Happy new year folks. The beginning of the year has been busy at work and not too much time for birds or birding lately.. I was out once in late December, but nothing interesting around.
On 11th I took Julius, my 7 months old son with me and we had very nice stroller walk around Maunulanpuro, where normally winters a least one Dipper and other birds.
Sun was shining a bit when we arrived and I started to test my new Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82 camera. Of course the birds were hiding in the shadows all day and sun only little it touched the areas where I wanted to take photos.
In first feeder I had nice flock of different Tits. Coal Tit, Willow Tit, loads of Blue and Great Tits. Also around 30 Blackbirds and five Jays. When I counted the Blackbirds I noticed a smaller Thrush and it was revealed as a Song Thrush! What a nice birds in the middle of Winter here. I took distant photos (35m) and when I tried to get closer, it was the first bird who took out... Later I had lone male Chaffinch there too and I was happy.
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| Song Thrush. |
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| Chaffinch and Song Thrush. |
I checked the stream for Dippers for two times and I found two different birds this time. Always a pleasure to see those! Calling Black Woodpecker and local Great-spotted Woodpecker were nice too. Not too many birds near the stream and basically all the birds I saw were in the feeder area.
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| Not a quality photo, but notice that fish in Dippers bill. Great action. |
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| With more light my photos would be awesome, but now I have to show you these... |
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| Dipper. |
I had great time and Julius was sleeping most of the trip, so he gave me a good change to find these birds.
More birding coming and we are moving near the Viikki, which is the place for birdwatching in Helsinki. Stay tuned.
-Tom
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