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  1. Enji

    Sparrow, Florida

    Hi! I saw this sparrow by the beach on Sanibel Island, Florida on January 1 this year. I put it down as a Grasshopper Sparrow, since I couldn't find anything else in the Sibley guide that matched, but since this was my very first time birding in the US I don't feel entirely confident in my ID...
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    Great Grey Magic

    Since this I for once didn't have to work this weekend my mom and I decided to go up north, to Gästrikland (the province just north of Uppland) to see some Siberian Jays and maybe other birds. There has also been an influx of Great Grey Owls from the north this year, and one was in a very...
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    Swedish November

    November is usually thought of as a dreary month here... in fact, the book of where and when to go birding in my area actually says that you should leave the country in November! So... this year the local birding club decided to have a little competition to get people out birding in November...
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    Two moths, Sweden

    Right, I know nothing about moths, but I like to play around with the macro on my camera sometimes... then I try to ID the insects I find by looking in the books I have. These however I haven't managed to find in any of my books. (They're probably of a family or something my books don't cover.)...
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    Mallorca 18-23 April 2011

    Last autumn me and my mom started thinking of going abroad for some birding, and after some consideration we decided on Mallorca. This because the number of species would not be overwhelmingly large, most bird families would be known to us, but there would still be plenty of new species for us...
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    Red-breasted Geese project in Holland/Sweden??

    I was reading through some threads here and came upon this post: http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2003728&postcount=10498 I quote: "There have been a number of red breasts in the last 20 years about ( 5 at the moment in Suffolk ) at a time when their main likely carrier species ( white...
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    Amateur digiscoper

    Hi all! I'm a total amateur when it comes to digiscoping, but I took this image a few days ago, and as you can see there's some vignetting in the image. Now, maybe this was unavoidable, as the photo is taken through a scope at 60x magnification ( I seem to have less of it when I use a lesser...
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    Cold. Cold cold cold!

    Braved the cold and wind today and headed out to the large open fields around Uppsala, in search for eagles. Golden Eagles don't breed here, but every winter a few come down here, so we get a chance to see them. First stop proved really lucky, as we had only been standing there freezing for a...
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    Wigeon, age? Sweden.

    Got a pic of this Wigeon that I saw today in the city's duck pond (wild bird, just stopping by). When I first saw it I thought it was a female, but in the pics I see that it seems to have moulted a few feathers on the side and they look male. However, it doesn't seem to be that deep...
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    The Yearly Siberian Jay Journey

    Each year I go up north to see Siberian Jays since I unfortunately live too far south for them. In Kittan, Gästrikland, there's a well-known family of Siberian Jays, probably the most photographed ones in Sweden since the place is easily accessible and you can make a day trip there from Uppsala...
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    Willow or Marsh Tit, Sweden

    Yes, it's another one of those "willow or marsh" things! Yay! o:) This bird confused me today. Amongst about 3 or 4 Marsh Tits this one really stood out, looking quite different. My first impression was Willow Tit, but then I got a bit uncertain. Most Willow Tits I've seen have been greyer...
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    Ringing hummingbirds?

    A few days ago I was in the local library, reading a book about bird ringing (banding). It mentioned that all birds could be ringed, except hummingbirds since no rings exist that are light enough for them. However, as I understand it people do ring hummingbirds? Is it something that is rather...
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    Running shrike

    A few weeks ago I was up in the north of Sweden for some bird ringing. One day, while preparing the boat to go out to the ringing site (out in a delta) we heard some very upset Ringed Plovers flying around. Knowing they had chicks we went to see what was upsetting them (we'd seen several herons...
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    So, I found a Swift...

    Visited my brother yesterday (he lives in another town) and we went downtown to go to a second-hand store. Got out, and was told that there was a woman on the street who had found a small bird and that the woman was so worried about it. So I went to have a look at the bord, thinking it was...
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    The great gull hunter... plus a kite.

    Spent a few hours at Hjälstaviken yesterday, most of the time spent thinking how stupid of me to be standing in a tower in the burning hot sun when I could be bathing in a lake somewhere or sitting in the shadow enjoying a good book... but then I wouldn't have been privy to the action that...
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    Little Gyrs!

    I've always been of the opinion that being shown nesting birds is a bit of a cheat. A bit too easy, maybe. Lacks the element of surprise, "will we see the bird today?". Maybe I have to change my mind. Went up to northern Dalarna to celebrate Midsummer, and to see the Gyrfalcons nesting there...
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    Singing Acrocephalus, Sweden

    Right, this recording is VERY bad, recorded with my little compact camera, but maybe you experts can help me? Heard this bird last night (at around 11:30pm), and I'm not entirely sure whether it's a Sedge or Marsh Warbler. I'm leaning towards Sedge, but... yeah. I suck at identifying these...
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    Walking around Hjälstaviken

    Last Saturday I did something I've never done before: I walked around Hjälstaviken, my favourite patch. Usually I just go down to the observation tower, or drive to the southern part and walk in the forest there, but this time I parked the car at the northern end and started walking. For those...
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    Sweden - strange song. Redwing?

    Right, I know it's difficult to ID anything from a description of it's song, but here goes. Yesterday I was out at around 7pm, in Kungshamn-Morga, a nature reserve just outside Uppsala, north of Stockholm, when I heard a bird that I couldn't immediately recognise. Unfortunately, I had left my...
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    Gender of Osprey, Sweden

    Managed to digiscope this Osprey about two weeks ago... now I'm wondering, is it possible to tell the gender and/or age from these pics? The Collins says that the male has got a less clear breast band than the male, but I'm not sure how much variation there is (or what to compare with!). I...
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    What a week for owls!

    Despite the fact that the exam period is coming up (biology exam in a few hours, yay!) I'm a bit amazed at myself for having managed SIX species of owls in seven days... Started out on Sunday, driving by the resident Long-eared Owls that seem to have taken up residence in a neighbourhood in...
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    Stoat tracks?

    Went walking in the forest this weekend and found some tracks that looked rather like these I found on the net: http://www.predatortraps.com/images/predatorfacts/stoat_foot_prints.gif However, on that page it doesn't say how big the tracks are. The ones I saw (stupid me didn't take a picture)...
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    Dead bees

    Not sure if this is the right place, but... yesterday I went for some birding at Hjälstaviken, where they also keep bees. When I came up on the small hill where they keep the beehives I started noting dead bees. Not just a few, but thousands of them, scattered around the hives. They were lying...
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    Bird race!

    The annual bird race here took place on February 13, and for the first time I had assembled a team and entered. Our team had two goals: 1) try not to get last and 2) spot Hawfinch. The Hawfinch thing because our team was called The Hawfinch Gang (meaningless in English, but it was kinda a joke...
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    Waxwings have arrived!

    About one week ago we only had a few reports of Waxwings here, with few flocks with few birds. The biggest flock I saw was of 25 birds... But now! Almost overnight they appeared, and now they're EVERYWHERE. Loads of smaller flocks of maybe 30-60 birds, and I've had several flocks of 100-200...
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