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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wings on Wednesday...Great Tit
The top photo showing the bird at the feeder was taken at Skansen on Stockholm's Djurgården Island and the other four were from Suomenlinna Island near Helsinki.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wings on Wednesday...Barnacle Goose
Seen on Suomenlinna Island near Helsinki on August 25, 2011. Barnacle Geese began nesting in Finland in the 1970s and their Summer population now numbers over 10,000. They're quite small, about the same size as a Cackling Goose.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wings on Wednesday...Hooded Crow
Hooded Crows were quite common in every country on my trip. The top photo is from the harbor area in Tallinn, Estonia and the other two are from a park in Stockholm.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wings on Wednesday...White Wagtail
I saw a lot of White Wagtail while I was on my trip, they were very common, especially where there were rock outcroppings. The first and last photos were taken on Suomenlinna Island near Helsinki, Finland and the other two were taken in the harbor area in Tallinn, Estonia.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Green Woodpecker
While I was birding on Djurgården Island in Stockholm, Sweden on August 30 I saw this Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis).
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
A Crested Caracara Visits Kansas
A Crested Caracara perched in a dead tree yesterday morning in Coleman Township, Washington County, Kansas
On Monday evening a friend of mine told me he thought he'd seen a rare bird while working ground that afternoon on my Dad's farm in the western part of the county. He described the bird to me in great detail and immediately I thought it was likely a Crested Caracara. I went looking for it that evening but was unable to locate it. I returned yesterday morning and was successful in finding the bird about a half a mile east of it's location the previous day and I managed to get a few photos. There has never been a record of a Crested Caracara in Kansas so with this sighting the state checklist will likely have a new species added in the near future. This is apparently a very good area for rare birds, in September 2006 I found a Vermilion Flycatcher in the same section.
On Monday evening a friend of mine told me he thought he'd seen a rare bird while working ground that afternoon on my Dad's farm in the western part of the county. He described the bird to me in great detail and immediately I thought it was likely a Crested Caracara. I went looking for it that evening but was unable to locate it. I returned yesterday morning and was successful in finding the bird about a half a mile east of it's location the previous day and I managed to get a few photos. There has never been a record of a Crested Caracara in Kansas so with this sighting the state checklist will likely have a new species added in the near future. This is apparently a very good area for rare birds, in September 2006 I found a Vermilion Flycatcher in the same section.
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