Wood pigeon

NF Photo 120813, Sjöholm

I finally got a shot showing the patterns on the wing of this dove. Our Swedish name means Circle dove and the patterns look a bit like a circle. :)
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Flying in the sky - Flyger på himlen

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Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey
Nej, ingen orm. Det är en fisk. - No, it is no snake, it is a fish.
NF Photo 120412, Vad sjön

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye
NF Photo 120408, Näsnaren 

Skräntärna - Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern

NF Photo 120412 , Skåraviken. 

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Looking at the sky, or what?

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Grönsiska - Carduelis spinus - Eurasian Siskin
NF Photo 120213

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Bergfink - Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling

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Bergfink, hane - Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling, male

NF Photo 110616

Ett problem med fågelskådning är att de alltid sitter DÄR, högt uppe i träden. Då är det bra med långt tele så man i alla fall får en bild även om den inte är bra.  :)

A problem with birding is that the birds always sits in treetops. Then a long lens is good to have. At least you get a shot even if it is not good.

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Ooops, to close

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Fiskgjuse - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey

NF Photo 110812 at Valla viltvatten

I had seen this Osprey earlier when it was leaving the little wetland. I was looking elsewhere and did not see it coming back. I guess I reacted to the splash from the dive and turned to shoot. And had the bird coming right at me from behind the reed.  Instinctly I pulled the trigger and this is the actual shot. SOOC as they call it. Too bad I did not catch the entire face. That would have been cool.

Here I had time to turn around. It is not perfectly sharp but you can see the big fish it is holding.

And then it headed away to another bird high up in the air. Maybe a juvie.  

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