2010/08/14

Kustsnäppa - Calidris canutus - Red Knot

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Kustsnäppa, ad sommardräkt - Calidris canutus - Red Knot, ad breeding plumage
 NF Photo 100801 Västerstadsviken, Eckelsudde Öland

Näbben skiljer den från Myrspoven. Den besöker oss bara sällsynt längs kusterna under flyttningarna.  
The beak separates it from the Bar-tailed Godwit. It is rarely seen along the coasts during migrations.

Calidris canutus at Wiki
Red Knot at youtube

This is my 150th bird species on my blog. So it is kind of a celebration. I was happy to see it when I visited Öland 2 weeks ago. I did not realize it was this one until I saw the photo because there turned out to be three different species loking almost teh same. People say you shall have a notebook and take notes. But without the photos I would have nothing. It is too much details to write down and I would only be confused. And the bird might be long gone before I wrote it down. So ... I photograph. Next time I know what to look for. :)

  BPW 103


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2010/08/08

Öland trip tryout

Last saturday I went to Öland. I´ve been in Gamleby and Västervik ( 3 posts on NF Photo starting HERE) for a week and now I headed south. I did go to Öland for 2 reasons. I wanted to  try my tent.  I have not slept in a tent since I was a kid and now I wanted to see if this is something I shall do in order to get to where the birds are. With a tent you are free to go where ever and when ever you like.

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My equipment, my mobile home. And, yes, it is quite OK to use.  :)

Drillsnäppa - Common Sandpiper in late evening light


Silvertärna - Arctic Tern in sunset backlight
My favourite photo from the trip.
Above: NF Photo 100731 at Sandvik. öland.

Gravand och Skärfläcka - Common Shelduck and Pied Avocet

Myrspov och Kärrsnäppa -  Bar-tailed Godwit and Dunlin
NF Photo 100801 at Eckelsudde, Öland
It was a good trip and I will do it again. But hopefully then there will be more birds. The only problem I had was to find the local Supermarket to buy food. Luckily I brought some with me. :(

The trip back home took 5 h with only one stop for gas and wc visits.

BPW 102


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2010/08/06

Törnsångare - Sylvia communis - Common Whitethroat

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Törnsångare - Sylvia communis - Common Whitethroat
NF Photo 100730 at Segergärde, Småland
probably a female


Comments on Artportalen on help to identify the bird:
1 Jo törnsångare stämmer bra med ljus strupe och brun rygg vad jag kan se.
     correct, with white throat and brown back shows it is the whitethroat
2 Törnsångare stämmer bra,då iris verkar lätt gulaktig så är det ingen ungfågel,den bör vara 2 år eller äldre,alltså 2+, en ungfågel (10) född i år har mörk iris.

  correct, as the eyes iris seem a bit yellowish is shopws it is no young bird. It is probably 2 years or older. A young bird, born this year has a dark iris.

All White Throats posts.
White Throats image gallery

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Taltrast - Turdus philomelos - Song Trush

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Taltrast - Turdus philomelos - Song Trush
NF Photo 100730 at Brinka, Lixtorp

Important feature for  ID-ing are the arrowshaped dots on it´s front.

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