Birding at Edeby

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 A beautiful couple of Stenskvätta - Oenanthe oenanthe - Northern Wheatear, first sighting this year.

 Sädesärla - Motacilla alba - white wagtail

A bird that is the early arrival and stays the longest. Everyones favourite!

 

 Dancing mode

 

Flying mode

2 shots of  Gulärla - Motacilla flava - Yellow wagtail

NF Photo  130603 Edeby

Not far from this place I visited a church ruin and a lot of common swifts.
You want to see them, click the link.  Hagebyberga and a swift

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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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Snösparv - Plectrophenax nivalis - Snow Bunting

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A group of males

 

Seems to be females and young ones

Snösparv - Plectrophenax nivalis - Snow Bunting
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I was lucky this week when I took the car to the countryside outside town. I spotted the Snow Buntings and they are quite rare. They are heading north now to breed on the tundra.
To see them in the air is easy as they "glitter" due to the bright underpart. To see them on the ground is much worse. I had to mark them to see them. :)

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Something red.....

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Red is beautiful. Male Bullfinch - Domherre

 

His mate is beautiful in her coloring too.  Female - hona

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Something red....outside my window.

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A great day for birds

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 Stjärtmes - Aegithalos caudatus - Long tailed tit

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 Blåmes - Parus caeruleus - Blue tit

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

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Some days everything works so well you almost get stunned. I did not se many birds but things that I liked.  The Long Tailed Tit was searching for food right in front of me. At least for a minute. And then the Blue Tits was playing around with each other. This is a pair I think. The darker one the male. Checking each other out. The swans was in the lake about 10 min walk from the location of the others. This is probably a family where the youngsters just got their adult plumage.

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Migration starts

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 Stenknäck - Hawfinch

Doing it´s best to hide from me. Strange how well it´s colors fits the surrounding.

 

 Storskarv - Great Cormorant

Sitting all alone except for some  geeze

 

Grågås - Greylag goose

Filling it´s lungs, enjoying spring. (Did I spell "enjoying" correctly?)

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

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

NF Photo  130225, Nävertorp

I was out for a long walk yesterday as the sun finally came out.  When I was almost home again this one came flying over the villas. Not often seen in town really. Loved the sight. But I almost scared some people in the house. They thought there was something wrong with the roof. Well, I could asure them it was fine. To bad thou they did not see the majestic bird.  :)

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Stjärtmes - Aegithalos caudatus - Long tailed tit

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Stjärtmes - Aegithalos caudatus - Long tailed tit

NF Photo  130210, Nävertorp

My favourite bird I finally saw it this season. A bird that always comes in a group. :)

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Gröngöling, hane - Picus viridis - Green Woodpecker, male

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Gröngöling, hane - Picus viridis - Green Woodpecker, male

NF Photo 130131, Nävertorp

A strange looking trunk in the treetop turned out to be  a Green Woodpecker. A bird not often seen where I live. I was lucky to get some shots when it took off. One really wonder how it could get free of all the branches. :)

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Siskin and Goldeneye

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 Grönsiska, hona - Carduelis spinus - Eurasian Siskin, female

 

Knipa - Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye

NF Photo  130122. Backasjön

A hope for spring, the first Goldeneyes in one of the lakes.

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