Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - The sum of all week
Monday the 26th of May we went to Getterön and successfully ticked White-winged Tern with a bit of difficulty owing to distance. We also saw a fox trotting past a group of cranes in the shallow parts.
 Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Thursday the 29th we went out in the evening to listen for Nightjar. Not only did we hear at least two, we saw one of them sitting in a birch and then quickly and silently flying very near us before vanishing in the dark. A Blyth's Reed Warbler was reported about a half hour drive away, but we decided to skip it since it was quite late.
The morning of the 31st was spent looking for Common Rosefinch in Oxhagen (same spot as last year). Apart from six rosefinches (at least two of which were in complete breeding plumage) we had for example Whinchat, Kestrel, Marsh Warbler and Sedge Warbler. I spent the rest of the day photographing this and that, mainly the Blue Tits nesting in a vent on my house.
 Hoverfly (No idea what species or even subfamily. ID help appreciated)
 Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
We started the June list in Halland with a total of about 80 year month ticks. Year ticked Little Gull and Curlew Sandpiper and saw my first Grey Plovers in full breeding plumage. I've only seen intermediates and juveniles before.
Tomorrow I'm leaving on a four day birding trip to Skåne (Scania). After that I'm only home for less than two days before going to Padjelanta National Park up north to help surveying the populations of Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin and Snowy Owl for three weeks. It will truly be an adventure since we have to go the last leg of the trip by helicopter. No power, no phone and of course no internet, so if I can't find time to update sometime sunday-monday, the blog will be inactive for almost a month.
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About Me
27 year old birder from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Last year we twitched for year ticks. I ended up with 250 which is more than I had lifers when the year started. This year I'll go fairly easy on the year ticks (Though anything under 200 is shameful) but will instead aim for 300 life ticks in Sweden. A task and a half probably...
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Last ticks
• 280: Two-barred Crossbill
• 279: Atlantic Puffin
• 278: Little Egret
• 277: Rosy Starling
• 276: Ring-necked Duck
• 275: Red-footed Falcon
• 274: Black Grouse
• 273: Steller's Eider
• 272: Water pipit
• 271: Eurasian Pygmy Owl
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