We had very nice week at the summerhouse in Hartola. Late June is awesome time and midsummer is always a good reason to visit countryside.
Sanni´s sister kids joined us and my mother also arrived Tuesday.
During the week I had nice change to explore the birds in the area. I was very happy that I found some Crested Tits, Willow Tits, singing European Nightjahr, calling Hazel Grouse, few Parrot Crossbills and a Golden Oriole!
During the week I also twitched two birds, Booted Warbler from Jyväskylä and Little Crake from Hollola. Both were quick visits and relatively easy to see / hear. No photos of those birds, unfortunately.
Highlight of the birds in the summerhouse area were local Black Kite which showed first only distantly, but later passed our house very closely. Great bird!
Hartola is also a good place to see many species of Butterflies. I had nice Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth ( Hemaris Fuciformis), two Swallowtails (Papilio Machaon), lone Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa Quercus) and lots of other common stuff.
Here is some photos from the trip.
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| Local Black Kite. |
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| Spotted Flycatcher and the nest. |
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| Pied Flycatcher male. |
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| Common Lizzard, Zootoca Vivipara |
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| Hemaris Fuciformis. |
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| Libellula Depressa female. |
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| European Honey Buzzard. |
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| Ochlodes Sylavanys. |
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| Papilio Machaon |
Next post of our Estonian trip with my uncle.
-Tom
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