Last December Antti J. Lind photographed a Barn Owl somewhere in Satakunta area, Western Finland. 22nd of Mach we got info that the area where the owl was found is now figured out, or Antti just told to someone, I don´t know. Anyway, this bird with these information was only second or third twitchable bird ever in Finland.
Next day I contacted Tommi Laurinsalo and Risto Suksi and with Otso Salmi we four started to drive towards Pori later after my day at work. We arrived to Luvia first were we had nice luck with Red-breasted Goose. The moment we came out of the car the bird passed us and disappeared behind the small woods. I managed to get some poor record shots of the bird! Also six Pink-footed Goose around, many Bean Goose flocks and some Greater white-fronted Goose in the area.
Short stop to have some food for the evening and we arrived to the site. Huge group of people was standing there waiting for the sunset and possible bird flying just after that. It was nice to see some old friends and talking about the bird and all the rare birds generally was fun.
We waited and waited, it was a cold night, but no sign of the bird... Someone saw light colored owl flying and disappearing into the darkness, but that was all. Long drive back, but it was a fun trip.
Here is few photos from the trip.
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| Couple of Pink-footed Goose in the picture. |
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| Red-breasted Goose flying! |
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| Distant flock of Black Grouses. 11 in total in the area. |
On 27th I shortly visited Viikki fields with Julius. Lapland Longspur was the highlight of the trip. Also lots of Skylarks, Canada Geese, some Barnacle Geese and Greylags too. Stock Dove was new for the year. All went well before Julius got mad about something and stated to play with mud. It was "all over the place" kind of situation and we left...
-Tom
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