Birding on the west coast of Sweden

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - More Padjelanta stuff

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Perhaps posting the stuff from my summer trip as soon as I get it ready is the way to go. Here's a couple of new items.

A singing Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) outside Jokkmokk. Filmed with digital compact camera through handheld binocular.

Singing Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) near Staloluokta, Padjelanta

Staloluokta is the name of the Sami village where we had our base camp. The Ring Ouzels could be heard singing high up on the mountainside from there. The clip shown here was shot during our first day of surveying the birch forest.

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

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