On 18th of June Karri Kuitunen found, photographed and sound recorded an female Baillon´s Crake in Parikkala, SE-Finland. This species is very very rare in Finland with only 16 records before this bird.
One successful twitch was made before Janne and Hanna Aalto took the second group to the site. Place was a bit hard to reach without local help and there was private summerhouse very near by.
We had about 25 people there that night and bird was singing almost all the time we spend there! What a great luck to be there week after it was found and still got the bird! It was a bit difficult to hear it because all the Sedge Warbler and other singers, but I managed to hear first few calls and then Janne borrowed his microphone / Hearing device and that helped a lot!
Also many Corncrakes and other nice birds were singing and I had Short-eared Owl from the car pretty near of Parikkala.
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| Part of our group. |
Thanks for the guidance and company Janne and Hanna, this was a pleasure! Crake was lifer for me, and I have seen these only in Israel before this.
Next post is from our Loviisa summerhouse where we spend the midsummer with my kids.
-Tom
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